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Texas Local Government Code - Section 203.003. Duties Of Commissioners Court

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§ 203.003. DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.  The 
commissioners court of each county shall:
		(1)  promote and support the efficient and economical 
management of records of all elective offices in the county to 
enable elected county officers to conform to this subtitle and 
rules adopted under it;
		(2)  facilitate the creation and maintenance of records 
containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, 
functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential 
transactions of each elective office and designed to furnish the 
information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of 
the local government, the state, and the persons affected by the 
activities of the local government;
		(3)  facilitate the identification and preservation of 
the records of elective offices that are of permanent value;  
		(4)  facilitate the identification and protection of 
the essential records of elective offices;
		(5)  establish a county clerk records management and 
preservation fund for fees subject to Section 118.0216 and approve 
in advance any expenditures from the fund;  and
		(6)  establish a records management and preservation 
fund for the records management and preservation fees authorized 
under Sections 118.052, 118.0546, and 118.0645, Section 51.317, 
Government Code, and Article 102.005(d), Code of Criminal 
Procedure, and approve in advance any expenditures from the fund, 
which may be spent only for records management preservation or 
automation purposes in the county.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 675, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 
1993.

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