Section 1-1509. GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULES  


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    1509.1General Records Schedules shall provide disposition instructions for records common to more than one (1) District agency. Such schedules shall be developed by the Archivist and approved by the Administrator and the Committee.

     

    1509.2Once adopted, application of the disposition instructions in General Schedules shall be mandatory for all covered agencies unless specific exemption has been granted by the Committee.

     

    1509.3When records covered by the General Records Schedules are incorporated into an agency’s Records Retention Schedule, the General Records Schedule number and item number shall be cited.

     

    1509.4Provisions of General Records Schedules shall be applied only to records dated later than December 31, 1920.

     

    1509.5Provisions of General Records Schedules may be applied to records in the custody of the Archives.

     

    1509.6The disposition instructions of the General Records Schedules shall take precedence over the provisions of any agency Records Retention Schedule adopted before September 5, 1985, and any contradictory disposal instructions for District records stored in the Washington National Records Center prior to that date.

     

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Final Rulemaking published at 34 DCR 7001, 7011-12 (October 30, 1987); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 1085 (February 3, 1989).