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SECTION 14755-14756
14755. (a) No record shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by any agency of the state, unless it is determined by the director that the record has no further administrative, legal, or fiscal value and the Secretary of State has determined that the record is inappropriate for preservation in the State Archives. (b) The director shall not authorize the destruction of any record subject to audit until he or she has determined that the audit has been performed. (c) The director shall not authorize the destruction of all or any part of an agency rulemaking file subject to Section 11347.3. 14756. The public records of any state agency may be microfilmed, electronically data imaged, or otherwise photographically reproduced and certified upon the written authorization of the head of the agency. The microfilming, electronic data imaging, or photographic reproduction shall be made in compliance with the minimum standards or guidelines, or both, as recommended by the American National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image Management, and as adopted by the Department of General Services in consultation with the Secretary of State, for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records. The certification of each reproduction or set of reproductions shall be in accordance with the standards, or have the approval, of the Attorney General. The certification shall contain a statement of the identity, description, and disposition or location of the records reproduced, the date, reason, and authorization for the reproduction, and other information that the Attorney General requires. The certified reproductions shall be deemed to be original public records for all purposes, including introduction in courts of law and state agencies.
