{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.191","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 441.191","heading":"ALIENATION OF STATE RECORDS PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A state record may not be sold or donated, loaned, transferred, or otherwise passed out of the custody of the state by a state agency without the consent of the director and librarian.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the temporary transfer of a state record to a person for the purposes of microfilming, duplication, conversion to electronic media, restoration, or similar records preservation or management procedures if the transfer is authorized by the agency head or designated records management officer.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 873, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. HISTORY, CULTURE, AND EDUCATION","CHAPTER 441. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES","SUBCHAPTER L. PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STATE RECORDS AND OTHER HISTORICAL RESOURCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.441.htm#441.191","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2aa742a991b1e93858db1a303a49335c574e95ba93bd0d466eb2b1a370a68a75","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.190","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-441.192"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}