Tex. Local Government Code § 203.021
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 203.021, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 203.021. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNING BODY.
Official statutory text
The governing body of a local government, including a commissioners court with regard to nonelective county offices, shall:
(1) establish, promote, and support an active and continuing program for the efficient and economical management of all local government records;
(2) cause policies and procedures to be developed for the administration of the program under the direction of the records management officer;
(3) facilitate the creation and maintenance of local government records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the local government and designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the local government, the state, and persons affected by the activities of the local government;
(4) facilitate the identification and preservation of local government records that are of permanent value;
(5) facilitate the identification and protection of essential local government records; and
(6) cooperate with the commission in its conduct of statewide records management surveys.
(1) establish, promote, and support an active and continuing program for the efficient and economical management of all local government records;
(2) cause policies and procedures to be developed for the administration of the program under the direction of the records management officer;
(3) facilitate the creation and maintenance of local government records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the local government and designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the local government, the state, and persons affected by the activities of the local government;
(4) facilitate the identification and preservation of local government records that are of permanent value;
(5) facilitate the identification and protection of essential local government records; and
(6) cooperate with the commission in its conduct of statewide records management surveys.
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