59 - Disposal of records.

§  59.  Disposal of records.  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  general, special or  local  law,  any  municipal  housing  authority  or  officer  or  employee  thereof  is  hereby empowered to destroy, sell or  otherwise dispose of any book, paper, map,  photograph,  microphotograph  or other record regardless of its physical form or characteristic, which  has  been made, acquired, or received or is now in its custody and which  the authority determines no longer has sufficient administrative, legal,  fiscal, research or historical value to warrant its continued  retention  and  preservation,  provided  the authority authorizes such destruction,  sale, or other disposition.    2. The provisions of this section shall not  apply  to  the  following  records of municipal housing authorities unless copies for retention are  reproduced as provided in section sixty of this chapter:    (a)  The  official  copy  of  the  minutes  of  any  municipal housing  authority including appendices and attachments thereto.    (b) The official copy of any annual report of  any  municipal  housing  authority to the commissioner.    (c)  Records  which  have not been retained for such period of time as  may be required:    (1) by the federal government or any of its agencies;    (2) by rules and regulations of the state comptroller;    (3) by rules and regulations of the commissioner.