39D.050 Preservation of essential state public records -- Duties of Archives and Records Commission.

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Page 1 of 1 39D.050 Preservation of essential state public records -- Duties of Archives and Records Commission. The state Archives and Records Commission shall establish a system for the preservation <br>of essential state public records necessary for the continuity of governmental functions in <br>the event of an emergency, disaster, or catastrophe. The commission shall: <br>(1) Determine what records are essential for operation during a state of emergency and thereafter through consultation with all state cabinets, departments, and independent <br>agencies and the administrator of state archives services and records, establish the <br>manner in which the records shall be preserved, and provide for their preservation; (2) Require every state cabinet, department, and independent agency to establish and maintain a preservation program for essential state public records; (3) Provide for security storage of essential state records; <br>(4) Furnish state cabinets, departments, and independent agencies with copies of the final plan for preservation of essential public records; and (5) Advise all political subdivisions of the Commonwealth on preservation of essential public records. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 56, effective July 15, 1998.