§ 2-549. Destruction of records.  


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  • (a)

    City records may be destroyed if:

    (1)

    The record is listed on a records control schedule accepted for filing by the director and librarian as provided by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, § 203.041 and either its retention period has expired or it has been microfilmed or stored electronically in accordance with the requirements V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, §§ 204.001 et seq. and 205.00l et seq.

    (2)

    The record appears on a list of obsolete records approved by the director and librarian as provided by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, § 203.044; or

    (3)

    A destruction request if filed with and approved by the director and librarian as provided by V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 203.045, for a record not listed on an approved control schedule.

    (b)

    The following records may be destroyed without meeting the conditions of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section:

    (1)

    Records the destruction or obliteration of which is directed by an expunction order issued by a district court pursuant to state law; and

    (2)

    Records defined as exempt from scheduling or filing requirements by rules adopted by the state library and archives commission.

(Ord. No. 91-791, § 5, 1-17-1991)