Tennessee § 10-7-511 - Preservation of records of permanent value.
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§ 10-7-511. Preservation of records of permanent value.
Responsibility for providing trained staff and appropriate equipment necessary to produce and store microfilm reproductions of official, permanent value bound volume records created by the various county and municipal governments of the state is hereby vested in the state library and archives. To implement this security microfilming program, the state librarian and archivist is authorized to develop a priority listing of essential records based on retention schedules developed by the county technical assistance service and the municipal technical advisory service. This priority listing of essential records may be revised from time to time to accommodate critical needs in individual counties or municipalities or to reflect changes in retention schedules. The camera negative of the microfilmed records shall be stored in the security vault at the state library and archives and duplicate rolls of these microfilmed records shall be made available to county and municipal governments on a cost basis. Acts 1971, ch. 242, § 1; 1977, ch. 486, § 2; T.C.A., 15-513; Acts 1991, ch. 369, § 5; 1994, ch. 884, § 8; Acts 1999, ch. 167, §§ 5, 6. Compiler's Notes. This section was transferred to this location from former § 10-7-413(c) pursuant to Acts 1999, ch. 167, § 6, effective May 17, 1999.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-7-511 ("Preservation of records of permanent value.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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