Tex. Gov't Code § 552.324 · Subchapter H. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT; COMPLAINT
SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 Travis County district court against the attorney general in accordance with Section 552.325; and
(2) seeks declaratory relief from compliance with a decision by the attorney general issued under Subchapter G.
(b) The governmental body must bring the suit not later than the 30th calendar day after the date the governmental body receives the decision of the attorney general determining that the requested information must be disclosed to the requestor. If the governmental body does not bring suit within that period, the governmental body shall comply with the decision of the attorney general. If a governmental body wishes to preserve an affirmative defense for its officer for public information as provided in Section 552.353(b)(3), suit must be filed within the deadline provided in Section 552.353(b)(3).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 578, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 13.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1231, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1319, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1377 (S.B. 1182), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm
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Education Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.306RENDITION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DECISION; ISSUANCE OF WRITTEN OPINION.Printed as Section 552.324
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.323ASSESSMENT OF COSTS OF LITIGATION AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES.Printed as Section 552.324
- Tex. Gov't Code § 552.353FAILURE OR REFUSAL OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OR COPYING OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.Printed as Section 552.324
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