California State Laws

California State Laws

State Archivist and Records Manager:

State Archivist

California State Archives

1021 O St., Sacramento CA 95814

916-653-7715 fax: 916-653-7134

Melodie Cato, Document Systems Mgmt. Manager

Dept. of General Services

1500 Fifth St. #116, C-39, Sacramento CA 95814

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CALIFORNIA CODES

EVIDENCE CODESECTION 1550-1551

1550. A nonerasable optical image reproduction provided that

additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not

permitted by the technology, a photostatic, microfilm, microcard,

miniature photographic, or other photographic copy or reproduction,

or an enlargement thereof, of a writing is as admissible as the

writing itself if the copy or reproduction was made and preserved as

a part of the records of a business (as defined by Section 1270) in

the regular course of that business. The introduction of the copy,

reproduction, or enlargement does not preclude admission of the

original writing if it is still in existence. A court may require

the introduction of a hard copy printout of the document.

1551. A print, whether enlarged or not, from a photographic film

(including a photographic plate, microphotographic film, photostatic

negative, or similar reproduction) of an original writing destroyed

or lost after such film was taken or a reproduction from an

electronic recording of video images on magnetic surfaces is

admissible as the original writing itself if, at the time of the

taking of such film or electronic recording, the person under whose

direction and control it was taken attached thereto, or to the sealed

container in which it was placed and has been kept, or incorporated

in the film or electronic recording, a certification complying with

the provisions of Section 1531 and stating the date on which, and the

fact that, it was so taken under his direction and control.

BANKING CODE:

2940. A certificate of the discharge of a mortgage, and the proof

or acknowledgment thereof, must be recorded in the office of the

county recorder in which the mortgage is recorded.

2941. (a) Within 30 days after any mortgage has been satisfied, the

mortgagee or the assignee of the mortgagee shall execute a

certificate of the discharge thereof, as provided in Section 2939,

and shall record or cause to be recorded, except as provided in

subdivision (c), in the office of the county recorder in which the

mortgage is recorded. The mortgagee shall then deliver, upon the

written request of the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs,

successors, or assignees, as the case may be, the original note and

mortgage to the person making the request.

(f) For purposes of this section, "original" may include an

optically imaged reproduction when the following requirements are

met:

(1) The trustee receiving the request for reconveyance and

executing the reconveyance as provided in subdivision (b) is an

affiliate or subsidiary of the beneficiary or an affiliate or

subsidiary of the assignee of the beneficiary, respectively.

(2) The optical image storage media used to store the document

shall be nonerasable write once, read many (WORM) optical image media

that does not allow changes to the stored document.

(3) The optical image reproduction shall be made consistent with

the minimum standards of quality approved by either the National

Institute of Standards and Technology or the Association for

Information and Image Management.

(4) Written authentication identifying the optical image

reproduction as an unaltered copy of the note, deed of trust, or

mortgage shall be stamped or printed on the optical image

reproduction.

CALIFORNIA CODES

COMMERCIAL CODESECTION 4101-4111

4101. This division may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code--Bank

Deposits and Collections.

4110. (a) "Agreement for electronic presentment" means an

agreement, clearing house rule, or Federal Reserve regulation or

operating circular, providing that presentment of an item may be made

by transmission of an image of an item or information describing the

item ("presentment notice") rather than delivery of the item itself.

The agreement may provide for procedures governing retention,

presentment, payment, dishonor, and other matters concerning items

subject to the agreement.

(b) Presentment of an item pursuant to an agreement for

presentment is made when the presentment notice is received.

"item" or "check" in this division means the presentment notice

unless the context otherwise indicates.

ELECTIONS CODESECTION 2200-2213

2200. The registration of a voter is permanent for all purposes

during his or her life, unless and until the affidavit of

registration is canceled by the county elections official for any of

the causes specified in this article.

2202. (a) The county elections official shall preserve all

uncanceled affidavits of registration.

The affidavits of registration shall constitute the register

required to be kept by Article 5 (commencing with Section 2180) of

Chapter 2.

