Texas Government Code Title 5, Chapter 552 - Public Information

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 552.001 - Policy; Construction
  (a) Under the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government that adheres to the principle that government is the servant and not...
• Texas Section 552.002 - Definition Of Public Information; Media Containing Public Information
  (a) In this chapter, "public information" means information that is written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained under a law or ordinance or in connection with...
• Texas Section 552.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Governmental body": (A) means: (i) a board, commission, department, committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is created by...
• Texas Section 552.0035 - Access To Information Of Judiciary
  (a) Access to information collected, assembled, or maintained by or for the judiciary is governed by rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Texas or...
• Texas Section 552.0036 - Certain Property Owners' Associations Subject To Law
  A property owners' association is subject to this chapter in the same manner as a governmental body: (1) if: (A) membership in the property owners'...
• Texas Section 552.0038 - Public Retirement Systems Subject To Law
  (a) In this section, "governing body of a public retirement system" and "public retirement system" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 802.001. (b)...
• Texas Section 552.004 - Preservation Of Information
  A governmental body or, for information of an elective county office, the elected county officer, may determine a time for which information that is not...
• Texas Section 552.005 - Effect Of Chapter On Scope Of Civil Discovery
  (a) This chapter does not affect the scope of civil discovery under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) Exceptions from disclosure under this chapter...
• Texas Section 552.0055 - Subpoena Duces Tecum Or Discovery Request
  A subpoena duces tecum or a request for discovery that is issued in compliance with a statute or a rule of civil or criminal procedure...
• Texas Section 552.006 - Effect Of Chapter On Withholding Public Information
  This chapter does not authorize the withholding of public information or limit the availability of public information to the public, except as expressly provided by...
• Texas Section 552.007 - Voluntary Disclosure Of Certain Information When Disclosure Not Required
  (a) This chapter does not prohibit a governmental body or its officer for public information from voluntarily making part or all of its information available...
• Texas Section 552.008 - Information For Legislative Purposes
  (a) This chapter does not grant authority to withhold information from individual members, agencies, or committees of the legislature to use for legislative purposes. (b)...
• Texas Section 552.009 - Open Records Steering Committee: Advice To Attorney General; Electronic Availability Of Public Information
  (a) The open records steering committee is composed of two representatives of the attorney general's office and: (1) a representative of each of the following,...
• Texas Section 552.010 - State Governmental Bodies: Fiscal And Other Information Relating To Making Information Accessible
  (a) Each state governmental body shall report to the attorney general the information the attorney general requires regarding: (1) the number and nature of requests...
• Texas Section 552.011 - Uniformity
  The attorney general shall maintain uniformity in the application, operation, and interpretation of this chapter. To perform this duty, the attorney general may prepare, distribute,...

SUBCHAPTER B RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

• Texas Section 552.012 - Open Records Training
  (a) This section applies to an elected or appointed public official who is: (1) a member of a multimember governmental body; (2) the governing officer...
• Texas Section 552.021 - Availability Of Public Information
  Public information is available to the public at a minimum during the normal business hours of the governmental body. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg.,...
• Texas Section 552.0215 - Right Of Access To Certain Information After 75 Years
  (a) Except as provided by Section 552.147, the confidentiality provisions of this chapter, or other law, information that is not confidential but is excepted from...
• Texas Section 552.022 - Categories Of Public Information; Examples
  (a) Without limiting the amount or kind of information that is public information under this chapter, the following categories of information are public information and...
• Texas Section 552.0221 - Employee Or Trustee Of Public Employee Pension System
  (a) Information concerning the employment of an employee of a public employee pension system is public information under the terms of this chapter, including information...
• Texas Section 552.0225 - Right Of Access To Investment Information
  (a) Under the fundamental philosophy of American government described by Section 552.001, it is the policy of this state that investments of government are investments...
• Texas Section 552.023 - Special Right Of Access To Confidential Information
  (a) A person or a person's authorized representative has a special right of access, beyond the right of the general public, to information held by...
• Texas Section 552.024 - Electing To Disclose Address And Telephone Number
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), each employee or official of a governmental body and each former employee or official of a governmental body...
• Texas Section 552.025 - Tax Rulings And Opinions
  (a) A governmental body with taxing authority that issues a written determination letter, technical advice memorandum, or ruling that concerns a tax matter shall index...
• Texas Section 552.026 - Education Records
  This chapter does not require the release of information contained in education records of an educational agency or institution, except in conformity with the Family...
• Texas Section 552.027 - Exception: Information Available Commercially; Resource Material
  (a) A governmental body is not required under this chapter to allow the inspection of or to provide a copy of information in a commercial...
• Texas Section 552.028 - Request For Information From Incarcerated Individual
  (a) A governmental body is not required to accept or comply with a request for information from: (1) an individual who is imprisoned or confined...

