Tex. Local Government Code § 201.008
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 201.008, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 201.008. RECORDS OF ABOLISHED OFFICES OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
Official statutory text
(a) Records of an office of county superintendent of schools or county superintendent of education abolished under former Section 17.95, Education Code, before September 1, 1989, that are still in the possession of a custodian of county records or a county officer shall be transferred to the custody of the commission by order of the director and librarian.
(b) The director and librarian shall determine the time and manner of the transfer of the records on a county-by-county basis. The cost of the transfer shall be paid for out of funds of the commission.
(c) The county judge of a county in which a custodian of county records has possession of the records of an abolished office of the county superintendent of schools may petition the director and librarian to allow the county to retain all or part of the records and the director and librarian may grant the petition.
(b) The director and librarian shall determine the time and manner of the transfer of the records on a county-by-county basis. The cost of the transfer shall be paid for out of funds of the commission.
(c) The county judge of a county in which a custodian of county records has possession of the records of an abolished office of the county superintendent of schools may petition the director and librarian to allow the county to retain all or part of the records and the director and librarian may grant the petition.
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