This article applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 24-71.5-104 and first published electronically on or after March 31, 2014.
Source: L. 2012: Entire article added, (HB 12-1209), ch. 138, p. 502, § 1, effective August 8.
OFFICIAL COMMENT
This act is intended to complement, and not affect, an enacting state’s existing public records or records management laws and practices, under which non-electronic legal material is preserved. This act does not affect a state’s responsibility to preserve non-electronic legal material.
The UELMA applies to legal material designated as official and first published in an electronic record on or after the act’s effective date in the enacting state. If, after the effective date, an enacting state republishes legal material in an electronic record that was previously not published in an electronic record, and if the state designates as official the newly republished legal material, the UELMA applies. This may occur, for example, when the state is transitioning a category of legal material from print to electronic format. If legal material as defined by the act is first published only in an electronic record subsequent to the effectiveness of the act, the state must meet the requirements of the UELMA.