Texas Local Government Code Title 6, Chapter 204 - Microfilming Of Records

• Texas Section 204.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Microfilm" means roll microfilm, microfiche, and all other formats produced by any method of microphotography or other means of miniaturization on...
• Texas Section 204.002 - Authorization
  Any local government record may be maintained on microfilm in addition to or instead of paper or other media, subject to the requirements of this...
• Texas Section 204.003 - Microfilm Produced Under Prior Law
  (a) All microfilm produced before June 1, 1990, under prior law is validated to the extent the microfilm was produced in the manner and according...
• Texas Section 204.004 - Standards And Procedures
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules on or before April 1, 1990, establishing standards and procedures for the microfilming of local government records. The rules...
• Texas Section 204.005 - Rules To Be Updated
  The director and librarian shall monitor standards relating to microfilming developed for use by federal agencies or adopted by national organizations that develop and set...
• Texas Section 204.006 - Indexing
  An index to a microfilm record must show the same information that may be required by state law for an index to the same record...
• Texas Section 204.007 - Destruction Of Original Records
  (a) Except as provided by Section 204.008, the original of a record that has been microfilmed pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted under it...
• Texas Section 204.008 - Destruction Of Permanent Records
  (a) The original of a permanent record may not be destroyed until a destruction authorization request is submitted to the director and librarian certifying that...
• Texas Section 204.009 - Microfilm Of Permanent Records To Be Supplied
  (a) A local government or elected county officer, at the request of the director and librarian, shall supply to the commission a copy of the...
• Texas Section 204.010 - Commercial Microfilm Storage Facilities
  (a) The commission may establish a program for the certification of commercial microfilm storage facilities for the storage of the master microfilm negatives of local...
• Texas Section 204.011 - Effective As Original Record
  (a) A microfilmed record created in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, including microfilm validated by Section 204.003, is an original record...

Last modified: September 28, 2016