Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Chapter 70 - COST OF COPIES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
Section 70.5 - Access to Information Where Copies Are Not Requested

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 70.5

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Access to information in standard paper form. A governmental body shall not charge for making available for inspection information maintained in standard paper form. Charges are permitted only where the governmental body is asked to provide, for inspection, information that contains mandatory confidential information and public information. When such is the case, the governmental body may charge to make a copy of the page from which information must be edited. No other charges are allowed except as follows:

(1) The governmental body has 16 or more employees and the information requested takes more than five hours to prepare the public information for inspection; and
(A) Is older than five years; or

(B) Completely fills, or when assembled will completely fill, six or more archival boxes.

(2) The governmental body has 15 or fewer full-time employees and the information requested takes more than two hours to prepare the public information for inspection; and
(A) Is older than three years; or

(B) Completely fills, or when assembled will completely fill, three or more archival boxes.

(3) A governmental body may charge pursuant to paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of this subsection only for the production of those documents that qualify under those paragraphs.

(b) Access to information in other than standard form. In response to requests for access, for purposes of inspection only, to information that is maintained in other than standard form, a governmental body may not charge the requesting party the cost of preparing and making available such information, unless complying with the request will require programming or manipulation of data.

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Texas may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.