Text of section effective on January 01, 2022
Sec. 4007.056. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION. (a) All information received in connection with an investigation under Section 4007.053 and all internal notes, memoranda, reports, or communications made in connection with an investigation under that section are confidential.
(b) The commissioner may not disclose a document or other information made confidential by Subsection (a) unless the disclosure is made:
(1) to the public under court order for good cause shown; or
(2) at the commissioner's discretion, as part of an administrative proceeding or a civil or criminal action to enforce this title.
(c) The commissioner, at the commissioner's discretion, may disclose confidential information in the commissioner's possession to:
(1) a governmental or regulatory authority or any association of governmental or regulatory authorities approved by board rule; or
(2) any receiver appointed under Section 4007.151.
(d) Disclosure of information under Subsection (c) does not violate any other provision of this title or Chapter 552.
(e) This section may not be interpreted to prohibit or limit the publication of rulings or decisions of the commissioner.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2022.
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