§ 2-261. Records preservation.

(a)

Washington County shall copy all of its permanently valuable noncurrent records on a regular basis to safeguard the County against accidental loss or destruction of information having enduring value. The County shall copy permanently valuable current records when it is necessary to reduce storage requirements.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the County Judge and each County officer, acting jointly and in cooperation, to establish a schedule for copying permanently valuable records.

(c)

It shall be the duty of the County Judge to ensure that County records are copied onto legally acceptable media and that such media faithfully reproduce original records.

(d)

After they have been copied onto legally acceptable media, records classified as archives shall be preserved in the County archives in accordance with standards for the care and storage of archival records.

(Ord. No. 90-19, Art. 4, 8-9-90)