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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 203. MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF RECORDS |
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Subchapter A. ELECTIVE COUNTY OFFICES |
Sec. 203.002. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS AS RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICERS
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The elected county officer shall:
(1) develop policies and procedures for the administration of an active and continuing records management program;
(2) administer the records management program so as to reduce the costs and improve the efficiency of recordkeeping;
(3) prepare and file with the director and librarian the records control schedules and amended schedules required by Section 203.041 and the list of obsolete records as provided by Section 203.044;
(4) prepare requests for authorization to destroy records not on an approved control schedule as provided by Section 203.045, requests to destroy the originals of permanent records that have been microfilmed as provided by Section 204.008, and electronic storage authorization requests as provided by Section 205.007;
(5) identify and take adequate steps to preserve records that are of permanent value;
(6) identify and take adequate steps to protect the essential records of the office;
(7) ensure that the maintenance, preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of records is carried out in accordance with the policies and procedures of the records management program and the requirements of this subtitle and rules adopted under it; and
(8) cooperate with the commission in its conduct of statewide records management surveys.