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Tex. Gov't Code § 552.144

EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1215, Sec. 1, eff

The following working papers and electronic communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings or of a technical examiner or administrative law judge at the Railroad Commission of Texas are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021:

(1) notes and electronic communications recording the observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions of an administrative law judge or a technical examiner;

(2) drafts of a proposal for decision;

(3) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting contested case hearings; and

(4) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures.

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