SUBCHAPTER C INFORMATION EXCEPTED FROM REQUIRED DISCLOSURE

• Texas Section 552.029 - Right Of Access To Certain Information Relating To Inmate Of Department Of Criminal Justice
  Notwithstanding Section 508.313 or 552.134, the following information about an inmate who is confined in a facility operated by or under a contract with the...
• Texas Section 552.101 - Exception: Confidential Information
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information considered to be confidential by law, either constitutional, statutory, or by judicial...
• Texas Section 552.102 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Personnel Information
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information in a personnel file, the disclosure of which would constitute a...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 552.104 - Exception: Information Related To Competition Or Bidding
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information that, if released, would give advantage to a competitor or bidder....
• Texas Section 552.105 - Exception: Information Related To Location Or Price Of Property
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to: (1) the location of real or personal property for a...
• Texas Section 552.106 - Exception: Certain Legislative Documents
  (a) A draft or working paper involved in the preparation of proposed legislation is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021. (b) An internal bill...
• Texas Section 552.107 - Exception: Certain Legal Matters
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if: (1) it is information that the attorney general or an attorney of a political subdivision...
• Texas Section 552.108 - Exception: Certain Law Enforcement, Corrections, And Prosecutorial Information
  (a) Information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime is excepted from the requirements...
• Texas Section 552.1081 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Information Regarding Execution Of Convict
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains identifying information under Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, including that of: (1)...
• Texas Section 552.1085 - Confidentiality Of Sensitive Crime Scene Image
  (a) In this section: (1) "Deceased person's next of kin" means: (A) the surviving spouse of the deceased person; (B) if there is no surviving...
• Texas Section 552.109 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Private Communications Of An Elected Office Holder
  Private correspondence or communications of an elected office holder relating to matters the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of privacy are excepted from...
• Texas Section 552.110 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Trade Secrets; Confidentiality Of Certain Commercial Or Financial Information
  (a) A trade secret obtained from a person and privileged or confidential by statute or judicial decision is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021....
• Texas Section 552.111 - Exception: Agency Memoranda
  An interagency or intraagency memorandum or letter that would not be available by law to a party in litigation with the agency is excepted from...
• Texas Section 552.112 - Exception: Certain Information Relating To Regulation Of Financial Institutions Or Securities
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information contained in or relating to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared...
• Texas Section 552.113 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Geological Or Geophysical Information
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is: (1) an electric log confidential under Subchapter M, Chapter 91, Natural Resources...
• Texas Section 552.114 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Student Records
  (a) In this section, "student record" means: (1) information that constitutes education records as that term is defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy...
• Texas Section 552.115 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Birth And Death Records
  (a) A birth or death record maintained by the vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services or a local registration official is...
• Texas Section 552.116 - Exception: Audit Working Papers
  (a) An audit working paper of an audit of the state auditor or the auditor of a state agency, an institution of higher education as...
• Texas Section 552.117 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Addresses, Telephone Numbers, Social Security Numbers, And Personal Family Information
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home address, home telephone number, emergency contact...
• Texas Section 552.1175 - Confidentiality Of Certain Personal Identifying Information Of Peace Officers, County Jailers, Security Officers, Employees Of Certain Criminal Or Juvenile Justice Agencies Or Offices, And Federal And State Judges
  Sec. 552.1175. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF PEACE OFFICERS, COUNTY JAILERS, SECURITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCIES OR OFFICES,...
• Texas Section 552.1176 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information Maintained By State Bar
  (a) Information that relates to the home address, home telephone number, electronic mail address, social security number, or date of birth of a person licensed...
• Texas Section 552.118 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Official Prescription Program Information
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is: (1) information on or derived from an official prescription form or electronic prescription...
