Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 18. STATE PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS · Article 5. STATE RECORDS MANAGEMENT

50-18-95. Agency heads retain authority to determine records required by departments; treatment of confidential records.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Nothing in this article shall be construed to divest agency heads of the authority to determine the nature and form of records required in the administration of their several departments. Notwithstanding this Code section, agency heads shall carry out the provisions of Code Section 50-18-94.#
(b)
Any records designated confidential by law shall be so treated by the division in the maintenance, storage, and disposition of such confidential records. These records shall be destroyed in such a manner that they cannot be read, interpreted, or reconstructed.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1972, p. 1267, § 6; Ga. L. 1975, p. 675, § 6; Ga. L. 2002, p. 532, § 27.

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