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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 6. RECORDS |
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Subtitle C. RECORDS PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
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Chapter 202. DESTRUCTION AND ALIENATION OF RECORDS |
Sec. 202.001. DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS
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(a) A local government record may be destroyed if:
(1) the record is listed on a records control schedule accepted for filing by the director and librarian as provided by Section 203.041 and either its retention period has expired or it has been microfilmed or stored electronically in accordance with the requirements of Chapters 204 and 205;
(2) the record appears on a list of obsolete records approved by the director and librarian as provided by Section 203.044; or
(3) a destruction request is filed with and approved by the director and librarian as provided by Section 203.045 for a record not listed on an approved control schedule.
(b) The following records may be destroyed without meeting the conditions of Subsection (a):
(1) records the destruction or obliteration of which is directed by an expunction order issued by a district court pursuant to state law; and
(2) records defined as exempt from scheduling or filing requirements by rules adopted by the commission or listed as exempt in a records retention schedule issued by the commission.