Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 441.128. OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT. (a) Governing bodies within a major resource system area or regional library system area may join in the development, operation, and maintenance of the system and appropriate and allocate funds for its support. (b) Governing bodies of polit…

Sec. 441.129. WITHDRAWAL FROM SYSTEM. (a) The governing body of a political subdivision of the state may by resolution or ordinance withdraw from a major resource system. The governing body must give notice of withdrawal not later than the 90th day before the end of the state fis…

Sec. 441.130. ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) Each major resource system has an advisory council composed of not more than 12 members representing the member libraries of the system. (b) The commission shall adopt rules to provide guidance to major resource systems on the administrative op…

Sec. 441.131. REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM. (a) The governing bodies of two-thirds of the member libraries of a major resource system may elect, for the purpose of administering the receipt and dispersal of services under this subchapter within their area, to form a regional library s…

Sec. 441.132. MAJOR RESOURCE CENTERS. (a) The commission may designate major resource centers from existing public libraries according to criteria approved by the commission and agreed to by the governing body of the library involved. The governing body of a library designated as…

Sec. 441.135. GRANTS. (a) Using state, federal, or other funds, the commission shall establish a program of grants within the limitations of funds appropriated by the legislature. The commission shall adopt by rule the guidelines for awarding grants. (b) The program of grants sha…

Sec. 441.136. RULES. (a) The director and librarian, with the advice of the advisory board, shall propose rules necessary to the administration of the program of state grants, including qualifications for major resource system membership. The rules shall be proposed and adopted a…

Sec. 441.137. ADMINISTRATION. The director and librarian shall administer the program of state grants and shall make public the rules adopted by the commission. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 441.138. FUNDING. (a) The commission may use funds appropriated by the legislature for personnel and other administrative expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. (b) Libraries and library systems may use state grants for materials, personnel, equip…

Sec. 441.1381. COMPETITIVE GRANTS; SYSTEM OPERATION GRANTS. (a) The commission shall design and implement a competitive grant program described by Section 441.135(b)(6) and shall require a recipient of a competitive grant to report to the commission information relating to best p…

Sec. 441.1382. ADDITIONAL FUNDING. (a) The commission may authorize a major resource system or regional library system to receive money in addition to the system operation grant, including money from: (1) gifts or grants from the federal government, local or regional governments,…

Sec. 441.1383. GRANTS TO AID LOCAL LIBRARIES. The commission shall design and implement a program of grants to aid local libraries as described by Section 441.135(b)(7) and shall require a recipient of a grant under that program to report to the commission information relating to…

Sec. 441.151. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (2) "Custodian" means the appointed or elected public officer who by the state constitution, state law, ordinance, or administrative policy is in charge of an of…

Sec. 441.152. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR AND LIBRARIAN. The director and librarian shall: (1) carry out the duties and responsibilities of the commission relating to the management and preservation of local government records imposed by this subchapter and Subtit…

Sec. 441.153. REGIONAL HISTORICAL RESOURCE DEPOSITORIES. (a) To provide for an orderly, uniform statewide system for the professional retention and preservation of historical resources in the region of their origin or interest, the commission may enter into an agreement with a pu…

Sec. 441.154. REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS. (a) To provide additional methods for the preservation of the historical resources of the state in the region of their origin or interest and to provide additional methods of carrying out the other responsibilities placed on the commission…

Sec. 441.155. PLACEMENT AND REMOVAL OF RESOURCES. (a) The commission may place any historical resources in its custody in a depository or research center. (b) Subject only to an agreement under Section 441.154(i), the commission may remove historical resources in its custody from…

Sec. 441.156. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may enter into contracts or agreements that it considers necessary or advisable to foster and assist in the development of local government records management programs and the preservation of local government records of perm…

Sec. 441.157. GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM. (a) A program of state grants within the limitations of funds appropriated by the legislature is established for the purpose of aiding local governments in the establishment of records management programs or for the purposes of preserving histo…

Sec. 441.158. LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULES. (a) The director and librarian, under the direction of the commission, shall prepare and distribute free of charge to records management officers of affected local governments the records retention schedules for each typ…

Sec. 441.159. PRIOR RETENTION PERIODS IN COUNTY RECORDS MANUAL. Retention periods for county records contained in the county records manual or any amendments to the manual approved before September 1, 1989, as provided under prior law are validated and have the same effect as ret…

Sec. 441.160. REVISIONS TO RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULES. The records retention schedules may be revised and the revisions take effect according to their terms when they are approved and adopted in the same manner as provided by Section 441.158. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1…

Sec. 441.166. STATE AGENCY RULES. A state agency other than the commission, the Texas Supreme Court, or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals may not require a local government to retain a record for any specific period of time unless the requirements are imposed by federal law or …

Sec. 441.167. ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION. The director and librarian may designate employees of the commission to provide assistance and information to local governments on records management issues under Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, or rules adopted under it. Adde…

