All warrants issued by the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission and the State Treasurer, in payment of assistance to the needy, aged persons, blind or dependent children, shall be microfilmed or duplicated in a manner acceptable to the Archives and Records Commission, by the Department of Human Services, provided further that the Department of Human Services is hereby authorized and directed to destroy said warrants, by burning, shredding, chemical process or any other method which will insure the complete destruction thereof, after microfilm or other copies are made thereof. Permanent microfilm or other copies of the warrants shall be maintained by the Department of Human Services. In addition to a possible earlier destruction schedule for warrants that have been duplicated satisfactorily, any redeemed warrant may be destroyed seven (7) years after it is redeemed with the permission of the Archives and Records Commission.

Laws 1949, HB 17, p. 440, § 1, emerg. eff. February 24, 1949; Amended by Laws 1949, HB 354, p. 441, § 1, emerg. eff. April 14, 1949; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1020, c. 47, § 60, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1817, c. 164, § 5, eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2003, HB 1580, c. 224, § 17, emerg. eff. July 1, 2003 (superseded document available).