Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-22-132
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Authority to have records photographed or reproduced on
Official statutory text
film or stored on optical disk - Original record - Storage.
A. The head of any municipal department, commission, bureau or
board may have any or all records kept by the official, department,
commission, bureau or board photographed, microphotographed,
photostated, reproduced on film or stored on optical disk. Such
film or reproducing material shall be of durable material and the
device used to reproduce such records on film or other material
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 187
shall be such as to accurately reproduce and perpetuate the original
records in all details.
B. The photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph,
photographic film or optical disk of the original records shall be
deemed to be an original record for all purposes, and shall be
admissible in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A
facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all
purposes recited herein, be deemed to be a transcript,
exemplification or certified copy of the original.
C. Whenever photostatic copies, photographs, microphotographs,
reproductions on films or optical disks shall be placed in
conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving,
examining and using same, the head of any municipal department,
commission, bureau or board may certify those facts to the municipal
governing body. Following such certification, the governing body
may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the disposal, archival
storage or destruction of the original records and papers before the
expiration of the retention period established pursuant to Section
22-131 of this title.
A. The head of any municipal department, commission, bureau or
board may have any or all records kept by the official, department,
commission, bureau or board photographed, microphotographed,
photostated, reproduced on film or stored on optical disk. Such
film or reproducing material shall be of durable material and the
device used to reproduce such records on film or other material
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 187
shall be such as to accurately reproduce and perpetuate the original
records in all details.
B. The photostatic copy, photograph, microphotograph,
photographic film or optical disk of the original records shall be
deemed to be an original record for all purposes, and shall be
admissible in evidence in all courts or administrative agencies. A
facsimile, exemplification or certified copy thereof shall, for all
purposes recited herein, be deemed to be a transcript,
exemplification or certified copy of the original.
C. Whenever photostatic copies, photographs, microphotographs,
reproductions on films or optical disks shall be placed in
conveniently accessible files and provisions made for preserving,
examining and using same, the head of any municipal department,
commission, bureau or board may certify those facts to the municipal
governing body. Following such certification, the governing body
may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the disposal, archival
storage or destruction of the original records and papers before the
expiration of the retention period established pursuant to Section
22-131 of this title.
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