§ 10-617
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§10–617.
(a)A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs:
(1)a book, magazine, or newspaper;
(2)other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes;
(3)an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference;
(4)a stock of publications;
(5)an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and
(6)material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.
(b)The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.