I. The state archivist, upon consultation with the municipal records board's grants review committee, is authorized to award grants for records management improvement as provided under RSA 5:49 to local governments, groups of cooperating local governments, or cooperative ventures that include local governments.
   II. The municipal records board shall set forth criteria and procedures necessary to award grants for records management improvement from moneys available for this purpose in the fund. Such criteria may include:
      (a) The development by the applicant of a written plan for a records management program.
      (b) The condition of the records of the applicant.
      (c) The geographic location of the applicant so as to provide, to the extent practicable, equitable geographic distribution of the grants.
      (d) The particular design of the applicant's records management program.
      (e) The applicant's arrangements for cooperative activities for a records management program.
Source. 2002, 145:2, eff. July 12, 2002.