{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-143.090","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 143.090","heading":"RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLICE OFFICERS.","body":"A department, commission, or municipality may not release a photograph that depicts a police officer unless:\n(1) the officer has been charged with an offense by indictment or by information;\n(2) the officer is a party in a civil service hearing or a case before a hearing examiner or in arbitration;\n(3) the photograph is introduced as evidence in a judicial proceeding; or\n(4) the officer gives written consent to the release of the photograph.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 2006), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS","SUBCHAPTER F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm#143.090","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"b9b90ab83490e7779db5ab1e9a710fb1a62bee981aebab0ad783ac3512b4c8db","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-143.089","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-143.091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}