Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.112
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.112, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 2A.112. INVESTIGATION OF OPEN MEETING OFFENSES.
Official statutory text
(a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, may request the assistance of the open records division of the attorney general's office in the investigation of the offense.
(b) On request of the attorney general, the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, shall provide to the open records division of the attorney general's office all requested information that has not been made publicly available regarding the investigation of the offense.
(c) If a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney who receives a report under Article 2A.067(a) or who represents the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, decides to not prosecute or to terminate the investigation of a case regarding an offense under that chapter, the attorney shall publish on any Internet website maintained by the attorney's office, for a period of not less than one year:
(1) notice of the attorney's decision to not prosecute or to terminate the investigation of the case; and
(2) the attorney's reason for not prosecuting or for terminating the investigation of the case.
(b) On request of the attorney general, the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, shall provide to the open records division of the attorney general's office all requested information that has not been made publicly available regarding the investigation of the offense.
(c) If a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney who receives a report under Article 2A.067(a) or who represents the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, decides to not prosecute or to terminate the investigation of a case regarding an offense under that chapter, the attorney shall publish on any Internet website maintained by the attorney's office, for a period of not less than one year:
(1) notice of the attorney's decision to not prosecute or to terminate the investigation of the case; and
(2) the attorney's reason for not prosecuting or for terminating the investigation of the case.
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