Ch. 114                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - State Government

6-108.

(c) The Attorney General shall keep THE FOLLOWING RECORDS UNTIL THEY
ARE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 10-639 OF THIS ARTICLE:

(1)     a copy of the pleadings in each suit, action, or other proceeding of which
the Office has charge;

(2)     a complete and current docket of those proceedings;

(3)     a copy of each written opinion that the Office issues; and

(4)     an abstract of each title that the Office examines or has examined.

(e) (1) The papers of the Office shall be filed in its offices [permanently]
UNTIL DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 10-639 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2) The papers and books of the Office shall be indexed so that they are
readily accessible.

10-639.

(a)     In accordance with the record retention and disposal schedules, a public
official shall offer to the Archives any public record of the official that no longer is
needed, such as:

(1)     an original paper;

(2)     a book;

(3)     a file;

(4)     a record of a court of record for which an accurate transcript is in use; or

(5)     a record that relates to the internal management of or otherwise is a
housekeeping record for an office of a clerk of court or register of wills.

(b)     (1) With the written approval of the State Archivist, a public official may
destroy the record that the public official offers under this section, but the Archives
declines to accept.

(2)     After records are destroyed, the public official shall send to the
Archives:

(i) a list of the records that were destroyed; and

(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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1993.

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