Sec. 552.027. EXCEPTION: INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY; RESOURCE MATERIAL. (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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Open Government; Ethics
Chapter 552 - Public Information
Subchapter B. Right of Access to Public Information
Section 552.021. Availability of Public Information
Section 552.0215. Right of Access to Certain Information After 75 Years
Section 552.022. Categories of Public Information; Examples
Section 552.0221. Employee or Trustee of Public Employee Pension System
Section 552.0222. Disclosure of Contracting Information
Section 552.0225. Right of Access to Investment Information
Section 552.023. Special Right of Access to Confidential Information
Section 552.024. Electing to Disclose Address and Telephone Number
Section 552.025. Tax Rulings and Opinions
Section 552.026. Education Records
Section 552.027. Exception: Information Available Commercially; Resource Material
Section 552.028. Request for Information From Incarcerated Individual