85R4482 AAF-D
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and
other entities created to assist or advise state agencies or
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 402.033(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) If a person determines or reasonably suspects that
fraudulent activity has been committed or is about to be committed,
the person shall report the information to an authorized
governmental agency. [If a person reports the information to the
attorney general, the attorney general shall notify each agency
with representation on the residential mortgage fraud task force
under Section 402.032.] If a financial institution or person
voluntarily or pursuant to this section reports fraudulent activity
to an authorized governmental agency, the financial institution or
person may not notify any person involved in the fraudulent
activity that the fraudulent activity has been reported, and the
authorized governmental agency who has any knowledge that such
report was made shall not disclose to any person involved in the
fraudulent activity that the fraudulent activity has been reported.
Any financial institution or person that makes a voluntary report
of any possible violation of law or regulation to an authorized
governmental agency shall not be liable to any person under any law
or regulation of the state or the United States for such report.
SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Section 231.013, Family Code;
(2) Section 402.032, Government Code;
(3) Sections 195.002(d) and 195.008, Local Government
Code; and
(4) Subchapter E, Chapter 110, Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. On the effective date of this Act, the following
are abolished:
(1) the information resources steering committee;
(2) the residential mortgage fraud task force;
(3) the Electronic Recording Advisory Committee; and
(4) the interagency advisory committee to the Council
on Sex Offender Treatment.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.