LITIGATION AND OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS
Known as the Local Government Records Act
The act spans §§ 201–205 (59 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Roach v. Ingram (2018)
Most recently applied in Roach v. Ingram (June 2018)
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff
(a) Regardless of any other provision of this subtitle or rules adopted under it, a local government record the subject matter of which is known by the custodian to be in litigation may not be destroyed until the litigation is settled.
(b) Regardless of any other provision of this subtitle or rules adopted under it, a local government record subject to a request under Chapter 552, Government Code, may not be destroyed until the request is resolved.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.