RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULE.
Austin City Code § 2-11-10
in effect§ 2-11-10 - RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULE.
(A) The city clerk, in cooperation with each department director, shall prepare a records control schedule for each department that lists each record created or received by the department, the retention period for each type of record, and any other information needed to implement the information management program.
(B) The length of a retention period, or a change in the length of a retention period, shall be determined by the city clerk after consultation with the information governance committee. After considering any comments made by the information governance committee the city clerk shall adopt each control schedule and each change to a control schedule.
(C) The city clerk shall submit a records control schedule to the commission as required by the commission.
(D) The record control schedule maintained by the city clerk is the City's official control schedule, with which every department must comply.
Source: Ord. No. 20141120-015, Pt. 1, 12-1-14; Ord. No. 20190919-017, Pt. 11, 9-30-19.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2AD_CH2-11INMA_S2-11-10RECOSCFetched: 10/27/2026
