Texas § 205.003 STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED.

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§ 205.003 — STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED.

Texas § 205.003

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 205.003 (2026).

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Sec. 205.003. STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED.

(a)The commission shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the electronic storage of any local government record data of permanent value and may adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the electronic storage of any local government record data whose retention period is at least 10 years on a records retention schedule issued by the commission. The rules must be approved as required by Section 441.165, Government Code.

(b)With regard to the types of local government record data covered by Subsection (a), the rules may require or prescribe:

(1)standards and procedures for the generation of backup or preservation copies of the local government record data on paper, microfilm, electronic, or other approve

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Sec. 205.003. STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED. (a) The commission shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the electronic storage of any local government record data of permanent value and may adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the electronic storage of any local government record data whose retention period is at least 10 years on a records retention schedule issued by the commission. The rules must be approved as required by Section 441.165, Government Code.
(b) With regard to the types of local government record data covered by Subsection (a), the rules may require or prescribe:
(1) standards and procedures for the generation of backup or preservation copies of the local government record data on paper, microfilm, electronic, or other approved media;
(2) standards and procedures for the recopying or duplication of the magnetic tape, optical disk, or similar machine-readable medium on which the local government record data are stored;
(3) standards and procedures for the physical storage and maintenance of magnetic tapes, optical disks, or similar machine-readable media;
(4) standards and procedures for providing access by members of the public to electronically stored local government record data to which they are entitled under law; and
(5) other standards and procedures that the commission considers necessary to ensure the availability, readability, or integrity of the local government record data.