Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.22
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 20.22, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 20.22. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW.
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter does not apply to the use of a protected consumer's consumer report or record by:
(1) a person administering a credit file monitoring subscription service to which:
(A) the protected consumer has subscribed; or
(B) the representative of the protected consumer has subscribed on behalf of the protected consumer;
(2) a person providing the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative with a copy of the protected consumer's consumer report on request of the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative;
(3) a consumer reporting agency with respect to a database or file that consists entirely of information concerning, and is used solely for, one or more of the following:
(A) criminal history record information;
(B) personal loss history information;
(C) fraud prevention or detection;
(D) tenant screening; or
(E) employment screening; or
(4) an entity described by Section 20.038(11), (12), or (13).
(b) To the extent of a conflict between a provision of this subchapter relating to a protected consumer and another provision of this chapter, this subchapter controls.
(1) a person administering a credit file monitoring subscription service to which:
(A) the protected consumer has subscribed; or
(B) the representative of the protected consumer has subscribed on behalf of the protected consumer;
(2) a person providing the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative with a copy of the protected consumer's consumer report on request of the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative;
(3) a consumer reporting agency with respect to a database or file that consists entirely of information concerning, and is used solely for, one or more of the following:
(A) criminal history record information;
(B) personal loss history information;
(C) fraud prevention or detection;
(D) tenant screening; or
(E) employment screening; or
(4) an entity described by Section 20.038(11), (12), or (13).
(b) To the extent of a conflict between a provision of this subchapter relating to a protected consumer and another provision of this chapter, this subchapter controls.
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