(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ELECTRONIC STORAGE. The maintenance of local government record data in the form of digital electronic signals on a computer hard disk, magnetic tape, optical disk, or similar machine- readable medium.
SOURCE DOCUMENT. The local government record from which local government record data is obtained for electronic storage. The term does not include backup copies of the data in any media generated from electronic storage.
(B) Any city record data may be stored electronically in addition to or instead of source documents in paper or other media, subject to the requirements of the Act and rules adopted under it.
(C) The city will be subject to rules established by the Commission for standards and procedures for electronic storage and will be subject to the provisions of the Act, Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code, Ch. 205.
(Ord. 335, passed 2-12-1991)