(b) In lieu of maintaining uncanceled affidavits of registration,

the county elections official may, following the first general

election after the date of registration, microfilm, record on opticaldisc, or record on any other electronic medium that does not permit

additions, deletions, or changes to the original document, the

uncanceled affidavits of registration. The county elections official

may dispose of any uncanceled affidavits of registration transferred

pursuant to this section. Any medium utilized by the county

elections official shall meet the minimum standards, guidelines, or

both, as recommended by the American National Standards Institute, or

the Association of Information and Image Management. For purposes

of this section, a duplicate copy of an affidavit of registration

shall be deemed an original.

CALIFORNIA CODES

COMMERCIAL CODESECTION 9401-9409

9401. (1) The proper place to file in order to perfect a security

interest is as follows:

(a) When the collateral is consumer goods, then in the office of

the county recorder in the county of the debtor's residence or if the

debtor is not a resident of this state, then in the office of county

recorder of the county in which the goods are kept;

(b) When the collateral is crops growing or to be grown, timber to

be cut or is minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or

accounts subject to subdivision (5) of Section 9103, then in the

office where a mortgage on the real estate would be recorded.

(2) A filing which is made in good faith in an improper place or

not in all of the places required by this section is nevertheless

effective with regard to any collateral as to which the filing

complied with the requirements of this division and is also effective

with regard to collateral covered by the financing statement against

any person who has knowledge of the contents of such financing

statement.

(3) A filing which is made in the proper place in this state

continues effective even though the debtor's residence or place of

business or the location of the collateral or its use, whichever

controlled the original filing, is thereafter changed.

(4) The rules stated in Section 9103 determine whether filing is

necessary in this state.

(5) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), and subject to subdivision

(3) of Section 9302, the proper place to file in order to perfect a

security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a

transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State. This

filing also constitutes a fixture filing (Section 9313) as to the

collateral described therein which is or is to become fixtures.

(6) For the purposes of this section, the residence of an

organization is its place of business if it has one or its chief

executive office if it has more than one place of business.

(7) The proper place to file a financing statement filed as a

fixture filing is in the office where a mortgage on the real estate

would be recorded.

9407.1. In lieu of filing all financing statements, termination

statements, partial releases, assignments, or other related papers

falling under this code, the filing officer may record those papers.

The filing officer may employ a system of microphotography, optical

disk, or reproduction by other techniques which do not permit

additions, deletions, or changes to the original document.

All film used in the microphotography process shall comply with

minimum standards of quality approved by the United States Bureau of

Standards and the American National Standards Institute. A true copy

of the microfilm, optical disk, or other storage medium shall be

kept in a safe and separate place for security purposes. A

reproduction of any document filed, recorded, stored, or retained on

microfilm, optical disk, or by other technology pursuant to this

section shall be as admissible in any court as the original itself.

CALIFORNIA CODES

REVENUE AND TAXATION CODESECTION 18621-18626

18621. Except as otherwise provided by the Franchise Tax Board and

in Section 18621.5, any return, declaration, statement, or other

document required to be made under any provision of Part 10

(commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section

23001), this part, or any applicable regulation shall contain, or be

verified by, a written declaration that it is made under the

penalties of perjury. Those returns, and all other returns,

declarations, statements, or other documents or copies thereof

required, shall be in any form as the Franchise Tax Board may from

time to time prescribe, including, but not limited to, on paper, on

magnetic media pursuant to Section 19524, or by electronic technology

or electronic imaging technology pursuant to Section 18621.5, and

shall be filed with the Franchise Tax Board. The Franchise Tax Board

shall prepare blank forms for the returns, declarations, statements,

or other documents and shall distribute them throughout the state

and furnish them upon application. Failure to receive or secure the

form does not relieve any taxpayer from making any return,

declaration, statement, or other document required.

