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By: Lambert (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 3803 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2025; |
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May 1, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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Commerce; May 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 15, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial |
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information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust |
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funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 712.010. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN |
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INFORMATION. (a) Information relating to the financial condition |
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of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains |
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directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other |
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than a published statement, is confidential. |
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(b) A department file or record relating to the financial |
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condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential. |
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(c) The commissioner may disclose information described by |
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Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality |
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of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner |
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determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and |
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necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or |
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the United States. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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