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Tex. Gov't Code § 552.027

EXCEPTION: INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY; RESOURCE MATERIAL

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Nabelek v. District Attorney of Harris County (2006)

Most recently applied in Nabelek v. District Attorney of Harris County (November 2006)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 12, eff

(a) A governmental body is not required under this chapter to allow the inspection of or to provide a copy of information in a commercial book or publication purchased or acquired by the governmental body for research purposes if the book or publication is commercially available to the public.

(b) Although information in a book or publication may be made available to the public as a resource material, such as a library book, a governmental body is not required to make a copy of the information in response to a request for public information.

(c) A governmental body shall allow the inspection of information in a book or publication that is made part of, incorporated into, or referred to in a rule or policy of a governmental body.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.