Section 552.203 - 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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 552.203
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1340,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 14, eff. 9/1/1995.Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.