Tex. Government Code § 441.189
ELECTRONIC STATE RECORDS
Texas · Texas Government Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Government Code § 441.189, ELECTRONIC STATE RECORDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/653999
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(a) Any state record may be created or stored electronically in accordance with standards and procedures adopted as administrative rules of the commission.
(b) Certified output from electronically digitized images or other electronic data compilations created and stored in accordance with the rules of the commission shall be accepted as original state records by any court or administrative agency of this state unless barred by a federal law, regulation, or rule of court.
(c) Certified output from electronically digitized images or other data compilations created before September 1, 1997, in accordance with any applicable prior law shall be accepted as original state records or, in the absence of an applicable prior law, at the discretion of the court or administrative agency.