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AN ACT
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relating to the compelled production of certain customer records by |
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a financial institution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 59.006, Finance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) If the requesting party has not paid a financial |
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institution's costs or posted a cost bond as required by Subsection |
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(b)(2), a court may not: |
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(1) order the financial institution to produce a |
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record in response to the record request; or |
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(2) find the financial institution to be in contempt |
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of court for failing to produce the record. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a record request submitted on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A record request submitted before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2394 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2394 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |