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Texas Government Code - Section 552.103. Exception: Litigation Or Settlement Negotiations Involving The State Or A Political Subdivision

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§ 552.103. EXCEPTION:  LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT 
NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a) 
Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if 
it is information relating to litigation of a civil or criminal 
nature to which the state or a political subdivision is or may be a 
party or to which an officer or employee of the state or a political 
subdivision, as a consequence of the person's office or employment, 
is or may be a party.
	(b)  For purposes of this section, the state or a political 
subdivision is considered to be a party to litigation of a criminal 
nature until the applicable statute of limitations has expired or 
until the defendant has exhausted all appellate and postconviction 
remedies in state and federal court.
	(c)  Information relating to litigation involving a 
governmental body or an officer or employee of a governmental body 
is excepted from disclosure under Subsection (a) only if the 
litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated on the date that 
the requestor applies to the officer for public information for 
access to or duplication of the information.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1319, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.

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