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Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act (Government Code §552 et al.) "'...public information' means information that is written, produced, collected, assembled, or maintained under a law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business: (1) by a governmental body; (2) for a governmental body and the governmental body: (A) owns the information; (B) has a right of access to the information; or (C) spends or contributes public money for the purpose of writing, producing, collecting, assembling, or maintaining the information; or (3) by an individual officer or employee of a governmental body in the officer's or employee's official capacity and the information pertains to official business of the governmental body." (Texas Gov't. Code § 552.002.) "The Open Records Act mak[es] governmental records open unless they fall within one of t[he] particular exceptions available." (Open Records Decision No. 363 (1983)) Texas Government Code § 552(c) lists categories of documents that are excepted from disclosure under the Public Information Act. |
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