Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 203.022
Duties and Responsibilities of Custodians

(a)

Custodians of records in each local government shall:

(1)

cooperate with the records management officer in carrying out the policies and procedures established by the local government for the efficient and economical management of records and in carrying out the requirements of this subtitle;

(2)

adequately document the transaction of government business and the services, programs, and duties for which the custodian and the custodian’s staff are responsible; and

(3)

maintain the records in the custodian’s care and carry out their preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition only in accordance with the policies and procedures of the local government’s records management program and the requirements of this subtitle and rules adopted under it.

(b)

State law relating to the duties, other responsibilities, or recordkeeping requirements of a custodian of local government records do not exempt the custodian or the records in the custodian’s care from the application of this subtitle and rules adopted under it and may not be used by the custodian as a basis for refusal to participate in the records management program of the local government whose establishment is required by this chapter.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Source: Section 203.022 — Duties and Responsibilities of Custodians, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­203.­htm#203.­022 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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