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Amend the amendment by striking out all of the first paragraph after the title (page 1, lines 11 to 13 in amendment) and inserting the following:
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Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 6-A in the first line (page 1, line 21 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "The" and inserting the following: 'Except as authorized under 18 United States Code, Section 2721, the'
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Amend the amendment by striking out all of subsection 6 (page 1, lines 16 to 24 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘6. Storage, recording, retention and distribution of digital images and digitized signatures. Digital image informationimages and digitized signatures used to produce a license isare confidential and may be distributed only as required to comply withfor use by a law enforcement agency in carrying out its functions or as otherwise authorized under the provisions of 18 United States Code, Chapter 123, except that digital image information may not be distributed to sales and marketing companies or to the publicSection 2721. The Secretary of State may store, record and retain digital images and digitized signatures used to produce a license solely for the purpose of producing duplicate licenses and for renewal of licenses. A violation of this subsection is a violation of section 2103, subsection 4.’
Amend the amendment in section 10 by striking out all of subsection 5 (page 1, lines 34 and 35 and page 2, lines 1 to 5 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘5.  Storage, recording, retention and distribution of digital images and digitized signatures.  Digital images and digitized signatures used to produce a nondriver identification card are confidential and may be distributed only for use by a law enforcement agency in carrying out its functions or as otherwise authorized under the provisions of 18 United States Code, Section 2721. The Secretary of State may store, record and retain digital images and digitized signatures used to produce a nondriver identification card solely for the purpose of producing duplicate nondriver identification cards and for renewal of nondriver identification cards. A violation of this subsection is a violation of section 2103, subsection 4.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment specifies the federal law that provides an exemption to the provision that prohibits the Secretary of State from disseminating social security numbers collected from applicants for a driver's license or nondriver identification card.
It provides that digital images and digitized signatures, as opposed to digital information in Committee Amendment "A," used to produce a driver's license or nondriver identification card are confidential, and it specifies the federal law that provides an exemption to this provision.