Section 10-642 - Reproductions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-642. Reproductions.
 

(a)  Destruction authorized.- With the written approval of the State Archivist, the head of a unit of the State government or of a unit of a county or municipal corporation may destroy original material that has been photographed, photocopied, or microphotographed if: 

(1) the head offers the original material to the Archives, but the Archives declines to accept; 

(2) the copy is made in a manner that meets the standard of quality of the Archives for permanent photographic records; 

(3) the copy is placed in an adequately accessible container; and 

(4) provisions are made: 

(i) for the preservation, examination, and use of the copy in a manner that the Archives approves; and 

(ii) as to a record that a statute otherwise expressly requires to be kept permanently, for the copy to be available, on request, in the same manner as the original material. 

(b)  Conditions.-  

(1) After materials are destroyed under this section, the head of the unit shall send to the Archives: 

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

(ii) a certificate of destruction. 

(2) The State Archivist shall keep each list of the materials destroyed under this section. The list shall be available for public inspection at reasonable times. 
 

[1984, ch. 286, §§ 5, 8.]