Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.154
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 12.154, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 12.154. AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
Information held by the attorney general and derived in the course of an examination of an entity's records or documents is not public information, is not subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be disclosed except:
(1) in the course of an administrative or judicial proceeding in which the state is a party;
(2) in a suit by the state to:
(A) revoke the registration of the foreign filing entity or terminate the certificate of formation of the filing entity; or
(B) collect penalties for a violation of the law of this state; or
(3) to provide information to any officer of this state charged with the enforcement of its laws.
(1) in the course of an administrative or judicial proceeding in which the state is a party;
(2) in a suit by the state to:
(A) revoke the registration of the foreign filing entity or terminate the certificate of formation of the filing entity; or
(B) collect penalties for a violation of the law of this state; or
(3) to provide information to any officer of this state charged with the enforcement of its laws.
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