109.240. Duties of agency heads. - Missouri Statutes

Duties of agency heads.

109.240. The head of each agency shall:

(1) Establish and maintain an active, continuing program forthe economical and efficient management of the agency;

(2) Make and maintain records containing adequate and properdocumentation of the organization, functions, policies,decisions, procedures and essential transactions of the agencydesigned to furnish information to protect the legal andfinancial rights of the state and of persons directly affected bythe agency's activities;

(3) Submit to the chairman of the state records commission,in accordance with the standards established by the commissionand promulgated by the director of records management andarchives service, schedules proposing the length of time eachstate records series warrants retention for administrative,legal, historical or fiscal purposes after it has been receivedor created by the agency. The head of each agency also shallsubmit lists of state records in his custody that are not neededin the transaction of current business and that do not havesufficient administrative, legal, historical or fiscal value towarrant their further keeping;

(4) Cooperate with the director in the conduct of surveysmade by him pursuant to the provisions of sections 109.200 to109.310; and

(5) Comply with the rules, regulations, standards andprocedures approved by the state records commission and issued bythe director, records management and archives service.

(L. 1965 p. 233 § 5, A.L. 1972 S.B. 376)