Tex. Labor Code § 402.091
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 402.091, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 402.091. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY; OFFENSE; PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly publishes, discloses, or distributes information that is confidential under this subchapter to a person not authorized to receive the information directly from the division.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly receives information that is confidential under this subchapter and that the person is not authorized to receive.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section may be prosecuted in a court in the county where the information was unlawfully received, published, disclosed, or distributed.
(e) A district court in Travis County has jurisdiction to enjoin the use, publication, disclosure, or distribution of confidential information under this section.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly receives information that is confidential under this subchapter and that the person is not authorized to receive.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section may be prosecuted in a court in the county where the information was unlawfully received, published, disclosed, or distributed.
(e) A district court in Travis County has jurisdiction to enjoin the use, publication, disclosure, or distribution of confidential information under this section.
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