DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.
Tex. LOC. GOV'T Code § 202.001.
in effect(a) A local government record may be destroyed if:
(1) the record is listed on a valid records control schedule and either its retention period has expired or it has been microfilmed or stored electronically in accordance with the requirements of Chapters 204 and 205 ;
(2) the record appears on a list of obsolete records as provided by Section 203.044 ; or
(3) the record is not listed on a records retention schedule issued by the commission and the local government provides notice to the commission at least 10 days before destroying the record as required by Section 441.169 , Government Code.
(b) The following records may be destroyed without meeting the conditions of Subsection (a):
(1) records the destruction or obliteration of which is directed by an expunction order issued by a court pursuant to state law; and
(2) records defined as exempt from scheduling or filing requirements by rules adopted by the commission or listed as exempt in a records retention schedule issued by the commission.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.