Section 45-2-1717 - Criminal sanctions for violations - Reports - Confidential information(a) It is the duty of the commissioner to submit to the district attorneys general for the respective counties of the state any criminal violation of the banking laws known by the commissioner to have occurred in the county. The commissioner shall also report the violation to the appropriate division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation.(b) The commissioner may submit to the district attorneys general, to the attorney general and reporter, and to the appropriate division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation any criminal violation of the securities laws known by the commissioner to have occurred.(c) Confidential information that is communicated by the commissioner pursuant to this section, whether the reporting is required or authorized by law, remains confidential in the hands of the agency to which the information is reported, and does not become a matter of public record by virtue of this communication.Acts 1969, ch. 36, § 1 (3.617); 1973, ch. 294, § 6; modified; T.C.A., § 45-1117; Acts 1984, ch. 632, § 1; 1991, ch. 235, § 4.