(a) This section does not apply to a request for an attorney general decision made under this subchapter if:
(1) the governmental body requesting the decision:
(A) has fewer than 16 full-time employees; or
(B) is located in a county with a population of less than 150,000;
(2) the amount or format of responsive information at issue in a particular request makes use of the attorney general’s electronic filing system impractical or impossible; or
(3) the request is hand delivered to the office of the attorney general.
(b) A governmental body that requests an attorney general decision under this subchapter must submit the request through the attorney general’s designated electronic filing system.

(c) The attorney general may adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including rules that define the amount or type of formatting of information described by Subsection (a)(2) that makes use of the electronic filing system impractical or impossible.