Amend HB 1218, on third reading, by adding the following
SECTION appropriately numbered and renumbering the SECTIONS of the
bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. Section 111.006(a), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The following matter is confidential and may not be used
publicly, opened to the public inspection, or disclosed except as
permitted by this section:
(1) a federal tax return or federal tax return
information required to have been submitted to the comptroller with
a state tax return or report; [and]
(2) all information secured, derived, or obtained by
the comptroller or the attorney general during the course of an
examination of the taxpayer's books, records, papers, officers, or
employees, including an examination of the business affairs,
operations, source of income, profits, losses, or expenditures of
the taxpayer; and
(3) the name or other identifying information of a
taxpayer that has been selected for or is undergoing an examination
by the comptroller under this subtitle until the comptroller has:
(A) issued a determination under Section 111.008
or 111.022; or
(B) credited or issued a refund to the taxpayer
under Section 111.104.