{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 441.031","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"state record\" means a document, book, paper, photograph, sound recording, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristic, made or received by a state department or institution according to law or in connection with the transaction of official state business. The term does not include:\n(1) library or museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes;\n(2) an extra copy of a document preserved only for convenience of reference;\n(3) a stock of publications or of processed documents; or\n(4) any records, correspondence, notes, memoranda, or documents, other than a final written agreement described by Section 2009.054(c), associated with a matter conducted under an alternative dispute resolution procedure in which personnel of a state department or institution, local government, special district, or other political subdivision of the state participated as a party, facilitated as an impartial third party, or facilitated as the administrator of a dispute resolution system or organization.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. HISTORY, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION","CHAPTER 441. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES","SUBCHAPTER C. RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF TEXAS STATE LIBRARY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.441.htm#441.031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"82d98af69368d4023cfd9c92cf8deae975517f7ce926fab9932d004957100382","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.071"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}