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WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth is in agreement with the declaration of
policy of the Texas Legislature as expressed in Article 6252-17a which
reads in part as follows:
"The people, in delegating authority, do not give their
public servants the right to decide what is good for the
people to know and what is not good for them to know.
The people insist on remaining informed so that they may
retain control over the instruments they have created."
WHEREAS, S.B. 44 and H.B. 114 attempt to reverse by legislation the
opinion of the Texas Supreme Court in Industrial Foundation of the
South vs. Texas Industrial Accident Board, wherein the Court, in
effect, held such records to be open under the Open Records Act
save and except those which, if revealed, would invade the privacy
of the party reflected in such records, and
WHEREAS, for reasons of promoting good hiring practices and properly
defending questionable workmen's compensation claims and lawsuits,
such records should remain open and available, and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has a duty to its Citizens and
taxpayers to discover any questionable or fraudulent workmen's compen-
sation claims or lawsuits,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth opposes enactment of S.B. 44 or H.B. 114 or any other law
privileging the records of the Industrial Accident Board from disclosure
to and inspection by the general public as previously directed by
the Open Records Law (as interpreted by the Texas Supreme Court in
its opinion relative to the application of this statute to the records
of the Industrial Accident Board.)
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CITY S'.CRETARY
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CITY OF FORT WORTH