{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.144","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 552.144","heading":"EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD COMMISSION.","body":"The following working papers and electronic communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings or of a technical examiner or administrative law judge at the Railroad Commission of Texas are excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021:\n(1) notes and electronic communications recording the observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions of an administrative law judge or a technical examiner;\n(2) drafts of a proposal for decision;\n(3) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting contested case hearings; and\n(4) drafts of orders made in connection with conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1215, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nRenumbered from Government Code, Section 552.141 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(35), eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 350 (S.B. 178), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 3516), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 552. PUBLIC INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER C. INFORMATION EXCEPTED FROM REQUIRED DISCLOSURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.552.htm#552.144","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"14ed2cf14c1c788085e039580569b62a34a62a87b1d767c9fa6deaea4c45c0b8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.143","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-552.145"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}