Sec. 418.175.  CERTAIN INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.  (a)  Information that relates to physically or mentally disabled individuals or other individuals with special needs and that is maintained for purposes of emergency management or disaster planning is confidential.
(b)  This section applies to information in the possession of any person, including:
(1)  the state, an agency of the state, a political subdivision, or an agency of a political subdivision;  or
(2)  an electric, telecommunications, gas, or water utility.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 778, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1312, Sec. 2, eff. June 21, 2003.