Texas § 552.228 PROVIDING SUITABLE COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.

Texas Statutes

§ 552.228 — PROVIDING SUITABLE COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.

Texas § 552.228

Code GVGovernment Code

This text of Texas § 552.228 (PROVIDING SUITABLE COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.) 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. § 552.228 (2026).

Text

Sec. 552.228. PROVIDING SUITABLE COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHIN REASONABLE TIME.

(a)It shall be a policy of a governmental body to provide a suitable copy of public information within a reasonable time after the date on which the copy is requested.

(b)If public information exists in an electronic or magnetic medium, the requestor may request a copy in an electronic medium, such as on diskette or on magnetic tape. A governmental body shall provide a copy in the requested medium if:

(1)the governmental body has the technological ability to produce a copy of the requested information in the requested medium;

(2)the governmental body is not required to purchase any software or hardware to accommodate the request; and

(3)provision of a copy of the information in the requested medium wil

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Sec. 552.228. PROVIDING SUITABLE COPY OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITHIN REASONABLE TIME. (a) It shall be a policy of a governmental body to provide a suitable copy of public information within a reasonable time after the date on which the copy is requested.
(b) If public information exists in an electronic or magnetic medium, the requestor may request a copy in an electronic medium, such as on diskette or on magnetic tape. A governmental body shall provide a copy in the requested medium if:
(1) the governmental body has the technological ability to produce a copy of the requested information in the requested medium;
(2) the governmental body is not required to purchase any software or hardware to accommodate the request; and
(3) provision of a copy of the information in the requested medium will not violate the terms of any copyright agreement between the governmental body and a third party.
(c) If a governmental body is unable to comply with a request to produce a copy of information in a requested medium for any of the reasons described by this section, the governmental body shall provide a copy in another medium that is acceptable to the requestor. A governmental body is not required to copy information onto a diskette or other material provided by the requestor but may use its own supplies.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (H.B. 3544 ), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.