May 16, 2011

Mr. Ron G. McFarlane, Jr.

City Attorney for the City of Cedar Hill

Ron G. MacFarlane, Jr., PC

3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200

Dallas, Texas 75234

OR2011-06820

Dear Mr. McFarlane:

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# 417803.

The City of Cedar Hill (the "city"), which you represent, received a request for all dash camera recordings related to a specified report number. You claim the submitted information is excepted from disclosure under section 552.130 of the Government Code. We have considered the claimed exception and reviewed the submitted information.

Section 552.130 excepts from disclosure "information [that] relates to . . . a motor vehicle operator's or driver's license or permit issued by an agency of this state [or] a motor vehicle title or registration issued by an agency of this state[.]" Gov't Code § 552.130. Upon review, we agree the recordings at issue contain Texas motor vehicle record information. You state the city does not have the technical capability to redact the information subject to section 552.130 from the submitted recordings. Accordingly, the city must withhold the submitted recordings in their entirety pursuant to section 552.130 of the Government Code.

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,

Misty Haberer Barham

Assistant Attorney General

Open Records Division

MHB/eeg

Ref: ID # 417803

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