Retain in office until end of current fiscal year then transfer to records storage.  Retain in records storage until they become twenty (20) years old, then destroy provided: (a) all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies; (b) no legal actions are pending; and (c) approval to destroy documents has been received from the State Records Administrator or his/her designee. If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies, provided records meet all stipulated retention requirements, and approval to destroy records has been received from the State Records Administrator.

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Retain in office one (1) year, then transfer data to optical disks. Destroy hard copy documents (a) upon certification that all records have been successfully entered on disk; (b) after storing a back up copy of the disk in an off site storage area that meets the manufacturer's recommendations for temperature and humidity controls; or if no recommendations are provided by the manufacturer, after storing the back up disk in an off site storage area whose temperature is between 65° and 75° Fahrenheit and whose relative humidity is between 30% and 50%; (c) after retaining at least one (1) user copy in the agency, and (d) after obtaining approval from the State Records Administrator to destroy the hard copy documents. 

In the case of rewritable disks, delete records when they become twenty (20) years old provided: (a) all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies, (b) no legal actions are pending, and (c) approval has been received from the State Records Administrator to erase rewritable optical disks.  

In the case of WORM disks, destroy individual disks when they become twenty (20) years old provided: (a) all audits have been completed and all applicable audit reports have been accepted and resolved by all applicable federal and state agencies, (b) no legal actions are pending, and (c) approval has been received from the State Records Administrator to destroy optical disks. 

If legal action is pending, destroy two (2) years after exhaustion of all legal remedies provided: (a) records meet all stipulated retention periods, and (b) approval to destroy optical disks or to erase rewritable optical disks has been received from the State Records Administrator.