Tex. Gov't Code § 552.119 · Subchapter C. INFORMATION EXCEPTED FROM REQUIRED DISCLOSURE
EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A photograph that depicts a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, the release of which would endanger the life or physical safety of the officer, is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 unless:
(1) the officer is under indictment or charged with an offense by information;
(2) the officer is a party in a civil service hearing or a case in arbitration; or
(3) the photograph is introduced as evidence in a judicial proceeding.
(b) A photograph excepted from disclosure under Subsection (a) may be made public only if the peace officer gives written consent to the disclosure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 8 (S.B. 148), Sec. 1, eff. May 3, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1229 (S.B. 602), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.099, eff. January 1, 2025.
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