Bulletins are compiled by SLRM in a centralized location for ease of reference by our local government and state agency customers. They contain links to the Texas Administrative Code, Texas statutes, a combination of both, or best practice and guidance related to a particular topic or concept.

Bulletin 3 contains the administrative rules (Texas Administrative Code, Title 13, Chapter 6) governing the state agency retention schedule certification and recertification process, in addition to creating the Texas State Records Retention Schedule (RRS) and Texas State University Records Retention Schedule (URRS), which contain the minimum retention periods for all state agency records, adopted under authority of Government Code Chapter 441 by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Click the links below and be taken directly to the respective laws and rules.

Texas Administrative Code

• §6.1 Definitions
• §6.2 Submission of Records Retention Schedules for Certification
• §6.3 Submission of Records Retention Schedules for Recertification
• §6.4 Submission of Amendments to Records Retention Schedules
• §6.5 Certification of Records Retention Schedules and Amendments
• §6.6 Decertification
• §6.7 Destruction of State Records
• §6.8 Implementation of Certified Records Retention Schedules
• §6.9 Notification by State Records Administrator
• §6.10 Texas State Records Retention Schedules

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