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Local Government Bulletin D: Local Government Records Act


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.

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Bulletin D contains the statutory law governing records management requirements for local governments, including destruction and alienation of records (Local Government Code, Chapter 202), management and preservation of records (Local Government Code, Chapter 203), microfilming of records (Local Government Code, Chapter 204), and electronic storage of records (Local Government Code, Chapter 205), as well as statutory law governing the maintenance, preservation, and disposition of certain county records and local government records (Government Code, Chapter 441).


 

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


Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government 
Chapter 201. General Provisions
Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government
Chapter 202. Destruction and Alienation of Records

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Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government
Chapter 203. Management And Preservation Of Records
Subchapter A. Elective County Offices
Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government
Chapter 203. Management And Preservation Of Records
Subchapter B. All Other Local Government Offices
Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government
Chapter 203. Management and Preservation of Records
Subchapter C. Record Control Schedules

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Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government 
Chapter 204. Microfilming of Records
Local Government Code
Title 6. Records
Subtitle C. Records Provisions Applying To More Than One Type Of Local Government 
Chapter 205. Electronic Storage Of Records

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Government Code
Title 4. Executive Branch
Subtitle D. History, Culture, and Education 
Chapter 441. Libraries and Archives
Subchapter F. Maintenance and Disposition of Certain County Records
Government Code
Title 4. Executive Branch
Subtitle D. History, Culture, and Education 
Chapter 441. Libraries and Archives
Subchapter J. Preservation And Management Of Local Government Records.

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