Tex. Gov't Code § 552.201 · Subchapter D. OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
IDENTITY OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 officer is the officer for public information and the custodian, as defined by Section 201.003, Local Government Code, of the information created or received by that county officer's office.
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. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm
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