Connecticut § 11-8j - Preservation and management of historic documents: Definitions.

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§ 11-8j. Preservation and management of historic documents: Definitions.

Sec. 11-8j. Preservation and management of historic documents: Definitions. As used in sections 11-8i to 11-8l, inclusive, “preservation and management of historic documents” means activities that include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The restoration and conservation of land records, land record indexes, maps or other records; (2) the microfilming of land records, land record indexes, maps or other records; (3) the use of information technology to facilitate the performance of duties integral to the maintenance and tracking of historic documents; (4) providing public access to an electronic indexing system that combines the grantor index and the grantee index of a town's land records; (5) the assessment or upgrading of records retention facilities; (6) disaster recovery; and (7) the training of personnel to perform duties integral to the maintenance and tracking of historic documents.

(P.A. 00-146, S. 3, 8; P.A. 07-252, S. 55.)

History: P.A. 00-146 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 07-252 redefined “preservation and management of historic documents” to include providing public access to electronic indexing system that combines grantor and grantee indices of town's land records in new Subdiv. (4) and to redesignate existing Subdivs. (4) to (6) as Subdivs. (5) to (7), effective July 1, 2007.

Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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