The Texas Attorney General’s Office includes an Open Records Division and on its website offers tips, answers frequently asked questions and publishes letter rulings on Texas Public Information Act requests. The link to the office’s main open government web page is https://www.oag.state.tx.us/open/index.shtml
The office also provides an open government hotline at (512) 478-OPEN (6736) or (877) OPEN-TEX (673-6839).
The Office of the Attorney General publishes the Public Information Act Handbook and the Open Meetings Act Handbook to help citizens navigate Texas open government laws.
The Attorney General’s Office accepts complaints when it is alleged that a governmental entity has not complied with the Texas Public Information Act. The AG’s complaints overview page provides general information about the process and offers a link to file a complaint through an online form for a cost complaint or general compliance complaint. Though the AG’s office can take civil action, it cannot prosecute those complaints in criminal court. That power belongs to local prosecutors.
The attorney general does not have enforcement jurisdiction over Texas Open Meetings Act violations. That responsibility lies with district courts and county or district attorneys. However, the Attorney General’s Office does provide training and guidance in Open Meetings Act compliance.