• Texas Section 552.118 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Official Prescription Program Information
  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is: (1) information on or derived from an official prescription form or electronic prescription...
• Texas Section 552.119 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Photographs Of Peace Officers
  (a) A photograph that depicts a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, the release of which would endanger the life...
• Texas Section 552.120 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Rare Books And Original Manuscripts
  A rare book or original manuscript that was not created or maintained in the conduct of official business of a governmental body and that is...
• Texas Section 552.121 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Documents Held For Historical Research
  An oral history interview, personal paper, unpublished letter, or organizational record of a nongovernmental entity that was not created or maintained in the conduct of...
• Texas Section 552.122 - Exception: Test Items
  (a) A test item developed by an educational institution that is funded wholly or in part by state revenue is excepted from the requirements of...
• Texas Section 552.123 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Name Of Applicant For Chief Executive Officer Of Institution Of Higher Education
  The name of an applicant for the position of chief executive officer of an institution of higher education, and other information that would tend to...
• Texas Section 552.1235 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Identity Of Private Donor To Institution Of Higher Education
  (a) The name or other information that would tend to disclose the identity of a person, other than a governmental body, who makes a gift,...
• Texas Section 552.124 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Records Of Library Or Library System
  (a) A record of a library or library system, supported in whole or in part by public funds, that identifies or serves to identify a...
• Texas Section 552.125 - Exception: Certain Audits
  Any documents or information privileged under the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021. Added by...
• Texas Section 552.126 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Name Of Applicant For Superintendent Of Public School District
  The name of an applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school district is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, except that...
• Texas Section 552.127 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Personal Information Relating To Participants In Neighborhood Crime Watch Organization
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the information identifies a person as a participant in a neighborhood crime watch organization...
• Texas Section 552.128 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Information Submitted By Potential Vendor Or Contractor
  (a) Information submitted by a potential vendor or contractor to a governmental body in connection with an application for certification as a historically underutilized or...
• Texas Section 552.129 - Confidentiality Of Certain Motor Vehicle Inspection Information
  A record created during a motor vehicle emissions inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, that relates to an individual vehicle or owner of...
• Texas Section 552.130 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Motor Vehicle Records
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the information relates to: (1) a motor vehicle operator's or driver's license or permit...
• Texas Section 552.131 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Economic Development Information
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the information relates to economic development negotiations involving a governmental body and a business...
• Texas Section 552.132 - Confidentiality Of Crime Victim Or Claimant Information
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), in this section, "crime victim or claimant" means a victim or claimant under Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code...
• Texas Section 552.1325 - Crime Victim Impact Statement: Certain Information Confidential
  (a) In this section: (1) "Crime victim" means a person who is a victim as defined by Article 56.32, Code of Criminal Procedure. (2) "Victim...
• Texas Section 552.133 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Public Power Utility Competitive Matters
  (a) In this section, "public power utility" means an entity providing electric or gas utility services that is subject to the provisions of this chapter....
• Texas Section 552.134 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Information Relating To Inmate Of Department Of Criminal Justice
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or by Section 552.029, information obtained or maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is excepted from...
• Texas Section 552.135 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Information Held By School District
  (a) "Informer" means a student or a former student or an employee or former employee of a school district who has furnished a report of...
• Texas Section 552.136 - Confidentiality Of Credit Card, Debit Card, Charge Card, And Access Device Numbers
  (a) In this section, "access device" means a card, plate, code, account number, personal identification number, electronic serial number, mobile identification number, or other telecommunications...
