A records center is established in Santa Fe under the supervision and control of the administrator. The center, in accordance with the regulations established by the administrator and the commission, shall be the facility for the receipt, storage or disposition of all inactive and infrequently used records of present or former state agencies or former territorial agencies which at or after the effective date of this act may be in custody of any state agency or instrumentality, and which are not required by law to be kept elsewhere, or which are not ordered destroyed by the commission.

Records required to be confidential by law and which are stored in the center shall be available promptly when called for by the originating agency, but shall not be made available for public inspection except as provided by law. All other records retained by the center shall be open to the inspection of the general public, subject to reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the administrator. Facilities for the use of these records in research by the public shall be provided in the center.

History: 1953 Comp., § 71-6-8, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 245, § 8.

Compiler's notes. — The phrase "effective date of this act", appearing in the second sentence of the first paragraph, means June 12, 1959, the effective date of Laws 1959, ch. 245.

Official documents and correspondence of former officials. — It is clear that the official documents and correspondence of a former territorial governor, chief justice, representative and delegate should be in the custody of the commission in the state records center. 1961 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 61-07.

Records which contain both official and personal matters are still public records and should be in the custody of the commission at the state records center. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-139.