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TX Govt Code § 552.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.102. Exception: Confidentiality of Certain Personnel Information

Sec. 552.102.  EXCEPTION:   CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL INFORMATION.  (a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information in a personnel file, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, except that all information in the personnel file of an employee of a governmental body is to be made available to that employee or the employee's designated representative as public information is made available under this chapter.  The exception to public disclosure created by this subsection is in addition to any exception created by Section 552.024.  Public access to personnel information covered by Section 552.024 is denied to the extent provided by that section.(b)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is a transcript from an institution of higher education maintained in the personnel file of a professional public school employee, except that this section does not exempt from disclosure the degree obtained or the curriculum on a transcript in the personnel file of the employee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1229 (S.B. 602), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 552.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.103. Exception: Litigation or Settlement Negotiations Involving the State or a Political Subdivision

Sec. 552.103.  EXCEPTION:  LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to litigation of a civil or criminal nature to which the state or a political subdivision is or may be a party or to which an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, as a consequence of the person's office or employment, is or may be a party.(b)  For purposes of this section, the state or a political subdivision is considered to be a party to litigation of a criminal nature until the applicable statute of limitations has expired or until the defendant has exhausted all appellate and postconviction remedies in state and federal court.(c)  Information relating to litigation involving a governmental body or an officer or employee of a governmental body is excepted from disclosure under Subsection (a) only if the litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated on the date that the requestor applies to the officer for public information for access to or duplication of the information.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1319, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 552.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.104. Exception: Information Related to Competition or Bidding

Sec. 552.104.  EXCEPTION:  INFORMATION RELATED TO COMPETITION OR BIDDING.  (a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if a governmental body demonstrates that release of the information would harm its interests by providing an advantage to a competitor or bidder in a particular ongoing competitive situation or in a particular competitive situation where the governmental body establishes the situation at issue is set to reoccur or there is a specific and demonstrable intent to enter into the competitive situation again in the future.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the requirement of Section 552.022 that a category of information listed under Section 552.022(a) is public information and not excepted from required disclosure under this chapter unless expressly confidential under law does not apply to information that is excepted from required disclosure under this section.(c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to information described by Section 552.022(a) relating to the receipt or expenditure of public or other funds by a governmental body for a parade, concert, or other entertainment event paid for in whole or part with public funds.  A person, including a governmental body, may not include a provision in a contract related to an event described by this subsection that prohibits or would otherwise prevent the disclosure of information described by this subsection.  A contract provision that violates this subsection is void.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1272, Sec. 7.01, eff. June 15, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (H.B. 81), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1216 (S.B. 943), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 552.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.105. Exception: Information Related to Location or Price of Property

Sec. 552.105.  EXCEPTION:  INFORMATION RELATED TO LOCATION OR PRICE OF PROPERTY.  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information relating to:(1)  the location of real or personal property for a public purpose prior to public announcement of the project;  or(2)  appraisals or purchase price of real or personal property for a public purpose prior to the formal award of contracts for the property.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 552.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.106. Exception: Certain Legislative Documents

Sec. 552.106.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS.  (a)  A draft or working paper involved in the preparation of proposed legislation is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.(b)  An internal bill analysis or working paper prepared by the governor's office for the purpose of evaluating proposed legislation is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1437, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 552.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.107. Exception: Certain Legal Matters

Sec. 552.107.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS.  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if:(1)  it is information that the attorney general or an attorney of a political subdivision is prohibited from disclosing because of a duty to the client under the Texas Rules of Evidence or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct; or(2)  a court by order has prohibited disclosure of the information.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 8.014, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 552.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.108. Exception: Certain Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Prosecutorial Information

