Sec. 201.006. RECORDS TO BE DELIVERED TO SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE. (a) A custodian of local government records shall, at the expiration of the custodian's term of office, appointment, or employment, deliver to the custodian's successor, if there is one, all local government records in custody. If there is no successor, the governing body shall determine which officer of the local government shall have custody.
(b) If the functions of an office of one local government are assumed by another local government, the governing bodies of the two local governments shall determine in which local government custody of the records of the office shall be vested.
Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Records Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 201 - General Provisions
Section 201.005. Declaration of Records as Public Property; Access
Section 201.006. Records to Be Delivered to Successor in Office
Section 201.007. Records of Abolished Local Governments
Section 201.008. Records of Abolished Offices of County Superintendents of Schools