Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 51.409 - Financial Disclosure Statement(a) The commission by rule may require a person, other than an individual, applying for a license issued by the department to submit with the license application a financial disclosure statement. The rules may require any of the following information to be disclosed based on the type of license for which the application is submitted:(1) the name of the applicable business entity;(2) the name of each person who has a direct financial investment in the business;(3) the name of each person, other than an individual, who:(A) has a financial investment in the business; and(B) is not otherwise disclosed under Subdivision (2);(4) the total amount or percentage of the financial investment made by each person described by Subdivision (2); and(5) the name of each of the following persons associated with the business, if the person is not otherwise disclosed under Subdivision (2) or (3):(E) an owner or person who controls the owner; and(F) a person who acts as a controlling person of the business through the exercise of direct or indirect influence or control over the management of the business, the expenditure of money by the business, or a policy of the business, including: (i) any management company, landlord, marketing company, or similar person who operates or contracts for the operation of the business and, if the business is a publicly traded corporation or is controlled by a publicly traded corporation, any officer or director of the corporation;(ii) an individual who has a personal, familial, or other relationship with an owner, manager, landlord, tenant, or provider of a business that allows the individual to exercise actual control of the business; and(iii) any other person the commission by rule requires to be included based on the person's exercise of direct or indirect influence or control other than a shareholder or lender of the corporation.(b) The department may deny an application for the issuance or renewal of a license or may suspend or revoke a license on the grounds that an applicant or license holder: (1) fails to disclose a relationship for which disclosure is required by rules adopted under this section; or(2) discloses a relationship for which disclosure is required by rules adopted under this section with a person whose license was revoked or who has failed to comply with an order of the commission or executive director.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 663,Sec. 1.13, eff. 9/1/2021.