Tex. Government Code § 552.027
EXCEPTION: INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY; RESOURCE MATERIAL
Texas · Texas Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Government Code § 552.027, EXCEPTION: INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY; RESOURCE MATERIAL, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/657120
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(a) A governmental body is not required under this chapter to allow the inspection of or to provide a copy of information in a commercial book or publication purchased or acquired by the governmental body for research purposes if the book or publication is commercially available to the public.
(b) Although information in a book or publication may be made available to the public as a resource material, such as a library book, a governmental body is not required to make a copy of the information in response to a request for public information.
(c) A governmental body shall allow the inspection of information in a book or publication that is made part of, incorporated into, or referred to in a rule or policy of a governmental body.