Open Records Requests
Parties interested in submitting a brief to the Attorney General concerning
this ORQ are asked to please submit the brief no later than March 3, 2000.
ORQ-49. (ID# 133584).
Requestor: Mr. Carl
Mullen, Acting Executive Director, General Services Commission, P.O. Box 13047,
Austin, Texas 78711-3047, regarding whether a governmental body may charge
for access to information that the entity has made available on its Internet
website under §552.272 of the Government Code, which provides parameters
under which a governmental body may charge for access to and copies of electronically
maintained public information, and the effect of §552.272 on a county
commissioners court's authority to charge a fee for the use of its computerized,
electronic information system under §191.008 of the Local Government
Code.
For more information call Andrea Younger at (512)
475-4499
TRD-200000737
Elizabeth Robinson
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: February 2, 2000
NOTICE: Withdrawn request for a formal decision.
The following request for decision has been withdrawn by the General Services
Commission, the requesting governmental body. Therefore, no formal open records
decision will be rendered on the following request:
ORQ-19. (ID# 101064).
Re: Whether counties
may charge a fee for online access to public information under §552.272(b)
of the Government Code, which provides parameters under which a governmental
body may charge for access to and copies of electronically maintained public
information, or under §191.008 of the Local Government Code, which authorizes
a county to establish a computerized electronic information system and set
a reasonable fee for use of the system.
Please note: The General Services Commission has submitted a new request
for a formal decision regarding the above two statutes, upon which the Office
of the Attorney General will be rendering a formal open records decision.
The notification to the public of this new request is being published in the
For more information call Andrea Younger at (512)
475-4499
TRD-200000736
Elizabeth Robinson
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Filed: February 2, 2000
Withdrawal of Open Records Request