89R18479 EAS-F
By: Lambert H.B. No. 3803
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3803:
By: Plesa C.S.H.B. No. 3803
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial
information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust
funds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 712.010. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION. (a) Information relating to the financial condition
of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains
directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other
than a published statement, is confidential.
(b) A department file or record relating to the financial
condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential.
(c) The commissioner may disclose information described by
Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality
of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner
determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and
necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or
the United States.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.