Texas Finance Code § 14.2015 Confidentiality Of Certain Information

Sec. 14.2015. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information or material obtained or compiled by the commissioner in relation to an examination or investigation by the commissioner or the commissioner's representative of a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person under Section 339.001, Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Subchapter G of Chapter 393, or Chapter 394 is confidential and may not be disclosed by the commissioner or an officer or employee of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, including:

(1) information obtained from a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person examined or investigated under Section 339.001, Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Subchapter G of Chapter 393, or Chapter 394;

(2) work performed by the commissioner or the commissioner's representative on information obtained from a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person for the purposes of an examination or investigation conducted under Section 339.001, Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394;

(3) a report on an examination or investigation of a license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person conducted under Section 339.001, Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394; and

(4) any written communications between the license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person, as applicable, and the commissioner or the commissioner's representative relating to or referencing an examination or investigation conducted under Section 339.001, Subtitle B or C, Title 4, Chapter 393 with respect to a credit access business, or Chapter 394.

(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's representative may disclose the confidential information or material described by Subsection (a):

(1) to a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States if the commissioner considers disclosure to be necessary or proper to the enforcement of the laws of this state or the United States and in the best interest of the public;

(2) if the license holder, registrant, applicant, or other person consents to the release of the information or has published the information contained in the release; or

(3) if the commissioner determines that release of the information is required for an administrative hearing.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1382 (S.B. 1620), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1182 (H.B. 3453), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1302 (H.B. 2594), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2012.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 63 (H.B. 2548), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 8.001, eff. September 1, 2013.

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