Texas Agriculture Code

§ 14.012 — BUSINESS INFORMATION

AG § 14.012Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE · Ch. 14. REGULATION OF PUBLIC GRAIN WAREHOUSE OPERATORS · Art. B. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), financial information of a warehouse operator provided to the department is confidential and not subject to public disclosure.

(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), financial information of a warehouse operator provided to the department may be disclosed:

(1)without sealing in an administrative proceeding commenced by the department against the warehouse operator;

(2)to a local or state law enforcement officer, a county attorney, a district attorney, or the attorney general, acting either independently or on behalf of the department, investigating the warehouse operator;

(3)in a civil proceeding commenced by the warehouse operator against the department;

(4)in response to a subpoena from a party in a civil proceeding commenced against the warehouse operator;

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Legislative history

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 168 (S.B. 248), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.