Texas § 552.144 EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Texas Statutes

§ 552.144 — EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Texas § 552.144

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This text of Texas § 552.144 (EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 552.144 (2026).

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Sec. 552.144. EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION. The following working papers and electronic communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings or of a technical examiner or administrative law judge at the Railroad Commission of Texas are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 :

(1)notes and electronic communications recording the observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions of an administrative law judge or a technical examiner;

(2)drafts of a proposal for decision;

(3)drafts of orders made in connection with conducting contested case hearings; and

(4)drafts of orders made

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Sec. 552.144. EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION. The following working papers and electronic communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings or of a technical examiner or administrative law judge at the Railroad Commission of Texas are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 :
(1) notes and electronic communications recording the observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions of an administrative law judge or a technical examiner;
(2) drafts of a proposal for decision;
(3) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting contested case hearings; and
(4) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Legislative History

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1215, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Renumbered from Government Code, Section 552.141 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018 ), Sec. 23.001 (35), eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 350 (S.B. 178 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 3516 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.