Sec. 403.304. COOPERATION WITH COMPTROLLER; CONFIDENTIALITY  


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  • (a) A school district, appraisal district, or other governmental entity in this state shall promptly comply with an oral or written request from the comptroller for information to be used in conducting a study, including information that is made confidential by Chapter 552 of this code, Section 22.27, Tax Code, or another law of this state.

    (a-1) All information the comptroller obtains from a person, other than a government or governmental subdivision or agency, under an assurance that the information will be kept confidential, in the course of conducting a study is confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in Subsection (b).

    (b) Information made confidential by this section may be disclosed:

    (1) in a judicial or administrative proceeding pursuant to a lawful subpoena;

    (2) to the person who gave the information to the comptroller; or

    (3) for statistical purposes if in a form that does not identify specific property or a specific property owner.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 26, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 288 , Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2010. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 288 , Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2010.