This bill creates the Government Records Office (the office) within the Division of Archives and Records Service (the division), and replaces the State Records Committee (the committee) with the director of the office, who is an attorney with knowledge and experience relating to government records law and makes other changes relating to government records.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- creates the office within the division and describes the functions of the office;
- requires the governor to appoint the director of the office, in consultation with the executive director of the department, and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
- describes the term of office, qualifications, and duties of the director;
- directs the Division of Human Resource Management to conduct a performance survey and evaluation of the director on a specified schedule;
- repeals the committee;
- provides that the director will replace the committee in fulfilling the duties currently assigned to the committee, including the duty to decide appeals under the Government Records Access and Management Act;
- makes the government records ombudsman an employee of the office;
- grants rulemaking authority to the director of the office;
- provides for the transition from the committee to the director of the office;
- provides that an individual in an executive branch management position is subject to the record amendment or retention policy created by the governor;
- makes technical and conforming changes; and
- includes a coordination clause to resolves conflicts between this bill and S.B. 163, Government Records Amendments, to allow the changes in S.B. 163 to work within the provisions of this bill that replace the State Records Committee with the director of the Government Records Office.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 20A-11-1205, 26B-2-709, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-202, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-405, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5
Substitute #1: 20A-11-1205, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5
Substitute #2: 20A-11-1205, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-704, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5
Substitute #3: 20A-11-1205, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-704, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5
Enrolled: 20A-11-1205, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-704, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5
Substitute #4: 20A-11-1205, 53B-16-303, 63A-12-101, 63A-12-106, 63G-2-103, 63G-2-201, 63G-2-209, 63G-2-309, 63G-2-400.5, 63G-2-401, 63G-2-402, 63G-2-403, 63G-2-404, 63G-2-701, 63G-2-702, 63G-2-703, 63G-2-704, 63G-2-801, 63H-1-202, 67-3-1, 77-18-103, 77-27-5