• Texas Section 552.137 - Confidentiality Of Certain E-mail Addresses
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an e-mail address of a member of the public that is provided for the purpose of communicating...
• Texas Section 552.138 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Family Violence Shelter Center, Victims Of Trafficking Shelter Center, And Sexual Assault Program Information
  (a) In this section: (1) "Family violence shelter center" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code. (2) "Sexual assault program" has the...
• Texas Section 552.139 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Government Information Related To Security Or Infrastructure Issues For Computers
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to computer network security, to restricted information under Section...
• Texas Section 552.140 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Military Discharge Records
  (a) This section applies only to a military veteran's Department of Defense Form DD-214 or other military discharge record that is first recorded with or...
• Texas Section 552.141 - Confidentiality Of Information In Application For Marriage License
  (a) Information that relates to the social security number of an individual that is maintained by a county clerk and that is on an...
• Texas Section 552.142 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Records Subject To Order Of Nondisclosure
  (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information with respect to the information...
• Texas Section 552.1425 - Civil Penalty: Dissemination Of Certain Criminal History Information
  (a) A private entity that compiles and disseminates for compensation criminal history record information may not compile or disseminate information with respect to which the...
• Texas Section 552.143 - Confidentiality Of Certain Investment Information
  (a) All information prepared or provided by a private investment fund and held by a governmental body that is not listed in Section 552.0225(b) is...
• Texas Section 552.144 - Exception: Working Papers And Electronic Communications Of Administrative Law Judges At State Office Of Administrative Hearings
  The following working papers and electronic communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings are excepted from the requirements of...
• Texas Section 552.145 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Texas No-call List
  The Texas no-call list created under Subchapter B, Chapter 304, Business & Commerce Code, and any information provided to or received from the administrator of...
• Texas Section 552.146 - Exception: Certain Communications With Assistant Or Employee Of Legislative Budget Board
  (a) All written or otherwise recorded communications, including conversations, correspondence, and electronic communications, between a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor and an...
• Texas Section 552.147 - Social Security Numbers
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the social security number of a living person is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, but is...
• Texas Section 552.148 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Personal Information Maintained By Municipality Pertaining To A Minor
  (a) In this section, "minor" means a person younger than 18 years of age. (b) The following information maintained by a municipality for purposes related...
• Texas Section 552.149 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Records Of Comptroller Or Appraisal District Received From Private Entity
  (a) Information relating to real property sales prices, descriptions, characteristics, and other related information received from a private entity by the comptroller or the chief...
• Texas Section 552.150 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Information That Could Compromise Safety Of Officer Or Employee Of Hospital District
  (a) Information in the custody of a hospital district that relates to an employee or officer of the hospital district is excepted from the requirements...
• Texas Section 552.151 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Information Regarding Select Agents
  (a) The following information that pertains to a biological agent or toxin identified or listed as a select agent under federal law, including under the...
• Texas Section 552.152 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Information Concerning Public Employee Or Officer Personal Safety
  Information in the custody of a governmental body that relates to an employee or officer of the governmental body is excepted from the requirements of...
• Texas Section 552.153 - Proprietary Records And Trade Secrets Involved In Certain Partnerships
  (a) In this section, "affected jurisdiction," "comprehensive agreement," "contracting person," "interim agreement," "qualifying project," and "responsible governmental entity" have the meanings assigned those terms by...
• Texas Section 552.154 - Exception: Name Of Applicant For Executive Director, Chief Investment Officer, Or Chief Audit Executive Of Teacher Retirement System Of Texas
  The name of an applicant for the position of executive director, chief investment officer, or chief audit executive of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas...
• Texas Section 552.155 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Certain Property Tax Appraisal Photographs
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a photograph that is taken by the chief appraiser of an appraisal district or the chief...

