Sec. 205.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Electronic storage" means the maintenance of local government record data in the form of digital electronic signals on a computer hard disk, magnetic tape, optical disk, or similar machine-readable medium.
(2) "Local government record data" means the information that by law, regulation, rule of court, ordinance, or administrative procedure in a local government comprises a local government record as defined by Section 201.003.
(3) "Source document" means the local government record from which local government record data is obtained for electronic storage. The term does not include backup copies of the data in any media generated from electronic storage.
Added 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 205 - Electronic Storage of Records
Section 205.002. Authorization
Section 205.003. Standards and Procedures to Be Adopted
Section 205.004. Rules to Be Updated
Section 205.005. Supreme Court Rules
Section 205.008. Destruction of Source Documents
Section 205.009. Denial of Access Prohibited
Section 205.010. Security Breach Notification by Local Government