HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(B) DESTRUCTION.

(1)  WITH THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION, A
LOCAL OFFICIAL MAY DESTROY THE RECORD THAT THE LOCAL OFFICIAL
OFFERS UNDER THIS SECTION, BUT THE COMMISSION DECLINES TO ACCEPT.

(2)  AFTER RECORDS ARE DESTROYED, THE LOCAL OFFICIAL
SHALL SEND TO THE COMMISSION:

AND

(I) A LIST OF THE RECORDS THAT WERE DESTROYED;

(II) A CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION.

(3) THE STATE ARCHIVIST SHALL KEEP EACH LIST OF THE
RECORDS DESTROYED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION. THE LIST SHALL BE
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT REASONABLE TIMES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a)(1) through (3) of this
section is new language that repeats the provisions of
the first clause of the first sentence of present Art.
54, § 7, as applied to the substantive provisions
revised in this section.

Subsections (a)(4) through (b) of this section are new
language derived without substantive change from the
first through third and fifth sentences of former Art.
54, § 8.

In subsection (a) of this section, the power to
"offer" is substituted for the present power "to turn
over ... and deposit", to reflect that the Commission
may decline to take the records.

Defined terms: "Commission" § 5-119
"Local official" § 5-119

5-122. NONOFFICIAL MATERIALS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

A LOCAL OFFICIAL MAY OFFER TO THE COMMISSION OR MAY DESTROY
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS THAT THE LOCAL OFFICIAL NO LONGER
NEEDS:

(1)  A BOOK, MAGAZINE, OR NEWSPAPER;

(2)  OTHER LIBRARY OR MUSEUM MATERIAL THAT WAS MADE OR
ACQUIRED FOR REFERENCE OR EXHIBITION PURPOSES;

(3)  AN EXTRA COPY OF A DOCUMENT THAT WAS KEPT ONLY
FOR CONVENIENCE OF REFERENCE;

(4) A STOCK OF PUBLICATIONS;