{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1705","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 2-1705","heading":"Records Disposition Committee.","body":"(a)\nThere is established a Records Disposition Committee (“Committee”) consisting of the following:\n(1)\nA chairperson, the State Historic Records Coordinator, appointed by the Mayor;\n(2)\nThe following ex officio members or their designees:\n(A)\nThe City Administrator/Deputy Mayor for Operations;\n(B)\nThe Secretary of the District of Columbia;\n(C)\nThe Secretary to the Council;\n(D)\nThe Director of Public Libraries;\n(E)\nThe Deputy Mayor for Finance;\n(F)\nThe Corporation Counsel;\n(G)\nThe Inspector General;\n(H)\nThe District of Columbia Auditor;\n(I)\nThe Superintendent of Schools; and\n(J)\nThe Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and\n(3)\nThe Public Records Administrator shall serve as the secretary of the Committee.\n\n(b)\nThe Committee shall convene when called by the chairperson or by any 3 members to:\n(1)\nReview and act upon a records retention schedule submitted for consideration by the Administrator;\n(2)\nReview and act upon requests for exceptions from the records retention schedule for disposal authority;\n(3)\nAccept for the archives nonpublic records of historic significance on the recommendation of the Administrator; and\n(4)\nConsider and resolve policy and other matters affecting the District records disposition program.\n\n(c)\nThe concurrence of the Administrator shall be necessary for the destruction of any public record.","path":["Title 2. Government Administration.","Chapter 17. Public Records Management."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-1705","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e001e009e2b84c59679cdfd43ad78790be834745d8cbf4cf006d19eeff5b548f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1704","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}