§ 2-509. City records

(a) Prohibition. A city official or city employee shall not:

(1) Knowingly make a false entry in, or false alteration of, a city record;

(2) Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine city record;

(3) Intentionally destroy, conceal, remove, or otherwise impair the verity, legibility, or availability of a city record;

(4) Possess, sell, or offer to sell a city record or a blank city record form with intent that it be used unlawfully;

(5) Make, present, or use a city record with knowledge of its falsity; or

(6) Possess, sell, or offer to sell a city record or a blank city record form with knowledge that it was obtained unlawfully.

(b) Exception. It is an exception to the application of subsection (a)(3) of this section that the governmental record is destroyed pursuant to legal authorization or transferred under V.T.C.A., Government Code § 441.204. With regard to the destruction of a local government record, legal authorization includes compliance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code tit. 6, subtit. C.

(Ord. No. 10-11-863, 2(Exh. A), 11-15-2010)