Tex. Gov't Code § 441.158 · Subchapter J. PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The director and librarian, under the direction of the commission, shall prepare and distribute free of charge to records management officers of affected local governments the records retention schedules for each type of local government, including a schedule for records common to all types of local government. The commission shall adopt the schedules by rule.
(b) Each records retention schedule must:
(1) list the various types of records of the applicable local government;
(2) state the retention period prescribed by a federal or state law, rule of court, or regulation for records for which a period is prescribed; and
(3) prescribe retention periods for all other records, which periods have the same effect as if prescribed by law after the records retention schedule is adopted as a rule of the commission.
(c) In preparing the records retention schedules, the director and librarian shall consult with custodians and other local government officials whose records are affected by the schedules and with appropriate state agencies.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 983, Sec. 26(7), eff. September 1, 2009.
(e) After the adoption of a records retention schedule, a retention period for a record prescribed in a new or amended federal or state law, rule of court, or regulation that differs from that in a records retention schedule prevails over that in the schedule.
(f) Expired.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 86, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 983 (H.B. 3756), Sec. 26(7), eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.441.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 441.158. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 51.204RECORDS OF COURT.Printed as Section 441.158
- Tex. Gov't Code § 441.159PRIOR RETENTION PERIODS IN COUNTY RECORDS MANUAL.Printed as Section 441.158
- Tex. Gov't Code § 441.160REVISIONS TO RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULES.Printed as Section 441.158
- Tex. Gov't Code § 441.169DUTIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.Printed as Section 441.158
- Tex. Gov't Code § 791.029CONTRACTS FOR REGIONAL RECORDS CENTERS.Printed as Section 441.158
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