Alabama Administrative Code
Title 305 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 305-0-3 - ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES POLICY
Section 305-0-3-.04 - Creation And Retention Of Electronic Records

. In accordance with Section 8-1A-17 of the Code of Ala. 1975, ADECA hereby establishes that to the fullest extent permitted by the Act and except as otherwise provided in this administrative rule, it will create and retain electronic records. Any such electronic records will be retained in compliance with State Records Commission requirements, including the records retention schedules set forth in the ADECA Records Disposition Authority. ADECA may create a retrievable electronic record or copy, by optical scan or otherwise, of paper original documents or make other images or paper copies which accurately reproduce the originals and may destroy original paper documents so copied as specified in the RDA. Electronic copies of original documents, when certified by an authorized ADECA record custodian, are admissible in ADECA administrative proceedings as authorized by the Act as though they were the original document. The electronic document retains the confidential or public document characteristics of the original document.

Authors: Kevin W. Blackburn, Clay Weaver

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 8-1A-7, 8-1A-12, 8-1A-13, 8-1A-17, 8-1A-18.