Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 201.005
Declaration of Records as Public Property; Access

(a)

Local government records created or received in the transaction of official business or the creation or maintenance of which were paid for by public funds are declared to be public property and are subject to the provisions of this subtitle and Subchapter J, Chapter 441 (Libraries and Archives), Government Code.

(b)

A local government officer or employee does not have, by virtue of the officer’s or employee’s position, any personal or property right to a local government record even though the officer or employee developed or compiled it.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 201.005 — Declaration of Records as Public Property; Access, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­201.­htm#201.­005 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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