Tex. Occ. Code § 1201.608 · Subchapter M. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES
INSPECTION OF LICENSEE RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may inspect a licensee's records during normal business hours without advance notice if the director believes that such inspection is necessary to prevent a violation of this chapter, to protect a consumer or another licensee, or to assist another state or federal agency in an investigation.
(b) The director may request or issue subpoenas for a licensee's records.
(c) The department may carry out "sting" or undercover investigations in accordance with board-adopted rules if the director believes such action to be appropriate in order to detect and address suspected violations of this chapter.
(d) While an investigation is pending, information obtained by the department in connection with that investigation is confidential unless disclosure of the information is specifically permitted or required by other law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (H.B. 1460), Sec. 63, eff. January 1, 2008.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1201.htm
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