Sec. 552.108.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONS, AND PROSECUTORIAL INFORMATION.  (a)  Information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if:(1)  release of the information would interfere with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime;(2)  it is information that deals with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime only in relation to an investigation that did not result in conviction or deferred adjudication;(3)  it is information relating to a threat against a peace officer or detention officer collected or disseminated under Section 411.048; or(4)  it is information that:(A)  is prepared by an attorney representing the state in anticipation of or in the course of preparing for criminal litigation; or(B)  reflects the mental impressions or legal reasoning of an attorney representing the state.(b)  An internal record or notation of a law enforcement agency or prosecutor that is maintained for internal use in matters relating to law enforcement or prosecution is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if:(1)  release of the internal record or notation would interfere with law enforcement or prosecution;(2)  the internal record or notation relates to law enforcement only in relation to an investigation that did not result in conviction or deferred adjudication;  or(3)  the internal record or notation:(A)  is prepared by an attorney representing the state in anticipation of or in the course of preparing for criminal litigation;  or(B)  reflects the mental impressions or legal reasoning of an attorney representing the state.(c)  This section does not except from the requirements of Section 552.021 information that is basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1231, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1262), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 557 (H.B. 1262), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 552.1081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.1081. Exception: Confidentiality of Certain Information Regarding Execution of Convict

Sec. 552.1081.  EXCEPTION:  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT.  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains identifying information under Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, including that of: (1)  any person who participates in an execution procedure, including a person who uses, supplies, or administers a substance during the execution; and (2)  any person or entity that manufactures, transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or provides a substance or supplies used in an execution.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (S.B. 1697), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 552.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.109. Exception: Confidentiality of Certain Private Communications of an Elected Office Holder

Sec. 552.109.  EXCEPTION:  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS OF AN ELECTED OFFICE HOLDER.  Private correspondence or communications of an elected office holder relating to matters the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of privacy are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1229 (S.B. 602), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Govt Code § 552.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.110. Exception: Confidentiality of Trade Secrets; Confidentiality of Certain Commercial or Financial Information

Sec. 552.110.  EXCEPTION:  CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRADE SECRETS; CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION.  (a)  In this section, "trade secret" means all forms and types of information, including business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information, and any formula, design, prototype, pattern, plan, compilation, program device, program, code, device, method, technique, process, procedure, financial data, or list of actual or potential customers or suppliers, whether tangible or intangible and whether or however stored, compiled, or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photographically, or in writing if:(1)  the owner of the trade secret has taken reasonable measures under the circumstances to keep the information secret; and(2)  the information derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable through proper means by, another person who can obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of the information.(b)  Except as provided by Section 552.0222, information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that the information is a trade secret.(c)  Except as provided by Section 552.0222, commercial or financial information for which it is demonstrated based on specific factual evidence that disclosure would cause substantial competitive harm to the person from whom the information was obtained is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1319, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1216 (S.B. 943), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 552.1101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.1101. Exception: Confidentiality of Proprietary Information

Sec. 552.1101.  EXCEPTION:  CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 552.0222, information submitted to a governmental body by a vendor, contractor, potential vendor, or potential contractor in response to a request for a bid, proposal, or qualification is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if the vendor, contractor, potential vendor, or potential contractor that the information relates to demonstrates based on specific factual evidence that disclosure of the information would:(1)  reveal an individual approach to:(A)  work;(B)  organizational structure;(C)  staffing;(D)  internal operations;(E)  processes; or(F)  discounts, pricing methodology, pricing per kilowatt hour, cost data, or other pricing information that will be used in future solicitation or bid documents; and(2)  give advantage to a competitor.(b)  The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection (a) does not apply to:(1)  information in a voucher or contract relating to the receipt or expenditure of public funds by a governmental body; or(2)  communications and other information sent between a governmental body and a vendor or contractor related to the performance of a final contract with the governmental body or work performed on behalf of the governmental body.(c)  The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection (a) may be asserted only by a vendor, contractor, potential vendor, or potential contractor in the manner described by Section 552.305(b) for the purpose of protecting the interests of the vendor, contractor, potential vendor, or potential contractor.  A governmental body shall decline to release information as provided by Section 552.305(a) to the extent necessary to allow a vendor, contractor, potential vendor, or potential contractor to assert the exception to disclosure provided by Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1216 (S.B. 943), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Govt Code § 552.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.111. Exception: Agency Memoranda

