ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Open Records Decision

ORD-649 (RQ-838). Request from Ms. Elaine
 S. Hengen, Assistant City Attorney, City of El Paso, 2 Civic Center Plaza,
 El Paso, Texas 79901-1196, concerning whether the originating telephone numbers
 and addresses obtained from a 9-1-1 district's use of a telephone service
 supplier's database are confidential by law under Health and Safety Code,
 sec.772.318 in conjunction with the Government Code, sec.552.101.


Summary of Decision. Originating telephone
 numbers and addresses furnished on a call-by-call basis by a service supplier
 to a 9-1-1 emergency communication district established under the Health
 and Safety Code, Chapter 772, subchapter D are confidential under the Health
 and Safety Code, sec.772.318. Section 772.318 does not except from disclosure
 any other information contained on a computer aided dispatch report that
 was obtained during a 9-1-1 call. Other exceptions to disclosure in the Open
 Records Act may apply to information not otherwise confidential under the
 Health and Safety Code, sec.772.318.


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