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| 7 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 11 | | relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial |
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| 10 | 12 | | information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust |
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| 11 | 13 | | funds. |
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| 12 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety |
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| 14 | 16 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 17 | | Sec. 712.010. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN |
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| 16 | 18 | | INFORMATION. (a) Information relating to the financial condition |
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| 17 | 19 | | of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains |
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| 18 | 20 | | directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other |
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| 19 | 21 | | than a published statement, is confidential. |
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| 20 | 22 | | (b) A department file or record relating to the financial |
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| 21 | 23 | | condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential. |
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| 22 | 24 | | (c) The commissioner may disclose information described by |
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| 23 | 25 | | Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality |
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| 24 | 26 | | of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner |
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| 25 | 27 | | determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and |
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| 26 | 28 | | necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or |
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| 27 | 29 | | the United States. |
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| 28 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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