{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.1935","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 441.1935","heading":"REQUIREMENTS FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION HELD BY STATE ARCHIVES PROGRAM.","body":"(a) The commission shall promulgate a form that persons must use to request access to information held by the state archives program. The form must allow the requestor to designate the request either as a request for public information made under Chapter 552 or as a research request not subject to the requirements of that chapter. The form must include:\n(1) a plain-language explanation of the difference between a request for public information made under Chapter 552 and a research request not subject to the requirements of that chapter;\n(2) the requirements for making and responding to each type of request; and\n(3) an option for the requestor to change the type of request at any time.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a request for information held by the state archives program is considered to be a request for public information under Chapter 552 only if the requestor makes the request using the form described by Subsection (a) and on the form designates the request as a request for public information under Chapter 552.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 1962), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. HISTORY, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION","CHAPTER 441. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES","SUBCHAPTER L. PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE RECORDS AND OTHER HISTORICAL RESOURCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.441.htm#441.1935","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e983015670934b3c2a64463ba4d59bd98440dea69f043d03ed73b5eb9581be92","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.193","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.194"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}