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1987-1988 Texas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1987-1988)

handle is hein.sag/sagtx0037 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS January 16, 1987 JIMn MATTOX ATTORNEY GENERAL Honorable Jim Bob Darnell Open Records Decision No. 455 Criminal District Attorney P. 0. Box 10536 Re: Construction of sections 3(a) Lubbock, Texas 79408 (17) and 3A of the Open Records Act, article 6252-17a, V.T.C.S., Robert Bernstein, M.D. and related questions Commissioner Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, Texas 7b756 Mr. Robert A. Schulman Attorney at Law P. 0. Box 9307 San Antonio, Texas 78204 Gentlemen: The Sixty-ninth Legislature amended section 3(a)(17) of the Open Records Act, article 6252-17a, V.T.C.S., and added section 3A to the act. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 750, at 2575. In pertinent part, section 3(a)(17) of article 6252-17a now excepts from required public disclosure the home addresses and home telephone numbers of each official and employee of a governmental body except as otherwise provided by Section 3A of this Act. . . . (Emphasis added). Section 3A of article 6252-17a provides: (a) An employee hired by a governmental body, and each official of the governmental body, shall choose whether or not to allow public access to the information in the custody of the governmental body relating to the official's or employee's home address and home telephone number. Each official and employee shall state that person's choice to the main personnel officer of the governmental body in a signed writing not later than the 14th day after the date on which the employee begins the employment with the governmental body, or the official is elected or appointed. If the

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