Texas § TN.366.403 - CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

§ TN.366.403. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. (a) To encourage private entities to submit proposals under this subchapter, the following information is confidential, is not subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under Chapter 552 , Government Code, and is not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release until a final contract for a proposed project is entered into: (1) all or part of a proposal that is submitted by a private entity for a comprehensive development agreement, except information provided under Sections 366.402 (b)(1) and (2), unless the private entity consents to the disclosure of the information; (2) supplemental information or material submitted by a private entity in connection with a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement unless the private entity consents to the disclosure of the information or material; and (3) information created or collected by an authority or its agent during consideration of a proposal for a comprehensive development agreement or during the authority's preparation of a proposal to the department relating to a comprehensive development agreement. (b) After an authority completes its final ranking of proposals under Section 366.402 (h), the final rankings of each proposal under each of the published criteria are not confidential. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 264 (S.B. 792 ), Sec. 9.03, eff. June 11, 2007.