Sec. 441.168. MICROFILMING AND STORING LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS. (a) On request of a local government, the director and librarian may provide for the microfilming or storage of the local government records of that local government. Local government records are open to the directo…

Sec. 441.169. DUTIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Each local government shall: (1) submit to the director and librarian the name of the local government's records management officer identified under Section 203.001, Local Government Code, or designated under Section 203.025, Local Gover…

Sec. 441.180. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Agency head" means the appointed or elected official who serves by the state constitution, state statute, or action of the governing body of a state agency as the chief executive and administrative officer of a state agency. (2)…

Sec. 441.181. STATE ARCHIVES PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall take legal custody of and preserve archival state records and shall endeavor to collect and preserve other historical resources determined by the director and librarian to possess sufficient value to warrant continued…

Sec. 441.1815. STATE ARCHIVES STRATEGIC PLAN. The commission, with input from interested persons, shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategic plan regarding the state archives. The commission shall update the strategic plan at least once every five years. The strategic …

Sec. 441.182. STATE RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall assist state agencies in managing state records in accordance with this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter. (b) The director and librarian shall designate a state records administrator to adm…

Sec. 441.1821. LEGISLATIVE RECORDS MANAGEMENT. (a) As used in this section, "legislative record" has the meaning assigned by Section 324.001. (b) Upon receipt of a request from the Legislative Reference Library for the return of a legislative record in the custody of the commissi…

Sec. 441.183. RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN STATE AGENCIES. The agency head of each state agency shall: (1) establish and maintain a records management program on a continuing and active basis; (2) create and maintain records containing adequate and proper documentation of the o…

Sec. 441.184. RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICERS. (a) Each state agency head shall act as or appoint a records management officer for the state agency to administer the agency's records management program. An employee of an agency is eligible to be appointed as the agency's records mana…

Sec. 441.185. RECORD RETENTION SCHEDULES. (a) Each records management officer, with the cooperation of any staff of a state agency that the officer considers necessary, shall survey the state records of the agency and prepare and submit a records retention schedule to the state r…

Sec. 441.1855. RETENTION OF CONTRACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS BY STATE AGENCIES. (a) Notwithstanding Section 441.185 or 441.187, a state agency: (1) shall retain in its records each contract entered into by the state agency and all contract solicitation documents related to the cont…

Sec. 441.186. ARCHIVAL STATE RECORDS. (a) The state archivist, through review of state records retention schedules submitted to the state records administrator under Section 441.185 and other means available under this section, shall identify and designate which state records are…

Sec. 441.187. DESTRUCTION OF STATE RECORDS. (a) A state record may be destroyed by a state agency if: (1) the record appears on a records retention schedule approved under Section 441.185 and the record's retention period has expired; (2) a records destruction request is submitte…

Sec. 441.188. MICROFILMED STATE RECORDS. (a) Any state record may be maintained on microfilm. (b) The microfilming of any state record and the maintenance of a state record on microfilm must be in accordance with standards and procedures adopted as administrative rules of the com…

Sec. 441.189. ELECTRONIC STATE RECORDS. (a) Any state record may be created or stored electronically in accordance with standards and procedures adopted as administrative rules of the commission. (b) Certified output from electronically digitized images or other electronic data c…

Sec. 441.190. PROTECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE OF STATE RECORDS. (a) The commission may adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the protection, maintenance, and storage of state records. (b) In the development and adoption of the rules, the commission shall pay …

Sec. 441.191. ALIENATION OF STATE RECORDS PROHIBITED. (a) A state record may not be sold or donated, loaned, transferred, or otherwise passed out of the custody of the state by a state agency without the consent of the director and librarian. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to …

Sec. 441.192. RIGHT OF RECOVERY. (a) The governing body of a state agency may demand the return of any state record in the private possession of a person if the removal of the state record from the state agency or the agency's predecessor was not authorized by law. (b) The direct…

Sec. 441.193. CUSTODY OF STATE RECORDS AND OTHER HISTORICAL RESOURCES OF COMMISSION; PUBLIC ACCESS. (a) All archival state records transferred to the custody of the commission in accordance with this subchapter and all other historical resources acquired by the commission through…

Sec. 441.1935. REQUIREMENTS FOR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION HELD BY STATE ARCHIVES PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall promulgate a form that persons must use to request access to information held by the state archives program. The form must allow the requestor to designate the reques…

Sec. 441.194. RECORDS OF ABOLISHED STATE AGENCIES. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the comptroller shall take custody of the records of a state agency that is abolished by the legislature and whose duties and responsibilities are not transferred to another state agency. (b)…

Sec. 441.195. CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may enter into any contract or agreement that it considers necessary or advisable to foster and assist the preservation and management of state records or other historical resources. (b) A contract or agreement made by the c…