Tex. Gov't Code § 441.157 · Subchapter J. PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS
GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A program of state grants within the limitations of funds appropriated by the legislature is established for the purpose of aiding local governments in the establishment of records management programs or for the purposes of preserving historically valuable local government records.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to the administration of the grant program.
(c) The commission may use appropriated funds for personnel and other administrative expenses necessary to carry out the grant program.
(d) The commission shall report annually to the governor and the legislature all grants made under the program.
(e) If the United States Congress enacts legislation to fund a grant-in-aid program for the management or preservation of local government records, and if the legislation provides for the distribution of the funds by a state agency, the commission shall accept and administer the funds unless the federal legislation provides otherwise.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.441.htm
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