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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A Local Government Records Office is established within the Department of Archives and History. The office shall begin operation when sufficient funds therefor have accumulated in the Local Government Records Management Fund established in Section 25-60-5. The office shall have the following powers and duties as well as any others which are prescribed by law elsewhere or assigned to the office by the director of the department:
(a) Provide and coordinate education and training for counties and municipalities on records management issues.
(b) Establish records management standards to guide counties and municipalities, such standards to include, but not be limited to, guidelines for microfilm production and storage, electronic records security and migration, records preservation, imaging and records storage.
(c) Prepare records control schedules for adoption or amendment by the Local Government Records Committee established in Section 25-60-1. In the preparation of the schedules and amendments thereto, the office shall seek input from interested citizens and organizations.
(d) Establish standards for records storage areas of local governmental bodies, such standards to include, but not be limited to, guidelines for the selection of an off-site storage facility for records of enduring or archival value.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 39. Libraries, Arts, Archives and History § 39-5-9 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-39-libraries-arts-archives-and-history/ms-code-sect-39-5-9/
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