Sec. 441.091. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "county record" means any document, paper, letter, book, map, photograph, sound or video recording, microfilm, magnetic tape, electronic medium, or other information recording medium, regardless of physical form or characteristic and regardless of whether public access to it is open or restricted under the laws of the state, created or received by a county or precinct or any county or precinct officers or employees, including the district clerk, pursuant to law, including an ordinance or order of the commissioners court of the county, or in the transaction of public business. The term does not include:

(1) extra identical copies of documents created only for convenience of reference or research by county or precinct officers or employees;

(2) notes, journals, diaries, and similar documents created by a county or precinct officer or employee for the officer's or employee's personal convenience;

(3) blank forms;

(4) stocks of publications;

(5) library and museum materials acquired solely for the purposes of reference or display;

(6) copies of documents in any media furnished to members of the public to which they are entitled under Chapter 552, or other state law; or

(7) any records, correspondence, notes, memoranda, or documents, other than a final written agreement described by Section 2009.054(c), associated with a matter conducted under an alternative dispute resolution procedure in which personnel of a state department or institution, local government, special district, or other political subdivision of the state participated as a party, facilitated as an impartial third party, or facilitated as the administrator of a dispute resolution system or organization.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 123, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(96), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 31, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1352, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.