Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1812 consolidates, clarifies, and updates laws relating to state records and archives. It expands the scope of such laws to include certain public corporations created by the legislature. Other new provisions define archival state records as records of enduring value to be preserved on a continuing basis by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission or another state agency. Archival records held by other agencies are to be maintained in accordance with rules of the commission, and the act prohibits the transfer of such records between agencies, except with the consent of the director and librarian of the commission. It authorizes the commission to restrict access to an original archival state record if access would compromise the continued survival of the record. The act allows the governor, in consultation with the commission, to designate an institution of higher education or an alternate archival institution as a repository for that governor's executive office records. Such an arrangement must be recorded with the commission through a memorandum of understanding, deposit agreement, or other appropriate documentation.