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CHAPTER 205. ELECTRONIC STORAGE OF RECORDS :Joe,; 205.001. D€finition 205.002. Authorization 205.003. Standards and Procedures to be Adopted 205.004. Rules to be Updated 205.005. Supreme Court Rules 205.006. Index 205.007. Electronic Storage Authorization Requests 205.008. Destruction of Source Documents 205.009. Denial of Access Prohibited CHAPfER 20 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS § 201.001. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the Local Government Records Act. § 201.002 PURPOSE. Recognizing that the citizens of the state have a right to expect, and the state has an obligation to foster, efficient and cost-effective government and recognizing the central importance of local government records 'iri the lives of all citizens, the legislature finds that: (1) the efficient management of local government records is necessè¥Y to the effective and econoITÙc operation of local and state government; (2) the preservation of local government records of permanent value is necessary to provide the peop Ie of the state with resources concerning their history and to document their rights of citizenship and property; (3) convenient access to advice and assistance based on well-established and professi~nally recognized records management techniques and practices is necessary to promote the establishment of sound records management programs in local governments, and the state can provide the assistance impartially and unifOIDùY; and (4) the establishment of unifonn standards ànd procedures for the maintenance, preservation, ITÙcrofilming, or other disposition of local government records is necessary to fulfill these important public purposes.' , ' , § 201.003. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) "Commission" means the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (2) "Custodian" means the appointed or elected public officer who by the state constitution, state law, ordinance, or administrative policy is in charge of an office that creates or receives local government records. (3) "Designee" means an employee of the commission designated by the director and librarian as provided by Section 441.167, Government Code. (4) "Director and librarian" means the executive and administrative officer of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (5) "Essential record" means any local government record necessary to the resumption or continuation of government operations in an emergency or disaster, to the re-creation of the. legal and financial status of the government, or to the protection and fulfillment of obligations to the people of the state. (6) "Governing body" means the court, council, board, commission, or other body established or authorized by law to govern the operations of a local government. In those instances in which authority over an office or department of a local government is shared by two or more governing bodies or by a governing Cody and the state, the governing body, for the purposes of this subtitle only, is the governing body that provides most of the operational funding for the office or department. (7) "Local government" means a county, including all district and precinct offices of a county, municipality, public school district, appraisal district, or any other special-purpose district or authority. (8) "Local government record" means any document, paper, letter, book. map, photograph, sound. or Video recording, microfilm. magnetic tape, electronic mediUI1'1. or other information recording medium. regardless of physical fonn or characteristic and regardless of whether public access to it is open or restricted under the laws of thestate, created orreceived by a local government or any ofits officexs or employees pursuant to law, including Local Government Records Ad ŒJ Suppl. p.7-20.3