Tex. Local Government Code § 201.005
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 201.005, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 201.005. DECLARATION OF RECORDS AS PUBLIC PROPERTY; ACCESS.
Official statutory text
(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, 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.
(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.
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