Texas
Texas Public Information Act
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 552 (PIA)
Public records law for Texas. Covers state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.
The clock
10 business days
10 business days to request AG ruling if withholding; otherwise prompt production.
Statutory: 10 business days to request AG ruling if withholding; otherwise prompt production.. Actual medians vary widely by agency and request complexity; simple requests often 7-30 days, complex 60-300+.
Reading the statute itself
The text of this one is not reproduced here. The United States Code carries no copyright, so federal FOIA is printed on this site in full; the fifty state codes are published by fifty legislatures under their own claims of compilation copyright, so they are linked instead. Everything on this page — the deadline, the appeal path, the fee-waiver standard — is Aletheca’s summary of that text, and the official source is one click away.
If they refuse
- Appeal deadline
- Not specified
- Appeal route
- Requestor can complain to AG; agency must seek AG ruling to withhold; then district court.
- Litigation
- Not specified
Fees and expedition
Quirks worth knowing
AG ruling required to withhold (unique); strong requester position; must ask AG within 10 days.