(a) A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs: (1) a book, magazine, or newspaper; (2) other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes; (3) an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference; (4) a stock of publications; (5) an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and (6) material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer. (b) The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.
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