1. (a) A records retention schedule must be submitted to the director for recertification annually for the first two years after initial certification.

2. (b) After the second recertification, a records retention schedule must be submitted for recertification once every two years, except for the following situations.

   1. (1) If an agency with a certified schedule absorbs another agency, the retention schedule must be submitted for recertification within one year of the effective date of the reorganization.
   2. (2) An agency may choose to submit a retention schedule for annual certification.
3. (c) A records retention schedule due for recertification under this section must be submitted to the director no later than one year from the end of the month in which the schedule was certified or last recertified (or two years if the agency is due for biennial recertification).
4. (d) At the discretion of the director and on petition from an agency that it will be impossible to comply fully with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, the director may extend the deadline for up to 90 days from the end of the month the recertification was due. One or more additional extensions may be granted, but in no case may the first extension and any additional extensions be for a combined period of more than one year from the end of the month the recertification was due.

Source Note:The provisions of this §6.3 adopted to be effective October 24, 1994, 19 TexReg 8108.