18621.5. (a) Any return, declaration, statement, or other document

required to be made under this part that is filed using electronic

technology shall be in a form as the Franchise Tax Board may

prescribe and is not complete, and therefore not filed, unless an

electronic filing declaration is signed by the taxpayer, in

accordance with Section 18621 in the case of individuals, subdivision

(a) of Section 18505 in the case of estates or trusts, banks, or

corporations or limited liability companies classified as

corporations for California income tax purposes, subdivision (a) of

Section 18633 in the case of a partnership, or Section 18633.5 in the

case of limited liability companies classified as partnerships for

California income tax purposes. The Franchise Tax Board may

prescribe forms and instructions for requiring the electronic filing

declaration to be retained by the preparer or taxpayer and may

require the declaration to be furnished to the Franchise Tax Board

upon request.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any return,

declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be

signed that is filed in a traditional medium and captured using

electronic imaging technology shall be deemed to be a valid original

document upon reproduction to paper form by the Franchise Tax Board.

statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is

filed by the taxpayer using electronic technology in a form as

required by the Franchise Tax Board shall be deemed to be a signed,

valid original document, including upon reproduction to paper form by

the Franchise Tax Board.

(d) "Electronic imaging technology" means a system of

microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by other technique

that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original

document. The system may include, but is not limited to, any

magnetic media or other machine readable form.

(e) "Traditional medium" means any return, declaration, statement,

or other document required to be made pursuant to this article other

than those made using electronic imaging technology.

(f) "Electronic technology" includes, but is not limited to,

computer modem, magnetic media, optical disk, facsimile machine, or

telephone.

SECTION 1. Section 22112 is added to the Financial Code, to read:

SEC. 5. Section 22337 of the Financial Code is amended to read:

22337. Each licensed finance lender shall:

(e) Upon repayment of any loan in full, release all security for

the loan, endorse and return any certificate of ownership, and cancel

or plainly mark "paid" and return to the borrower or person making

final payment, any note, mortgage, security agreement, trust deed,

assignment, or order signed by the borrower, or an optical image

reproduction thereof, except those documents that are a part of the

court record in any action, or that have been delivered to a third

person for the purpose of carrying out their terms, or a security

agreement that secures any other indebtedness of a borrower to the

licensee, or original documents otherwise required by law. When a

trust deed on real property has been taken as security for a loan

that has been subsequently paid in full, a duly executed request for

reconveyance shall be delivered to the trustor or trustee for the

purpose of recording a reconveyance. A termination statement,

furnished to the borrower as provided for in Section 9404 of the

Commercial Code, shall be deemed a release of the security when a

financing statement has been filed pursuant to Section 9401 of the

Commercial Code.

For purposes of this subdivision, an optical image reproduction

shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) The optical image storage media used to store the document

shall be nonerasable write once, read many (WORM) optical image media

that does not allow changes to the stored document.

(2) The optical image reproduction shall be made consistent with

the minimum standards of quality approved by either the National

Institute of Standards and Technology or the Association for

Information and Image Management.

(3) Written authentication identifying the optical image

reproduction as an exact unaltered copy of the note, trust deed,

mortgage, security agreement, assignment or order shall be stamped or

printed on the optical image reproduction.

(f) Deliver or cause to be delivered to the potential borrower, or

any one thereof, at the time the licensee first requires or accepts

any signed instrument or the payment of any fee, a statement showing

in clear and distinct terms the name, address, and license number of

the finance lender and the broker, if any.

SEC. 6. Section 22453 of the Financial Code is amended to read:

GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 25100-25105

25100. Unless otherwise provided by law, the county clerk is ex

officio clerk of the board of supervisors of his county.

25105. The board of supervisors may authorize the use of

photographs, microphotographs, electronic data-processing records,

optical disks, or any other medium which does not permit additions,

deletions, or changes to the original document, or photocopies of all

records, books and minutes of the board.

(a) Each photograph, microphotograph, or photocopy shall be made

in a manner and on paper which will comply with the minimum standards

or guidelines, or both, as recommended by the American National

Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image

Management for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent

records, whichever applies. Every reproduction shall be deemed and

considered an original; and a transcript, exemplification, or

certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed and considered a

transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be,

of the original. Each roll of microfilm shall be deemed and

constitute a book and shall be designated and numbered, and provision

shall be made for preserving, examining, and using it. A duplicate

of each roll of microfilm shall be made and kept in a safe and

separate place.

