1 Tex. Admin. Code § 63.21 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Governmental body" means a governmental
body as defined in Texas Government Code §
552.003(1).
(2) "Request for decision" means a request
for an attorney general open records decision made by a governmental body
pursuant to Texas Government Code §
552.301 and §
552.309.
(3) "Requestor" means a requestor as defined
in Texas Government Code §
552.003(6).
(4) "Interested third party" means any third
party who wishes to submit comments, documents, or other materials for
consideration in the attorney general's open records decision process under
Texas Government Code §
552.304 or §
552.305.
(5) "Attorney general's designated electronic
filing system" means the online, electronic filing system designated by the
attorney general as the system for submitting documents and other materials to
the attorney general under Texas Government Code §
552.309.
(6) "Impractical" means:
(A) the responsive information is in a format
the attorney general's designated electronic filing system cannot accept at the
time of filing, and the governmental body cannot otherwise comply with its
procedural submission requirements through use of a representative sample under
Texas Government Code §
552.301(e),
or
(B) the responsive information
is recorded on paper or physical material that would take more than one hour of
labor to convert into an electronic format that is compatible with the attorney
general's designated electronic filing system, and the governmental body cannot
otherwise comply with its procedural submission requirements through use of a
representative sample under Texas Government Code §
552.301(e).
(7) "Impossible" means:
(A) the size of the information attachment
exceeds the attorney general's designated e-filing system's capacity at time of
filing, and the governmental body cannot otherwise comply with its procedural
submission requirements through use of a representative sample under Texas
Government Code §
552.301(e),
or
(B) the format of the
information is not compatible the attorney general's designated e-filing system
at time of filing, cannot be converted without altering the character of the
information in a manner that would prevent proper review by the attorney
general, and the governmental body cannot otherwise comply with its procedural
submission requirements through use of a representative sample under Texas
Government Code §
552.301(e),
or
(C) the attorney general's
designated e-filing system is down at the time the governmental body attempts
to submit the filing, or.
(D) the
governmental body is experiencing a technical outage that prevents it from
e-filing at the time of the attempted submission.
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