Sec. 74.702.  EXAMINATION OF RECORDS.  (a)  For purposes of the application and enforcement of this title, the comptroller, the attorney general, or an authorized agent of either, may at any reasonable time and place, examine the books and records of any person to determine whether the person has complied with this title.
(b)  The comptroller, the attorney general, or an agent of either may not make public any information obtained by an examination made under this section and may not disclose that information except in the course of a judicial proceeding, authorized by this chapter, in which the state is a party or pursuant to an agreement with another state allowing joint audits or the exchange of information obtained under this section.
(c)  Subsection (a) applies to any books, records, papers, information, or other objects determined by the comptroller or attorney general to be necessary to conduct a complete examination under this title.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 153, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 36, Sec. 3.12, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1037, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 16.35, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 897 (H.B. 3598), Sec. 8, eff. June 10, 2019.