Tex. Gov't Code § 552.023 · Subchapter B. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 a governmental body that relates to the person and that is protected from public disclosure by laws intended to protect that person's privacy interests.
(b) A governmental body may not deny access to information to the person, or the person's representative, to whom the information relates on the grounds that the information is considered confidential by privacy principles under this chapter but may assert as grounds for denial of access other provisions of this chapter or other law that are not intended to protect the person's privacy interests.
(c) A release of information under Subsections (a) and (b) is not an offense under Section 552.352.
(d) A person who receives information under this section may disclose the information to others only to the extent consistent with the authorized purposes for which consent to release the information was obtained.
(e) Access to information under this section shall be provided in the manner prescribed by Sections 552.229 and 552.307.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 af0efa5a53dc3a6eb24e573f25ea73e31e1ddee754b81b02874bc5ac032c7221
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.229CONSENT TO RELEASE INFORMATION UNDER SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS.Printed as Sections 552.229 and 552.307
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.307SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS; ATTORNEY GENERAL DECISIONS.Printed as Sections 552.229 and 552.307
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.352DISTRIBUTION OR MISUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.Printed as Section 552.352
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 552.023. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.124EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS OF LIBRARY OR LIBRARY SYSTEM.Printed as Section 552.023
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.229CONSENT TO RELEASE INFORMATION UNDER SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS.Printed as Sections 552.023 and 552.307
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.307SPECIAL RIGHT OF ACCESS; ATTORNEY GENERAL DECISIONS.Printed as Section 552.023
- Tex. Gov't Code § 559.002RIGHT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT INFORMATION COLLECTED.Printed as Section 552.023
- Tex. Gov't Code § 559.003RIGHT TO NOTICE ABOUT CERTAIN INFORMATION LAWS AND PRACTICES.Printed as Sections 552.021 and 552.023
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.