KRS 39D.050: Preservation of essential state public records -- Duties of Archives and

Records Commission.

The state Archives and Records Commission shall establish a system for the preservation

of essential state public records necessary for the continuity of gove rnmental functions in

the event of an emergency, disaster, or catastrophe. The commission shall:

(1) Determine what records are essential for operation during a state of emergency and

thereafter through consultation with all state cabinets, departments, and independent

agencies and the administrator of state archives services and records, establish the

manner in which the records shall be preserved, and provide for their preservation;

(2) Require every state cabinet, department, and independent agency to es tablish and

maintain a preservation program for essential state public records;

(3) Provide for security storage of essential state records;

(4) Furnish state cabinets, departments, and independent agencies with copies of the

final plan for preservation of essential public records; and

(5) Advise all political subdivisions of the Commonwealth on preservation of essential

public records.