§5A-8-1. Short Title
This article shall be known as the "Records Management and Preservation of Essential Records Act."
§5A-8-2. Declaration of Policy
The Legislature declares that programs for the efficient and economical management of state and local records will promote economy and efficiency in the day-to-day record-keeping activities of state and local government and will facilitate and expedite government operations; that records containing information essential to the operation of government and to the protection of the rights […]
§5A-8-3. Definitions
As used in this article: “Agency” means any department, office, commission, board, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. “Agency Records Manager” means an employee appointed by the agencys chief executive officer or agency head to manage the agencys records inventory and to act as liaison with the administrator. “Disaster” […]
§5A-8-4. Categories of Records to Be Preserved
State or local records which are within the following categories are essential records which shall be preserved pursuant to this article: Category A. Records containing information necessary to the operation of government in the emergency created by a disaster. Category B. Records not within category A but containing information necessary to protect the rights and […]