Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 202.009 · Chapter 202. DESTRUCTION AND ALIENATION OF RECORDS
PENALTY: POSSESSION OF RECORD BY PRIVATE ENTITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A private college or university, a private museum or library, a private organization of any other type, or an individual commits an offense if the entity knowingly or intentionally acquires or possesses a local government record. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that a private college, university, museum, or library, by agreement with the commission under Subchapter J, Chapter 441, Government Code, provides physical housing for a local government record the title to which has been vested in the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.202.htm
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