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 A contains the statutory law (Local Government Code, Chapter 204) governing microfilming by local governments and administrative rules (Texas Administrative Code, Title 13, Chapter 7) concerning microfilming 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.

• §204.001. Definitions.
• §204.002. Authorization.
• §204.003. Microfilm Produced Under Prior Law.
• §204.004. Standards and Procedures.
• §204.005. Rules To Be Updated.
• §204.006. Indexing.
• §204.007. Destruction of Original Records.
• §204.008. Destruction of Permanent Records.
• §204.009. Microfilm of Permanent Records To Be Supplied.
• §204.010. Commercial Microfilm Storage Facilities.
• §204.011. Effective as Original Record.

Texas Administrative Code

• §7.21 Definitions
• §7.22 Adopted National Standards
• §7.23 General
• §7.24 Microfilm Production Procedures
• §7.25 Microfilm Production Tests and Inspections
• §7.26 Storage of Original Microfilm
• §7.27 Inspection of Stored Original Microfilm
• §7.28 Computer Output Microfilm (COM)
• §7.29 Jacketing
• §7.30 Aperture CARD/CAD Systems
• §7.31 Step-And-Repeat Systems
• §7.32 Expungement
• §7.33 Destruction of Microfilmed Records
• §7.34 Documentation and Recordkeeping
• §7.35 Public Access to Information on Microfilm

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