LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 90

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELEASE AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

H.F. 647   Bill History

AN ACT relating to the release and use of certain personal information by the state department of transportation.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. Section 321.11, subsections 2 and 4, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:

2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, personal information shall not be disclosed to a requestor, except as provided in Pub. L. No. 106-69, § 350(b) or 18 U.S.C. § 2721, unless the person whose personal information is requested has provided express written consent allowing disclosure of the person's personal information. As used in this section, "personal information" means information that identifies a person, including a person's photograph, social security number, driver's license number, name, address, telephone number, and medical or disability information, but does not include information on vehicular accidents, driving violations, and driver's status or a person's zip code.

4. The department shall not sell release personal information which that is in the form of a person's photograph or digital image or a digital reproduction of a person's photograph, to a person other than an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency, an employee of a federal or state agency or political subdivision in the performance of the employee's official duties, a contract employee of the department of inspections and appeals in the conduct of an investigation, or a licensed private investigation agency or a licensed security service or a licensed employee of either, regardless of whether a person has provided express written consent to disclosure of the information. This subsection does not prohibit the The department from collecting may collect reasonable fees for copies of records or other services provided pursuant to this section or section 22.3, 321.10, or 622.46.

Sec. 2. Section 321.189, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:

c. The department shall advise an applicant that the assign an applicant for a driver's license may request a distinguishing driver's license number other than a the applicant's social security number, as the driver's license number unless the applicant requests that the applicant's social security number be so assigned.

Approved April 26, 2001



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