Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 94 – Maine State Archives
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 94
- Agency records: means records of government agencies to which they retain legal title, but that have been transferred to the custody of the Maine State Archives to effect economies and efficiency in their storage and use pending their ultimate disposition as authorized by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 92-A
- Archives: means government records that have been determined by the State Archivist, with advice from the Archives Advisory Board, to have sufficient value to warrant their continued preservation and that are in the physical and legal custody of the Maine State Archives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 92-A
The office of the State Archivist is a bureau within the Department of the Secretary of State and consists of at least 2 organizational units as the State Archivist and the Secretary of State determine best suited to the accomplishment of the functions and purposes of this chapter. One organizational unit consists of archives services and one organizational unit consists of records management. The office is known as the Maine State Archives. The State Archivist is the official custodian of the archival resources of the State and has, upon consent of the Secretary of State, the duties and powers established under section 95?C governing the creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of agency records. [PL 2019, c. 50, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 625, §16 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 716 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 50, §6 (AMD).