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Relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust funds, the official text

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H.B. No. 3803

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality and disclosure of certain financial

information of perpetual care cemeteries and perpetual care trust

funds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 712, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 712.010 to read as follows:

Sec. 712.010. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN

INFORMATION. (a) Information relating to the financial condition

of a perpetual care cemetery or fund the department obtains

directly or indirectly, through examination or otherwise, other

than a published statement, is confidential.

(b) A department file or record relating to the financial

condition of a perpetual care cemetery or fund is confidential.

(c) The commissioner may disclose information described by

Subsection (a) or (b) to an agency, department, or instrumentality

of this or another state or the United States if the commissioner

determines disclosure is in the best interest of the public and

necessary or proper to enforce the laws of this or another state or

the United States.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3803 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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