Texas § GV.552.203 - GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
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§ GV.552.203. GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION
GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION. Each officer for public information, subject to penalties provided in this chapter, shall: (1) make public information available for public inspection and copying; (2) carefully protect public information from deterioration, alteration, mutilation, loss, or unlawful removal; (3) repair, renovate, or rebind public information as necessary to maintain it properly; and (4) make reasonable efforts to obtain public information from a temporary custodian if: (A) the information has been requested from the governmental body; (B) the officer for public information is aware of facts sufficient to warrant a reasonable belief that the temporary custodian has possession, custody, or control of the information; (C) the officer for public information is unable to comply with the duties imposed by this chapter without obtaining the information from the temporary custodian; and (D) the temporary custodian has not provided the information to the officer for public information or the officer's agent. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1340 (S.B. 944 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
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Section GV.552.203 ("GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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