(a) Authority. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission, hereafter referred to as the commission, is specifically empowered to adopt rules for the creation, protection, maintenance, and storage of electronic state records. Also, the commission may adopt other rules it determines as necessary for cost reduction and efficiency of recordkeeping by state agencies, and for the state's management and preservation of records. Statutory authority for this subchapter is provided in Texas Government Code §§441.189(a), 441.190, and 441.199.     
      (b) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish minimum standards and procedures for the creation, protection, maintenance, retention, storage, disposition, and preservation of electronic state records as part of the records management program required in state agencies by Texas Government Code §441.183.     
      (c) Scope. This subchapter applies to:      
        (1) all state agencies as defined in Texas Government Code §441.180(9); and       
        (2) all state records as defined in Texas Government Code §441.180(11).       
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §6.91 adopted to be effective August 31, 2017, 42 TexReg 4285