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BELINDA HINO JOSA.PERSOHN

ALISSA A. JACKSON LAURA GARZA JIMENEZ Servtces
Chiefof Administrative
Chiefof Litigation COTINTYATTORNEY
NUECESCOTJNTYCOUMHOUSE
901LEOPARD,ROOM207
CORPUSCHRISTI,TX 78401'3680
TELEPHONE(361)888-0391
(361) 888'0577
FACSIMILE

January15,2009

--the-ltonorable
GregAbbott
AttodbY{Pneral,Stateof Texas
PostOfficeBox 12548
Austin,Texas787i I=25{8

RE: m Acth

Dear AttorneY General Abbott:

T h e f o l l o w i n g t i m e l y s u b m..Request
i s s i o n i s m a d e p u r s u General
a n t t o S eDecision.,,
c t i o n 5 5 2 ' 3The
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theTexas
Code, entitled for Attomey
Government
requestforPubliclnformationfromJenniferPeebleswasreceivedbytheNuecesCounty
,.p1*;; note that the Nueces county courthouse will
Judge,s office "" ;;;;;; i, z.o0g
Day' Ms' Peeble's
oUs"*u"ce of Martin Luther King
be closedon January 1g,200gi.,
requestseeks:

o D o c u m e n t s s h o w i n g t h e a m o u n t o f c o m p e n s a t i o n r e c e i v e d bI yrequest
allNueces
employees Ja'nL.I, 20(;7 to Jin. 1, 2008. specifically'
county from
d o c u m e n t a t i o n t h a t , n o , , , e a c h e m p l o y e e ' s npay'a m etheir
, j o bovertime
title,the
ihem, their base
department/ffice/agencywh-ichemploys
request this information be
pay and theii total compens;atton fiom the city. I
ma:intainedin such aformat
prounni'in-an
-by electronicformat, as I assumeit is
purposes'
the countyfor its own record-keeping
calend-aryear 2007
o copies"";f k; personal fi.nancial disclosureforms for
ffi|ed2008)foryo,,,nryandallthemembersoftheNuecesCounty
CommissionersCourt'

I See attachedemail from Jennifer Peeblesreceived on 16109..

Some of the information will be releasedto the requestor. The Nueces County Judge
wishes to withhold some of the information requestedbecausethe information falls
within recognized exceptionsto public disclosure.We believe that the following
exceptionsto public disclosureapply to Ms. Pebbles'srequest. We are requestingan
opinion under the Texas Public Information Act ("Act") as to whether portions of the
requestedmaterials are exceptedfrom public disclosureunder:

5552.101 of the Texas Government Code, titled Exception:

Confidential Information :

A cqpy of this written communicationis being deliveredcontemporaneouslyto

the requestor.

We further contend that this govemmental body is not prohibited from requesting a
decisionpursuantto paragraph552.301(f)of the Texas GovernmentCode because:

(1) we have not previously requestedand received a determination

from the attorney general concerning the precise information at
issue;and

(2) the attomey generalor a court has not determined that the
information is public information under this chapter.

Pleasebe advised that this submissionwillbe supplementedin accordancewith the

requirementsand time table establishedin $552.301of the TexasGovernmentCode.

Respectfully submitted,

raGarza Jimenez
Nueces County Attorney

Enclosure:
1) PublicInformationRequestreceivedfrom JenniferPeebleson Jan.6,2009.

Cc: JenniferPeebles
Texas Watchdoe
5535MemorialDrive. #601
Houston,Texas77007
VIA CERTIFIED MAII/RRR 7OO81140OOO2
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From: LauraJimenez
January06, 20093;00PM
Sent: TuesdaY,
RoseM. Harrison
Hinojosa-Persohn;
To: Belinda
subject: Fw:Texas Information
Public Act requestfor Nuecescounty

From: ClaudiaLobell
To: LauraJimenez;PamIsaacson
Cc: MarieN, Carrales
Sent: Tue Jan06 L4:57:482009
subject: FW:TexasPublicInformationAct requestfor Nuecescounty
HEADSUP!

From: JenniferPeebles[mailto:jennifer@texaswatchdog'org]
Sent: TuesdaY,January06, 20092:46 PM
To: ClaudiaLobell
subject: TexasPublicInformationAct requestfor Nuecescounty

JenniferPeebles
Texas Watchdog
5535 Memorial Drive, Suite F, #601
Houston,TX77007

Jan.6,2009

The HonorableSamuelL. Neal, Jr.

County Judge,Nueces CountY
901 Leopard,Rm 303
CorpusChristi, TX 78401

Dear JudgeNeal:
Texas Government Code,
This requestis made under the Texas Public Information Act, Chapter 552,
governmental agencies' I
which guaranteesthe public's accessto information in the custody of
,.rp..tlfrl1y requestcopies of the following information:

. Documents showing the amount of compensationre{ved by al] Nueces County employeesfrom

shows each employee'sname,job
Jan. 1, 2007 talan. 1, 200g. specifically, I iequestdocumintation that
pay, their overtime pay and their
title, the department/office/agencywfrich .-pioyt them, their base
an electronic format, as I
totui.o*pensation from theiity. I requestthis information be provided in
purposes.
assumeifis maintained in suchia format by the county for its own record-keeping
. copies ortrre fersonal financial disclosure forms ior calendar year 2007 (filed 2008) for yourself and
all the memb"rs of the Nueces County CommissionersCourt.
burden on your staff, I
In the interest of expediency, and to minimize the researchand/or duplication
grant me immediate accessto
would be pleasedto persotraily examine the relevant records if you would
with me by
the requestedmaterial. Additibnally, and since time is a factor, please communicate
telephonerather than by mail. My trirpt on. number is 615-406-8835.
of the information
Disclosure of this information is in the public interest becauseproviding a copy

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y benefitsthe generalpublic. I thereforerequesta waiver of all feesand chargespursuantto

552.267of the act.

shall look forwardto hearingfrom you promptly,as specifiedin the law. Thank you for your
cooperation.A hardcopy of this letterwill follow via u.s. Mail.

Sincerely,

JenniferPeebles
TexasWatchdog
g.org
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