Introduced By: Representatives Flaherty and C. Levesque
Date Introduced : February 3, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8-14-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-14 entitled "Inactive Records" is hereby amended to read as follows:
8-14-1. Management, storage, and disposition of state court
records. -- There shall be created a committee within
the state court system with responsibility for the management,
storage, and disposition of all state court records, including
inactive records. The committee shall be composed of the following
members: the chief justice of the supreme court or his or her
designee, the presiding justice of the superior court or his or
her designee, the chief judge of the family court or his or her
designee, the chief judge of the district court or his or her
designee, {DEL the clerk of the supreme court, the chief supervisory
clerk of the superior court, the clerk of the family court, the
chief clerk of the district court, and the coordinator of court
records management, DEL} the chief judge of the workers' compensation
court or his or her designee, the chief judge of the administrative
adjudication court or {ADD his or her designee , ADD} {DEL clerk
of the superior court, DEL} one clerk from each of the {DEL other DEL}
respective state courts as designated by the chief or presiding
justice or chief judge of each state court, and the head of the
state court record center or his or her designee. The committee
shall meet {DEL on a quarterly basis DEL} {ADD as required
ADD}to revise the state courts records retention policy or at
the request of the state court administrator.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.