Sec. 404.058.  OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.  (a)  The comptroller shall compile information concerning outstanding warrants, which must be consistent with the requirements of the uniform statewide accounting system.
(b)  The warrant number of an outstanding warrant is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the warrant is issued by the comptroller.
(c)  A person who issues a warrant under Section 403.060(a) may disclose the warrant number of the warrant to a person other than the comptroller only if the comptroller has:
(1)  informed the person that the warrant is not an outstanding warrant;  or
(2)  authorized or required the disclosure.
(d)  In this section:
(1)  "Outstanding warrant" means any warrant except a warrant that:
(A)  has been paid by the comptroller;
(B)  has been canceled;  or
(C)  may not be paid by the comptroller because it was not presented before the date determined under Section 404.046 or other applicable law.
(2)  "Warrant number" means the number or other data element printed on a warrant that the comptroller uses to distinguish it from all other warrants that the comptroller may pay during the same period that the comptroller may pay the warrant under Section 404.046 or other applicable law.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 207, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 7.55, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 20, eff. June 15, 2001.