A.  The secretary shall have custody and control of the Louisiana State Archives and its contents to house and facilitate operations of the various archives and records management programs, including the records center establishment, and through the Louisiana State Building Authority or its successors shall have authority to design, build, purchase, lease, maintain, operate, protect, and improve buildings or facilities used for the storage of inactive records of state and local agencies of Louisiana.

B.  The records center or centers shall accept all records transferred to it or them through the operation of retention schedules approved by the state archivist, provide secure storage and reference service for the same, and submit written notice to inform the applicable agency of intended destruction or disposal of records in accordance with approved retention schedules.

C.  Confidential or restricted records shall remain confidential or restricted and, whenever usage of records in the custody of the division is restricted by or pursuant to law or for reasons of security and the public interest, such records shall be inspected, surveyed, or otherwise used only in accordance with law and the policies and regulations imposed by the secretary acting through the state archivist.

D.  Records listed for disposal shall either be destroyed in any manner approved by the environmental authority or transferred in accordance with established policies to the most appropriate repository.

Acts 1956, No. 337, §8; Acts 1985, No. 238, §1, eff. July 6, 1985.