July 20, 2006

Mr. Galen Gatten
Assistant City Attorney
City of Midland
P.O. Box 1152
Midland, Texas 79702-1152

OR2006-07812

Re: Request for several report numbers

Dear Mr. Gatten:

The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 258590.

You have submitted three of eight requested reports. To the extent the other five reports exist, we assume you have released them. See Government Code §§552.301, .302. After reviewing your arguments and the submitted information, we have determined that your request does not present a novel or complex issue. Thus, we are addressing your claims in a memorandum opinion. You claim that the submitted information may be withheld from the requestor pursuant to section 552.108(a)(2) of the Government Code. We have considered your arguments and the submitted information and have determined that in accordance with section 552.108(a)(2) you may withhold the submitted information. However, you must release the basic information pursuant to section 552.108(c), except for an arrestee's social security number if any, which is confidential under section 552.147 of the Government Code.

For more information on the cited exception, as well as information on the rights and obligations of governmental bodies and requestors, please refer to open government information contained on the Office of the Attorney General website at www.oag.state.tx.us. You may also contact our Open Government Hotline at 1-877-OPENTEX.

Enc: Submitted documents

cc: Elsa Lujan
1724 East Oak
Midland, Texas 79705
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