Sec. 552.111.  EXCEPTION:  AGENCY MEMORANDA.  An interagency or intraagency memorandum or letter that would not be available by law to a party in litigation with the agency is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 552.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.112. Exception: Certain Information Relating to Regulation of Financial Institutions or Securities

Sec. 552.112.  EXCEPTION:  CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO REGULATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR SECURITIES.  (a)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information contained in or relating to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by or for an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions or securities, or both.(b)  In this section, "securities" has the meaning assigned by The Securities Act (Title 12, Government Code).(c)  Information is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information submitted by an individual or other entity to the Texas Legislative Council, or to any state agency or department overseen by the Finance Commission of Texas and the information has been or will be sent to the Texas Legislative Council, for the purpose of performing a statistical or demographic analysis of information subject to Section 323.020.  However, this subsection does not except from the requirements of Section 552.021 information that does not identify or tend to identify an individual or other entity and that is subject to required public disclosure under Section 323.020(e).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 918, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 2.19, eff. January 1, 2022.|
TX Govt Code § 552.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.114. Exception: Confidentiality of Student Records

Sec. 552.114.  EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT RECORDS.  (a)  In this section, "student record" means:(1)  information that constitutes education records as that term is defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g(a)(4)); or(2)  information in a record of an applicant for admission to an educational institution, including a transfer applicant.(b)  Information is confidential and excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it is information in a student record at an educational institution funded wholly or partly by state revenue. This subsection does not prohibit the disclosure or provision of information included in an education record if the disclosure or provision is authorized by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g or other federal law.(c)  A record covered by Subsection (b) shall be made available on the request of:(1)  educational institution personnel;(2)  the student involved or the student's parent, legal guardian, or spouse; or(3)  a person conducting a child abuse investigation required by Subchapter D, Chapter 261, Family Code.(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), an educational institution may redact information covered under Subsection (b) from information disclosed under Section 552.021 without requesting a decision from the attorney general.(e)  If an applicant for admission to an educational institution described by Subsection (b) or a parent or legal guardian of a minor applicant to an educational institution described by Subsection (b) requests  information in the record of the applicant, the educational institution shall disclose any information that:(1)  is related to the applicant's application for admission; and (2)  was provided to the educational institution by the applicant.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 7.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 4046), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 552.116 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics|Subtitle A - Open Government|Chapter 552 - Public Information|Subchapter C. Information Excepted From Required Disclosure|Section 552.116. Exception: Audit Working Papers

Sec. 552.116.  EXCEPTION:  AUDIT WORKING PAPERS.  (a)  An audit working paper of an audit of the state auditor or the auditor of a state agency, an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, a county, a municipality, a school district, a hospital district, or a joint board operating under  Section 22.074, Transportation Code, including any audit relating to the criminal history background check of a public school employee, is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.  If information in an audit working paper is also maintained in another record, that other record is not excepted from the requirements of  Section 552.021 by this section.(b)  In this section:(1)  "Audit" means an audit authorized or required by a statute of this state or the United States, the charter or an ordinance of a municipality, an order of the commissioners court of a county, the bylaws adopted by or other action of the governing board of a hospital district, a resolution or other action of a board of trustees of a school district, including an audit by the district relating to the criminal history background check of a public school employee, or a resolution or other action of a joint board described by Subsection (a) and includes an investigation.(2)  "Audit working paper" includes all information, documentary or otherwise, prepared or maintained in conducting an audit or preparing an audit report, including:(A)  intra-agency and interagency communications;  and(B)  drafts of the audit report or portions of those drafts.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1122, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1319, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 379, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1285), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1285), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 24, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 25, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (H.B. 2947), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (H.B. 2947), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.|