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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 2TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 12SWORN COMPLAINTS
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES
RULE §12.7Confidentiality

(a) The commission and its employees shall not communicate any information about a sworn complaint, including whether or not a complaint has been filed, to any person other than the respondent, the complainant, and a witness or potential witness identified by the respondent, the complainant, or another witness or potential witness.

(b) Confidentiality under section 571.140 of the Government Code may be waived only if the complainant and each respondent named in the complaint provide a verified, written waiver of confidentiality to the executive director.


Source Note: The provisions of this §12.7 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9711; amended to be effective July 5, 2004, 29 TexReg 6251

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