Texas Local Government Code

§ 191.008 — AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMPUTERIZED ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

LG § 191.008Title 6. RECORDS · Part B. COUNTY RECORDS · Ch. 191. GENERAL RECORDS PROVISIONS AFFECTING COUNTIES

Statute text

(a)The commissioners court of a county by order may provide for the establishment and operation of a computerized electronic information system through which it may provide on a contractual basis direct access to information that relates to all or some county and precinct records and records of the district courts and courts of appeals having jurisdiction in the county, that is public information, and that is stored or processed in the system. The commissioners court may make records available through the system only if the custodian of the records agrees in writing to allow public access under this section to the records.

(b)The commissioners court may:

(1)provide procedures for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the information system;

(2)establish eligibility criteria for users;

(3)delineate the public information to be available through the system;

(4)set a reasonable fee, charged under a contract, for use of the system; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 1, eff. May 15, 1991.