Retention and disposition of records.

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  • (1)
    • (a) Except for a governmental entity that is permitted to maintain the governmental entity's own retention schedules under Part 7, Applicability to Political Subdivisions, the Judiciary, and the Legislature, each governmental entity shall file with the Records Management Committee created in Section 63A-12-112 a proposed schedule for the retention and disposition of each type of material that is defined as a record under this chapter.
    • (b) After a retention schedule is reviewed and approved by the Records Management Committee under Subsection 63A-12-113(1)(b), the governmental entity shall maintain and destroy records in accordance with the retention schedule.
    • (c) If a governmental entity subject to the provisions of this section has not received an approved retention schedule from the Records Management Committee for a specific type of material that is classified as a record under this chapter, the model retention schedule maintained by the state archivist shall govern the retention and destruction of that type of material.
  • (2) A retention schedule that is filed with or approved by the Records Management Committee under the requirements of this section is a public record.




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