FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURESB 448/a

FIRST SESSION, 2007

February 8, 2007

Madam President:

    Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 448

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

    1. On page 6, line 20, strike "or".

    2. On page 6, line 24, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof a semicolon.

    3. On page 6, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following new paragraphs:

             "(5) a person for the purposes of prescreening as defined by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act; or

              (6) a consumer reporting agency for its database or file if the database or file consists only of and is used solely for one or more of the following:

                  (a) criminal record information;

                  (b) tenant screening;

                  (c) employment screening; or

                  (d) fraud prevention or detection.".

    4. On page 10, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following new section:

    "Section 6. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of the Credit Report Security Act is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other persons or situations shall not be affected.".

     5. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.,

and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

                                Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                                      _________________________________

                                Dede Feldman, Chairman

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

                  Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against

Yes:  7

No:   0

Excused: Ingle, Ortiz y Pino

Absent: None

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