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- ↑ "The Public Information Act". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "Texas Public Information Act". Sunshine Review. Sunshine Review. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "How to Request Public Information". Website of the Texas Attorney General. State of Texas. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "Sample Texas Public Information Act Request Letter". The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ↑ http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/judge-says-the-state-fair-of-texas-slaap-ed-attorney-who-wants-to-see-big-texs-checkbook.html
- ↑ "Dallas Court of Appeals Opinion".
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