§ 2.502. City records declared public property.  


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  • All city records as defined in section 2.501 are declared to be city property. No city official or employee has, by virtue of his position, any personal or property right to city records, even though the official or employee may have developed or compiled them. The unauthorized destruction, removal from files or use of these records is prohibited.

(Code 1970, § 2-172)

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, § 201.005.