04/12/2000 01:55 PM House FIN

HOUSE BILL NO. 324                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     An Act  requiring written consent  by the person  who is                                                                   
     the   subject  of  the   information  before   releasing                                                                   
     personal   information   contained  in   motor   vehicle                                                                   
     records, to  comply with  18 U.S.C. 2721;  and providing                                                                   
     for an effective date.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MARY  MARSHBURN, (TESTIFIED  VIA  TELECONFERENCE),  DIRECTOR,                                                                   
DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (DMV),  ANCHORAGE, stated that the                                                                   
reason for HB 324 was to bring  statewide law into accordance                                                                   
with the past  federal legislation regarding  confidentiality                                                                   
of vehicle records.    The information is  confidential under                                                                   
current State law and would continue to be so.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Marshburn pointed out that  current State law mirrors the                                                                   
former federal  law and would  release vehicle records  for a                                                                   
limited amount  of uses.  One  of those permitted  uses would                                                                   
be  for marketing  and  telecommunications.    For that  use,                                                                   
recently  passed federal  legislation directs  the states  to                                                                   
update their  regulations and  the penalty  for not  being in                                                                   
                                                       st                                                                       
compliance is a $5000 dollar per day, beginning June 1.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Vice Chair Bunde asked if it would  be prohibited to use that                                                                   
information in  political campaigns.   Ms. Marshburn  replied                                                                   
that the personal information could not be used.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
(TAPE CHANGE, HFC 00 - 114, Side 2).                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
In  response   to  Representative  Williams,   Ms.  Marshburn                                                                   
reiterated  that the penalty  would be  $5000 dollars  a day.                                                                   
She noted  that the  loss of  revenue expected  by the  State                                                                   
would be  approximately $200  thousand dollars  a year.   She                                                                   
pointed  out that  the fiscal  note had been  drafted to  the                                                                   
worst case scenario  and indicated that the  Department could                                                                   
submit a revised fiscal note.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative  G.  Davis  MOVED  to  report HB  324  out  of                                                                   
Committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  with  the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal  note.  There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                   
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
HB  324  was  reported  out  of  Committee  with  "individual                                                                   
recommendations"  and with the  Department of  Administration                                                                   
fiscal note dated 2/2/00.