Texas Finance Code 156.206 – Criminal and Other Background Checks
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(a) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 160, Sec. 87(5), eff. September 1, 2013.
(b) The commissioner shall conduct criminal background and credit history checks on a person required to be licensed under this chapter.
Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 156.206
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(c) The commissioner shall keep confidential any background information obtained under this section and may not release or disclose the information unless:
(1) the information is a public record at the time the commissioner obtains the information; or
(2) the commissioner releases the information:
(A) under order from a court; or
(B) to a governmental agency.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be released or disclosed only to a governmental entity or as authorized by federal statute, federal rule, or federal executive order.