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<br /> ~IIH <br /> LOCAL GOVERNMENT BULLETIN NUMBER TWO <br /> ELECTRONIC RECORDS <br /> STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES <br />. . <br />! <br />I This bulletin contains the statutory law governing the electronic storage of records by <br />I <br />I local governments (Local Government Code, Chapter 205) and administrative rules <br /> concerning electroruc records adopted under authority of the statute by the Texas State <br /> Library and Archives Commission (Texas Administrative Code, Title 13, Chapter ï). <br /> Any questions concerning these standards and procedUIes or about electroruc storage <br /> in general should be directed to: <br />I Texas State Library <br /> State and Local Records Management Division <br /> P.O. Box 12927 <br /> Austin, TX 78711-2927 <br />I (512) 452-9242 I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> ~ <br /> LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE <br /> CHAPTER 205 <br />§ 205.001. DEFINITION. <br />In this chapter. <br /> (1) "Electronic storage" means the maintenance of local government record data in the form of digital <br />electronic signals on a computer hard disk, magnetic tape, optical disk. or similar machine-readable medium. <br /> (2) "Local government record data" means the information that by law, regulation, rule of court, <br />ordinance, or administrative procedure in a local government comprises a local governIT\€nt record as defined <br />by Section 201.003. <br /> (3) "Source document" means the local government record from which local government record data <br />is obtained for electronic storage. The term does not include backup copies of the data in any media generated <br />from electronic storage. <br />§ 205.002. AUTHORIZATION. <br />Any local government record data may be stored electronically in addition to or instead of source documents in <br />paper or other media, subject to the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it. <br /> Electronic &cards Standards and Procedures íJ1 <br /> - <br /> SuppL p. 5-19. <br />