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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 C. RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULES |
Sec. 203.042. RETENTION PERIODS
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(a) A retention period for each record on the records control schedule shall be determined by the governing body or under its direction or by the elected county officer, as applicable.
(b) A retention period may not be less than:
(1) a retention period prescribed by a state or federal law, regulation, or rule of court; or
(2) a retention period for the record established on a records retention schedule issued by the commission.
(c) If at the time a records control schedule is filed by a local government or elected county officer with the director and librarian as provided by Section 203.041, a records retention schedule for the records of that type of local government or elective county office has not been issued by the commission, the records control schedule filed with the director and librarian must be amended to conform with the commission schedule when it is issued to the extent that any retention period on a records control schedule is less than a retention period for the same record on the commission schedule.