HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOHM-R003575-061226 - Final Letter to the Requestor (2026 September)
Post Office Box 12548, Austin, Texas 78711-2548 • (512) 463-2100 • www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
September 1, 2026
Mr. Joseph G. Hays
Counsel for the City of Humble
Olson & Olson, L.L.P.
2727 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2133
OR2026-038772
Dear Mr. Hays:
You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the
Public Information Act (the “Act”), chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request
was assigned ID# 26-034330 (Ref. COHM-R003575-061226).
The City of Humble (the “city”), which you represent, received a request for information
pertaining to a specified property. Although you take no position as to whether the
submitted information is excepted under the Act, you state release of the submitted
information may implicate the proprietary interests of third parties. Accordingly, you state,
and provide documentation showing, you notified Corvus Construction Company, Inc. and
Right Signs Company of the request for information and of their right to submit arguments
to this office as to why the submitted information should not be released. See Gov’t Code
§ 552.305(d); see also Open Records Decision No. 542 (1990) (statutory predecessor to
section 552.305 permits governmental body to rely on interested third party to raise and
explain applicability of exception in the Act in certain circumstances). We have reviewed
the submitted information.
An interested third party is allowed ten business days after the date of its receipt of the
governmental body’s notice under section 552.305(d) of the Government Code to submit
its reasons, if any, as to why requested information relating to it should be withheld from
disclosure. See Gov’t Code § 552.305(d)(2)(B). As of the date of this letter, this office has
not received comments from a notified third party explaining why its information should
not be released to the requestor. Thus, we have no basis to conclude the release of the
information would implicate the interests of any third party, and none of the information
may be withheld on that basis. See, e.g., id. § 552.110 (requiring provision of specific
factual evidence demonstrating applicability of exception). The city must release the
submitted information.
Mr. Joseph G. Hays - Page 2
This letter ruling is limited to the particular information at issue in this request and limited
to the facts as presented to us; therefore, this ruling must not be relied upon as a previous
determination regarding any other information or any other circumstances.
This ruling triggers important deadlines regarding the rights and responsibilities of the
governmental body and of the requestor. For more information concerning those rights and
responsibilities, please visit our website at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/open-
government/members-public/what-expect-after-ruling-issued or call the OAG’s Open
Government Hotline, toll free, at (877) 673-6839. Questions concerning the allowable
charges for providing public information under the Public Information Act may be directed
to the Cost Rules Administrator of the OAG, toll free, at (888) 672-6787.
Sincerely,
Amy Shipp
Assistant Attorney General
Open Records Division
ALS/pt
Ref: ID# 26-034330
c: Requestor
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