Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
The Open Records Act provides that we respond "promptly" to a request for information. We will contact you as soon as we have the answer which should be fairly quickly. We do have ten days, but if we cannot produce the requested information within ten business days, we will notify you and will set a date and time when the information will be provided.
In addition to the questions posed and answered above, the following questions and answers from the web site of the Texas Attorney General are provided to assist you. Some of the responses and procedures may be different, as we are dealing with only one specific subject (checks); please refer to the above requirements if there is a conflict.
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write the Attorney General, asking for a decision and state which exceptions apply to the requested information;
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provide the requestor with a written statement that the governmental body wishes to withhold the information and that it has asked the Attorney General for a decision;
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provide the requestor with a copy of the governmental body's correspondence to the Attorney General; and
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make a good faith attempt to notify, in the form prescribed by the Attorney General, any affected third parties of the request.
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write the Attorney General and explain how the claimed exceptions apply;
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provide a copy of your written request to the Attorney General;
- provide a signed statement to the Attorney General stating the date the request was received by the governmental body or provide evidence sufficient to establish the date the request was received; and
- provide copies of the documents requested or a representative sample of the documents to the Attorney General and the documents must be labeled to show which exceptions apply to which parts of the documents.
For more information concerning the Public Information Act please feel free to visit:
Texas Attorney General Open Government Page at https://www.oag.state.tx.us/open/requestors.shtml