85R4482 AAF-D     By: Birdwell S.B. No. 526       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and   other entities created to assist or advise state agencies or   officers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 402.033(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  If a person determines or reasonably suspects that   fraudulent activity has been committed or is about to be committed,   the person shall report the information to an authorized   governmental agency.  [If a person reports the information to the   attorney general, the attorney general shall notify each agency   with representation on the residential mortgage fraud task force   under Section 402.032.]  If a financial institution or person   voluntarily or pursuant to this section reports fraudulent activity   to an authorized governmental agency, the financial institution or   person may not notify any person involved in the fraudulent   activity that the fraudulent activity has been reported, and the   authorized governmental agency who has any knowledge that such   report was made shall not disclose to any person involved in the   fraudulent activity that the fraudulent activity has been reported.     Any financial institution or person that makes a voluntary report   of any possible violation of law or regulation to an authorized   governmental agency shall not be liable to any person under any law   or regulation of the state or the United States for such report.          SECTION 2.  The following provisions are repealed:                (1)  Section 231.013, Family Code;                (2)  Section 402.032, Government Code;                (3)  Sections 195.002(d) and 195.008, Local Government   Code; and                (4)  Subchapter E, Chapter 110, Occupations Code.          SECTION 3.  On the effective date of this Act, the following   are abolished:                (1)  the information resources steering committee;                (2)  the residential mortgage fraud task force;                (3)  the Electronic Recording Advisory Committee; and                (4)  the interagency advisory committee to the Council   on Sex Offender Treatment.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.