ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Tex. LOC. GOV'T Code § 201.009.
in effect(a) Local government records are subject to Chapter 552 , Government Code.
(b) Any local government record to which public access is denied under Chapter 552 , Government Code, including a birth record maintained by a local registrar, is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 75 years after it was originally created or received. However, a death record maintained by a local registrar is, if still in existence, open to public inspection 55 years after it was originally created or received. This subsection does not limit the authority of a governing body or an elected county officer to establish retention periods for records under Section 203.042 .
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a local government record whose public disclosure is prohibited by an order of a court or by another state law.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(90), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 462 (S.B. 1907 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.