January 6, 2010

Ms. Dahlia Salinas

Records Clerk

Edinburg Police Department

1702 South Closner Boulevard

Edinburg, Texas 78539

OR2010-00203

Re: Request for case #09-54492; Edinburg reference #5814

Dear Ms. Salinas:

The Office of the Attorney General has received your request for a ruling and assigned your request ID# 371866.

After reviewing your arguments and the submitted information, we have determined your request does not present a novel or complex issue. Thus, we are addressing your claims in a memorandum opinion. You claim the marked information may be withheld from the requestor pursuant to section 552.108(a)(1) of the Government Code. We have considered your arguments and the submitted information and have determined that in accordance with section 552.108(a)(1) you may withhold the marked information. However, you must release the basic information pursuant to section 552.108(c) of the Government Code. Also, you must withhold the marked Texas motor vehicle record information under section 552.130 of the Government Code, and you may withhold the marked social security number under section 552.147 of the Government Code. ⁽¹⁾

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

c: Requestor

(w/o enclosures)

Footnotes

1. We note this office recently issued Open Records Decision No. 684 (2009), a previous determination to all governmental bodies authorizing them to withhold ten categories of information, including a Texas driver's license number under section 552.130 of the Government Code, without the necessity of requesting an attorney general decision.

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