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Ike Aramba wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:18 pm

treadlightly wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:50 pm Failure to respond comes with a maximum of $1000 fine and six months in county jail for the individual. No protection of office. I like it. Too bad more laws aren't written that way.

Does that include legislators?

Yep. Penalties are predictably rare.

montgomery wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:49 pm ... they are being punished by paying fines funded from tax payers. Consideration should be given to find a way to punish them that does not cost us money. Defense to prosecution is LTC like the wrongful exclusion law for tenants and owners, for example.

I like the Texas Public Information Act, which says if you ask a question of a state employee that's not protected information (police case information, certain real estate dealings, etc.), they have to answer in ten days.

The law actually applies to all queries, not just questions that explicitly cite the act.

Failure to respond comes with a maximum of $1000 fine and six months in county jail for the individual. No protection of office. I like it. Too bad more laws aren't written that way.