February 24, 2011

Ms. Susan K. Bohn

General Counsel

Lake Travis Independent School District

3322 Ranch Road 620 South

Austin, Texas 78738

OR2011-02749

Dear Ms. Bohn:

You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under the Public Information Act (the "Act"), chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 410132 (Lake Travis PIR# 120310-E0B/DL 4412).

The Lake Travis Independent School District (the "district") received a request for all billing statements, invoices, and payments regarding any mobile communications devices and/or services paid for by the district during November 2010. You state you have released some of the responsive information to the requestor. You claim that portions of the submitted information are excepted from disclosure under section 552.136 of the Government Code. We have considered the exception you claim and reviewed the submitted information.

You state portions of the submitted information are subject to section 552.136 of the Government Code. Section 552.136 states that "[n]otwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a credit card, debit card, charge card, or access device number that is collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a governmental body is confidential." Gov't Code § 552.136(b); see id. § 552.136(a) (defining "access device"). We note check numbers and invoice numbers do not constitute access device numbers and may not be withheld under section 552.136. Accordingly, the district must withhold the bank account numbers and bank routing numbers we have marked under section 552.136 of the Government Code. ⁽¹⁾ The remaining information must be released.

This letter ruling is limited to the particular information at issue in this request and limited to the facts as presented to us; therefore, this ruling must not be relied upon as a previous determination regarding any other information or any other circumstances.

This ruling triggers important deadlines regarding the rights and responsibilities of the governmental body and of the requestor. For more information concerning those rights and responsibilities, please visit our website at http://www.oag.state.tx.us/open/index_orl.php, or call the Office of the Attorney General's Open Government Hotline, toll free, at (877) 673-6839. Questions concerning the allowable charges for providing public information under the Act must be directed to the Cost Rules Administrator of the Office of the Attorney General, toll free at (888) 672-6787.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Burgess

Assistant Attorney General

Open Records Division

VB/dls

Ref: ID# 410132

Enc. Submitted documents

c: Requestor

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Footnotes

1. We note this office issued Open Records Decision No. 684 (2009), a previous determination to all governmental bodies authorizing them to withhold ten categories of information, including a bank account number and a bank routing number under section 552.136 of the Government Code, without the necessity of requesting an attorney general decision.

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