California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 15 - Trustworthy Electronic Document or Record Preservation
Section 22620.1 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to identify the uniform statewide standards adopted by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Department of General Services, for use in recording, storing, and reproducing permanent and nonpermanent documents or records in electronic media. These regulations list minimum standards recommended by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), and provide specific conditions that would meet the definition of trusted system, as provided in Government Code section 12168.7. The uniform statewide standards in these regulations apply to state agencies, pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (d) of Government Code section 12168.7. The standards apply to local agencies only to the extent that existing law requires a local agency to apply the standards. For agencies not required by statute or local law, these regulations are recommendations and best practice guidelines, which state and local agencies are strongly encouraged to follow.

1. New chapter 15 (sections 22620.1-22620.8) and section filed 7-9-2012; operative 8-8-2012 (Register 2012, No. 28).

Note: Authority cited: Section 12168.7, Government Code. Reference: Sections 25105, 26205, 26205.1, 26205.5, 26907, 27001, 27322.2, 34090.5 and 60203, Government Code; Section 102235, Health and Safety Code; and Section 10851, Welfare and Institutions Code.