Tex. Local Government Code § 118.065
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 118.065, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 118.065. FREE ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter does not limit or deny any person full and free access to any document referred to in this subchapter. A person is entitled to read, examine, and copy from those documents or from any microfilm or other photographic image of the documents.
(b) A person may, without paying any charge, exercise the right provided by this section under the reasonable rules of the county clerk at all reasonable times during the hours in which the clerk's office is open to the public.
(b) A person may, without paying any charge, exercise the right provided by this section under the reasonable rules of the county clerk at all reasonable times during the hours in which the clerk's office is open to the public.
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