SUBCHAPTER D OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION

• Texas Section 552.156 - Exception: Confidentiality Of Continuity Of Operations Plan
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the following information is excepted from disclosure under this chapter: (1) a continuity of operations plan developed...
• Texas Section 552.201 - Identity Of Officer For Public Information
  (a) The chief administrative officer of a governmental body is the officer for public information, except as provided by Subsection (b). (b) Each elected county...
• Texas Section 552.202 - Department Heads
  Each department head is an agent of the officer for public information for the purposes of complying with this chapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd...
• Texas Section 552.203 - General Duties Of Officer For Public Information
  Each officer for public information, subject to penalties provided in this chapter, shall: (1) make public information available for public inspection and copying; (2) carefully...
• Texas Section 552.204 - Scope Of Responsibility Of Officer For Public Information
  An officer for public information is responsible for the release of public information as required by this chapter. The officer is not responsible for: (1)...

SUBCHAPTER E PROCEDURES RELATED TO ACCESS

• Texas Section 552.205 - Informing Public Of Basic Rights And Responsibilities Under This Chapter
  (a) An officer for public information shall prominently display a sign in the form prescribed by the attorney general that contains basic information about the...
• Texas Section 552.221 - Application For Public Information; Production Of Public Information
  (a) An officer for public information of a governmental body shall promptly produce public information for inspection, duplication, or both on application by any person...
• Texas Section 552.222 - Permissible Inquiry By Governmental Body To Requestor
  (a) The officer for public information and the officer's agent may not make an inquiry of a requestor except to establish proper identification or except...
• Texas Section 552.223 - Uniform Treatment Of Requests For Information
  The officer for public information or the officer's agent shall treat all requests for information uniformly without regard to the position or occupation of the...
• Texas Section 552.224 - Comfort And Facility
  The officer for public information or the officer's agent shall give to a requestor all reasonable comfort and facility for the full exercise of the...
• Texas Section 552.225 - Time For Examination
  (a) A requestor must complete the examination of the information not later than the 10th business day after the date the custodian of the information...
• Texas Section 552.226 - Removal Of Original Record
  This chapter does not authorize a requestor to remove an original copy of a public record from the office of a governmental body. Added by...
• Texas Section 552.227 - Research Of State Library Holdings Not Required
  An officer for public information or the officer's agent is not required to perform general research within the reference and research archives and holdings of...
• Texas Section 552.228 - Providing Suitable Copy Of Public Information Within Reasonable Time
  (a) It shall be a policy of a governmental body to provide a suitable copy of public information within a reasonable time after the date...
• Texas Section 552.229 - Consent To Release Information Under Special Right Of Access
  (a) Consent for the release of information excepted from disclosure to the general public but available to a specific person under Sections 552.023 and 552.307...
• Texas Section 552.230 - Rules Of Procedure For Inspection And Copying Of Public Information
  (a) A governmental body may promulgate reasonable rules of procedure under which public information may be inspected and copied efficiently, safely, and without delay. (b)...
• Texas Section 552.231 - Responding To Requests For Information That Require Programming Or Manipulation Of Data
  (a) A governmental body shall provide to a requestor the written statement described by Subsection (b) if the governmental body determines: (1) that responding to...

SUBCHAPTER F CHARGES FOR PROVIDING COPIES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

• Texas Section 552.232 - Responding To Repetitious Or Redundant Requests
  (a) A governmental body that determines that a requestor has made a request for information for which the governmental body has previously furnished copies to...
• Texas Section 552.261 - Charge For Providing Copies Of Public Information
  (a) The charge for providing a copy of public information shall be an amount that reasonably includes all costs related to reproducing the public information,...
• Texas Section 552.2615 - Required Itemized Estimate Of Charges
  (a) If a request for a copy of public information will result in the imposition of a charge under this subchapter that exceeds $40, or...
• Texas Section 552.262 - Rules Of The Attorney General
  (a) The attorney general shall adopt rules for use by each governmental body in determining charges for providing copies of public information under this subchapter...
• Texas Section 552.263 - Bond For Payment Of Costs Or Cash Prepayment For Preparation Of Copy Of Public Information
  (a) An officer for public information or the officer's agent may require a deposit or bond for payment of anticipated costs for the preparation of...
• Texas Section 552.264 - Copy Of Public Information Requested By Member Of Legislature
  One copy of public information that is requested from a state agency by a member, agency, or committee of the legislature under Section 552.008 shall...
• Texas Section 552.265 - Charge For Paper Copy Provided By District Or County Clerk
  The charge for providing a paper copy made by a district or county clerk's office shall be the charge provided by Chapter 51 of this...
• Texas Section 552.266 - Charge For Copy Of Public Information Provided By Municipal Court Clerk
  The charge for providing a copy made by a municipal court clerk shall be the charge provided by municipal ordinance. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd...
• Texas Section 552.2661 - Charge For Copy Of Public Information Provided By School District
  A school district that receives a request to produce public information for inspection or publication or to produce copies of public information in response to...
• Texas Section 552.267 - Waiver Or Reduction Of Charge For Providing Copy Of Public Information
  (a) A governmental body shall provide a copy of public information without charge or at a reduced charge if the governmental body determines that waiver...
• Texas Section 552.268 - Efficient Use Of Public Resources
  A governmental body shall make reasonably efficient use of supplies and other resources to avoid excessive reproduction costs. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 552.269 - Overcharge Or Overpayment For Copy Of Public Information
  (a) A person who believes the person has been overcharged for being provided with a copy of public information may complain to the attorney general...
• Texas Section 552.270 - Charge For Government Publication
  (a) This subchapter does not apply to a publication that is compiled and printed by or for a governmental body for public dissemination. If the...
• Texas Section 552.271 - Inspection Of Public Information In Paper Record If Copy Not Requested
  (a) If the requestor does not request a copy of public information, a charge may not be imposed for making available for inspection any public...
• Texas Section 552.272 - Inspection Of Electronic Record If Copy Not Requested
  (a) In response to a request to inspect information that exists in an electronic medium and that is not available directly on-line to the requestor,...
• Texas Section 552.274 - Report By Attorney General On Cost Of Copies
  (a) The attorney general shall: (1) biennially update a report prepared by the attorney general about the charges made by state agencies for providing copies...

