§383-102  Preservation and destruction of
records.  (a)  The department of labor and industrial relations may cause
to be made such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications, or
reproductions of any records, reports, or transcripts thereof as it may deem
advisable for the effective and economical preservation of the information
contained therein, and such summaries, compilations, photographs, duplications,
or reproductions, duly authenticated, shall be admissible in any proceeding
under this chapter if the original record or records would have been admissible
therein.



(b)  The department may provide by regulation
for the destruction or disposition, after reasonable periods, of any records,
reports, transcripts, or reproductions thereof, or other papers in its custody,
the preservation of which is no longer necessary for the establishment of
contribution liability or benefit rights or for any purpose necessary to the
proper administration of this chapter, including any required audit thereof. [L
1943, c 160, §1, subs 9; RL 1945, §4281; RL 1955, §93-101; am L Sp 1959 2d, c
1, §27; HRS §383-102]