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	Amend SB 1620 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 14, Finance Code, is 
amended by adding Section 14.2015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 14.2015.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.  (a)  
Except as provided by Subsection (b), information or material 
obtained or compiled by the commissioner in relation to an 
examination by the commissioner or the commissioner's 
representative of a license holder or registrant under Subtitle B 
or C, Title 4, or Chapter 394 is confidential and may not be 
disclosed by the commissioner or an officer or employee of the 
Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, including:
		(1)  information obtained from a license holder or 
registrant under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, or Chapter 394;
		(2)  work performed by the commissioner or the 
commissioner's representative on information obtained from a 
license holder or registrant for the purposes of an examination 
conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, or Chapter 394;
		(3)  a report on an examination of a license holder or 
registrant conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, or Chapter 394; 
and
		(4)  any written communications between the license 
holder or registrant, as applicable, and the commissioner or the 
commissioner's representative relating to or referencing an 
examination conducted under Subtitle B or C, Title 4, or Chapter 
394.
	(b)  The commissioner or the commissioner's representative 
may disclose the confidential information or material described by 
Subsection (a):
		(1)  to a department, agency, or instrumentality of 
this state or the United States if the commissioner considers 
disclosure to be necessary or proper to the enforcement of the laws 
of this state or the United States and in the best interest of the 
public;
		(2)  if the license holder or registrant consents to 
the release of the information or has published the information 
contained in the release; or
		(3)  if the commissioner determines that release of the 
information is required for an administrative hearing.