84R1653 CLG-D
 
  By: Naishtat H.B. No. 1333
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a request for a customer record of a financial
  institution for guardianship purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 59.006(a), Finance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section provides the exclusive method for
  compelled discovery of a record of a financial institution relating
  to one or more customers but does not create a right of privacy in a
  record.  This section does not apply to and does not require or
  authorize a financial institution to give a customer notice of:
               (1)  a demand or inquiry from a state or federal
  government agency authorized by law to conduct an examination of
  the financial institution;
               (2)  a record request from a state or federal
  government agency or instrumentality under statutory or
  administrative authority that provides for, or is accompanied by, a
  specific mechanism for discovery and protection of a customer
  record of a financial institution, including a record request from
  a federal agency subject to the Right to Financial Privacy Act of
  1978 (12 U.S.C. Section 3401 et seq.), as amended, or from the
  Internal Revenue Service under Section 1205, Internal Revenue Code
  of 1986;
               (3)  a record request from or report to a government
  agency arising out of:
                     (A)  the investigation or prosecution of a
  criminal offense;
                     (B)  the investigation of alleged abuse, neglect,
  or exploitation of an elderly or disabled person in accordance with
  Chapter 48, Human Resources Code; or
                     (C)  the assessment for or provision of
  guardianship services under Subchapter E, Chapter 161, Human
  Resources Code;
               (4)  a record request in connection with a garnishment
  proceeding in which the financial institution is garnishee and the
  customer is debtor;
               (5)  a record request by a duly appointed receiver for
  the customer;
               (6)  an investigative demand or inquiry from a state
  legislative investigating committee;
               (7)  an investigative demand or inquiry from the
  attorney general of this state as authorized by law other than the
  procedural law governing discovery in civil cases; [or]
               (8)  the voluntary use or disclosure of a record by a
  financial institution subject to other applicable state or federal
  law; or
               (9)  a record request in connection with an
  investigation conducted under Section 1054.151, 1054.152, or
  1102.001, Estates Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.