(b) Electronic data-processing records, records recorded on

optical disk, and records recorded on any other medium shall comply

with the minimum standards or guidelines, or both, as recommended by

the American National Standards Institute or the Association for

Information and Image Management. A duplicate copy of any record

reproduced in compliance with the minimum standards or guidelines, or

both, as recommended by the American National Standards Institute or

the Association for Information and Image Management for recording

of permanent records or nonpermanent records, whichever applies,

shall be deemed an original.

personal signatures required by Section 25103 may be reproduced by

the authorized process, and the reproduced signatures shall be deemed

to satisfy the requirement of Section 25103.

CORPORATIONS CODE

SECTION 2: Section 25612.5 is added to the Corporations Code, to

read:

25612.5. (a) To encourage uniform interpretation and

administration of this law and effective securities regulation and

enforcement, the commissioner may cooperate with the securities

agencies or administrators of one or more states, Canadian provinces

or territories, or other countries, the Securities and Exchange

Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities

Investor Protection Corporation, any self-regulatory organization,

any national or international organization or securities officials or

agencies, and any governmental law enforcement or regulatory agency.

(b) The cooperation authorized by subdivision (a) includes, but is

not limited to, the following actions:

(1) Prescribing rules and forms with a view to achieving maximum

uniformity in the form and content of registration statements,

applications, and reports wherever practicable.

(2) Participating in a nationwide central depository for

qualification or registration of securities under this law and for

documents or records required or allowed to be maintained under this

law.

for qualification, amendment to the application or related securities

qualification or registration document or record otherwise required

to be signed that is filed in this state by means of electronic

technology pursuant to a nationwide central depository for

qualification or registration of securities shall be deemed to be a

valid original document upon reproduction to paper form by the

Department of Corporations.

(d) "Electronic technology" includes, but is not limited to,

computer modem, magnetic media or optical disk, but does not include

a digital signature that does not meet the requirements of California

law.

GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 26200-26205

26200. If by reason of conflagration or other public calamity any

index to any public records of a county is lost or destroyed, leaving

the records without the necessary index for the convenience of the

public in making use of the records, the board of supervisors may

cause a new index of the records to be made by some competent person.

The cost of writing up and making the new index is a county charge

payable out of the county treasury upon the order of the board.

26205. At the request of the county officer concerned, the board of

supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any

record, paper, or document which is not expressly required by law to

be filed and preserved if all of the following conditions are

complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed,

microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images

on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data-processing

system, recorded on optical disk, or reproduced on film or any other

medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document and is produced in compliance with the minimum

standards or guidelines, or both, as recommended by the American

National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and

Image Management for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent

records, whichever applies.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on

film, optical disk, or any other medium is one which accurately

reproduces the original thereof in all details and which does not

permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document

images.

video images on magnetic surfaces, records in the electronic

data-processing system, records recorded on optical disk, or other

reproductions on film or any other medium are placed in conveniently

accessible files and provision is made for preserving, examining, and

using the files.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, destruction

of the original records, papers, or documents is not authorized when

the method of reproduction pursuant to this section is reproduction

of electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces unless a

duplicate videotape of the images is separately maintained. A

duplicate copy of a record contained in the electronic

data-processing system, on optical disk, or on any other medium which

does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original

document images shall also be separately maintained.

26205.1. (a) The county officer having custody of nonjudicial

public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers may cause

to be destroyed any or all of the records, documents, instruments,

books, and papers if all of the following conditions exist:

(1) The board of supervisors of the county has adopted a

resolution authorizing the county officer to destroy records,

documents, instruments, books, and papers pursuant to this

subdivision. The resolution may impose conditions, in addition to

those specified in this subdivision, which the board of supervisors

determines are appropriate.

