1. (a) To enforce this chapter, the comptroller or attorney general may use information made confidential by this chapter.

2. (b) The comptroller or attorney general may authorize the use of the confidential information in a judicial proceeding in which the state is a party. The comptroller or attorney general may authorize examination of the confidential information by:

   1. (1) another state officer of this state;
   2. (2) a law enforcement official of this state; or
   3. (3) a tax official of another state or an official of the federal government if the other state or the federal government has a reciprocal arrangement with this state.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1703, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 1 (H.B. 3), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2008.