SUBCHAPTER G ATTORNEY GENERAL DECISIONS

• Texas Section 552.275 - Requests That Require Large Amounts Of Employee Or Personnel Time
  (a) A governmental body may establish a reasonable limit on the amount of time that personnel of the governmental body are required to spend producing...
• Texas Section 552.301 - Request For Attorney General Decision
  (a) A governmental body that receives a written request for information that it wishes to withhold from public disclosure and that it considers to be...
• Texas Section 552.302 - Failure To Make Timely Request For Attorney General Decision; Presumption That Information Is Public
  If a governmental body does not request an attorney general decision as provided by Section 552.301 and provide the requestor with the information required by...
• Texas Section 552.303 - Delivery Of Requested Information To Attorney General; Disclosure Of Requested Information; Attorney General Request For Submission Of Additional Information
  (a) A governmental body that requests an attorney general decision under this subchapter shall supply to the attorney general, in accordance with Section 552.301, the...
• Texas Section 552.3035 - Disclosure Of Requested Information By Attorney General
  The attorney general may not disclose to the requestor or the public any information submitted to the attorney general under Section 552.301(e)(1)(D). Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 552.304 - Submission Of Public Comments
  (a) A person may submit written comments stating reasons why the information at issue in a request for an attorney general decision should or should...
• Texas Section 552.305 - Information Involving Privacy Or Property Interests Of Third Party
  (a) In a case in which information is requested under this chapter and a person's privacy or property interests may be involved, including a case...
• Texas Section 552.306 - Rendition Of Attorney General Decision; Issuance Of Written Opinion
  (a) Except as provided by Section 552.011, the attorney general shall promptly render a decision requested under this subchapter, consistent with the standards of due...
• Texas Section 552.307 - Special Right Of Access; Attorney General Decisions
  (a) If a governmental body determines that information subject to a special right of access under Section 552.023 is exempt from disclosure under an exception...
• Texas Section 552.308 - Timeliness Of Action By United States Mail, Interagency Mail, Or Common Or Contract Carrier
  (a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice, or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to a person within a specified period, the...

SUBCHAPTER H CIVIL ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 552.309 - Timeliness Of Action By Electronic Submission
  (a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice, or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to the attorney general within a specified period,...
• Texas Section 552.321 - Suit For Writ Of Mandamus
  (a) A requestor or the attorney general may file suit for a writ of mandamus compelling a governmental body to make information available for public...
• Texas Section 552.3215 - Declaratory Judgment Or Injunctive Relief
  (a) In this section: (1) "Complainant" means a person who claims to be the victim of a violation of this chapter. (2) "State agency" means...
• Texas Section 552.322 - Discovery Of Information Under Protective Order Pending Final Determination
  In a suit filed under this chapter, the court may order that the information at issue may be discovered only under a protective order until...
• Texas Section 552.3221 - In Camera Inspection Of Information
  (a) In any suit filed under this chapter, the information at issue may be filed with the court for in camera inspection as is necessary...
• Texas Section 552.323 - Assessment Of Costs Of Litigation And Reasonable Attorney Fees
  (a) In an action brought under Section 552.321 or 552.3215, the court shall assess costs of litigation and reasonable attorney fees incurred by a plaintiff...
• Texas Section 552.324 - Suit By Governmental Body
  (a) The only suit a governmental body may file seeking to withhold information from a requestor is a suit that: (1) is filed in a...
• Texas Section 552.325 - Parties To Suit Seeking To Withhold Information
  (a) A governmental body, officer for public information, or other person or entity that files a suit seeking to withhold information from a requestor may...
• Texas Section 552.326 - Failure To Raise Exceptions Before Attorney General
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the only exceptions to required disclosure within Subchapter C that a governmental body may raise in a suit...

SUBCHAPTER I CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS

• Texas Section 552.327 - Dismissal Of Suit Due To Requestor's Withdrawal Or Abandonment Of Request
  A court may dismiss a suit challenging a decision of the attorney general brought in accordance with this chapter if: (1) all parties to the...
• Texas Section 552.351 - Destruction, Removal, Or Alteration Of Public Information
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information. (b)...
• Texas Section 552.352 - Distribution Or Misuse Of Confidential Information
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person distributes information considered confidential under the terms of this chapter. (a-1) An officer or employee of...
• Texas Section 552.353 - Failure Or Refusal Of Officer For Public Information To Provide Access To Or Copying Of Public Information
  (a) An officer for public information, or the officer's agent, commits an offense if, with criminal negligence, the officer or the officer's agent fails or...

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