SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2648        FILED ON: 6/22/2010

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2497

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to the retention of municipal records.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the records conservation board, in consultation with the secretary of the commonwealth, shall establish a schedule and guidelines for the conversion of municipal records to an electronic format.  The schedule to convert municipal records currently in paper, microfilm, or microfiche format to an electronic format, as established by the board, shall provide for completion of such conversion to an electronic format not later than 3 years from the effective date of this act.