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Records Management Publications for Local Governments

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Local Government Bulletins - Laws and Administrative Rules

Brochures for Local Governments - helpful information summarizing Records Management for Local Governments, Disaster Planning and Managing Electronic Records for Local Governments

Links to other pages

Local Retention Schedules - 12 local retention schedules with about 1500 records series for Local Governments. These schedules give retention periods for all Local Governments.

Records Management Forms for Local Governments

Policy Models for Local Governments

The Local Record (semi-annual newsletter)

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Local Government Bulletins - Laws, Rules and Information

Bulletin A: Microfilming Standards and Procedures – Laws & Rules regarding Microfilming
Download: HTML | PDF (21 pages, 94K)

Bulletin B: Electronic Records Standards and Procedures – Laws & Rules regarding Electronic Records
Download: HTML | PDF (15 pages, 126K)

Bulletin C: Inventorying and Scheduling Records – Helpful information to find out what records you have
Download: HTML | PDF (24 pages, 158K)

Bulletin D: Local Government Records Act – Laws about Local Government Records (effective 1989)
Download: HTML | PDF (40 pages, 252K)

Bulletin E: Electronic Filing and Recording by County Clerks
Download: HTML | MS Word | PDF (12 pages, 55K)

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Brochures for Local Governments

Disaster Planning – Download: PDF (2 pages, 771K)

Electronic Records for Texas Local Governments – Download: PDF (2 pages, 161K)

Records Management for Texas Local Governments – Download: PDF (2 pages, 212K)

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New material is constantly in development and will be added to this page on a continuing basis. Many of the State and Local Records Management publications will be available in both text format and in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).

If you require a printed version of a document that is not yet available in alternative format on our Web site, you may request a copy by e-mailing slrminfo@tsl.state.tx.us.

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