1. (a) Information submitted to the OAG pursuant to this chapter is subject to the Public Information Act, Government Code, Chapter 552. The OAG and the TDI consider information identifying the parties to the proposed negotiations and the proposed subjects to be discussed as public information and available to the public. The representative shall clearly mark the precise information in any document submitted to the OAG reasonably considered by law to be confidential under the Government Code, §552.101, or a trade secret or commercial or financial information excepted from disclosure under the Government Code, §552.110. If a request for information is made for information marked as provided in this section, the OAG will request an open records decision from the Open Records Division of the OAG and make a good faith attempt to notify the representative who submitted the information as required by the Government Code, §552.305. At its discretion, the OAG may submit reasons why the information should or should not be withheld from public disclosure, as provided by the Government Code, §552.305.
2. (b) The OAG and the TDI reserve the right to retain information and documents submitted to it under this chapter and to use them for all governmental purposes.

Source Note:The provisions of this §58.5 adopted to be effective June 6, 2000, 25 TexReg 5301.