{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.027","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 552.027","heading":"EXCEPTION: INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY; RESOURCE MATERIAL.","body":"(a) A governmental body is not required under this chapter to allow the inspection of or to provide a copy of information in a commercial book or publication purchased or acquired by the governmental body for research purposes if the book or publication is commercially available to the public.\n(b) Although information in a book or publication may be made available to the public as a resource material, such as a library book, a governmental body is not required to make a copy of the information in response to a request for public information.\n(c) A governmental body shall allow the inspection of information in a book or publication that is made part of, incorporated into, or referred to in a rule or policy of a governmental body.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 552. PUBLIC INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER B. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm#552.027","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cd12addbeff7d9de88f8fa598fbe954d9966bd032f1a3c44375394ec314b1134","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.028"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}