Texas Natural Resources Code 53.080 – Audit Information Confidential
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(a) All information secured, derived, or obtained during the course of an inspection or examination of books, accounts, reports, or other records as provided by Section 53.068 of this code, a rule, or a lease provision is confidential and may not be used publicly, opened for public inspection, or disclosed, except for information in a lien filed under this chapter and except as permitted under Subsection (d) of this section.
(b) All information made confidential by this section is not subject to subpoena directed to the commissioner, the attorney general, or the governor except in a judicial or administrative proceeding to which this state is a party.
Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 53.080
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(c) The commissioner or the attorney general may use information made confidential by this section and contracts made confidential by Section 53.079 of this code to enforce this chapter or may authorize their use in judicial or administrative proceedings to which this state is a party.
(d) This section does not prohibit:
(1) the delivery of information made confidential by this section to the lessee or its successor, receiver, executor, guarantor, administrator, assignee, or representative;
(2) the publication of statistics classified to prevent the identification of a particular audit or items in a particular audit;
(3) the release of information that is otherwise available to the public; or
(4) the release of information concerning the amount of royalty assessed as a result of an examination conducted under Section 53.068 of this code, a rule, or a lease provision or the release of other information that would have been properly included in reports required under Section 53.068 of this code, a rule, or a lease provision.