(2) The county officer who destroys any record, document,

instrument, book, or paper pursuant to the authority granted by this

subdivision and a resolution of the board of supervisors adopted

pursuant to paragraph (1) shall maintain for the use of the public a

photographic or microphotographic film, electronic recorded video

production, a record contained in the electronic data-processing

system, a record recorded on optical disk, a record recorded by any

other medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes

to the original document, or other duplicate of the record, document,

instrument, book, or paper destroyed.

(3) The record, paper or document is photographed,

microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images

on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data-processing

system, recorded on optical disk or reproduced on film or any other

medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document and is produced in compliance with the minimum

standards or guidelines, or both, as recommended by the American

National Standards Institute or the Association for Information and

Image Management for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent

records, whichever applies.

(b) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) do not apply to

records prepared or received other than pursuant to a state statute

or county charter, or records which are not expressly required by law

to be filed and preserved.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be

deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or

certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a

transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be,

of the original.

the articles of any corporation may cause the destruction of any or

all the documents. "Articles" includes the articles of

incorporation, amendments thereto, amended articles, restated

articles, certificate of incorporation, certificates of determination

of preferences, dissolution certificates, merger certificates, and

agreements of consolidation or merger.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,

destruction of the original records, papers, or documents is not

authorized when the method of reproduction pursuant to this section

is reproduction of electronically recorded video images on magnetic

surfaces unless a duplicate videotape of the images is separately

maintained. A duplicate copy of a record contained in the electronic

data-processing system, on optical disk, or on any other medium

which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document shall also be separately maintained.

26205.5. At the request of the county recorder, the board of

supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all

of the filed papers or record books created by handwriting, typing

on printed forms, by typewriting, or by photographic methods, in the

recorder's official custody, if all of the following conditions are

complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed,

microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images

on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data-processing

system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other

medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document, or reproduced under the direction and control of

the county recorder on film, optical disk, or any other medium in

compliance with the minimum standards or guidelines, or both, as

recommended by the American National Standards Institute or the

Association for Information and Image Management for recording of

permanent records or nonpermanent records, whichever applies.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on

film, optical disk, or any other medium is one which accurately and

legibly reproduces the original thereof in all details and which does

not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document

images.

film, optical disk, or any other medium are made as accessible for

public reference as the original records were.

(d) A true copy of archival quality of the film, optical disk, or

any other medium reproductions shall be kept in a safe and separate

place for security purposes.

However, no page of any record, paper, or document shall be

destroyed if any page cannot be reproduced on film with full

legibility. Every unreproducible page shall be permanently preserved

in a manner that will afford easy reference.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be

deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or

certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a

transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be,

of the original.

GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 26800-26810

26800. The county clerk shall act as clerk of the superior court in

and for his or her county. However, in any county in which a

superior court executive officer has been appointed pursuant to

Section 69898, the term "county clerk" shall mean the superior court

executive officer to the extent that the superior court, by local

rule, has delegated any duties of the county clerk to the superior

court executive officer.

26810. (a) The clerk of the superior court may cause the following

documents to be photographed, microphotographed, photocopied,

electronically imaged, or otherwise reproduced on film and stored in

that form:

(1) A document transferred to the clerk under Section 732 of the

Probate Code.

(2) A will delivered to the clerk of the superior court under

Section 8200 of the Probate Code if the clerk has held the will for

at least 10 years.

(b) The photograph, microphotograph, photocopy, or electronic

image shall be made in a manner that meets the minimum standards or

guidelines recommended by the American National Standards Institute

or the Association for Information and Image Management. All these

photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and electronic images

shall be indexed, and shall be stored in a manner and place that

reasonably assures their preservation indefinitely against loss,

theft, defacement, or destruction.

referred to in subdivision (a), the photographs, microphotographs,

photocopies, and electronic images shall be confidential, and shall

be made available only to the maker. After proof of death of the

maker of the document or will by a certified copy of the death

certificate, the photographs, microphotographs, photocopies, and

electronic images shall be public records.

(d) Section 26809 does not apply to a will or other document

referred to in subdivision (a), or to the reproduction authorized by

this section.

(e) Upon making the reproduction authorized by this section, the

clerk of the superior court may destroy the original document.

GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 34090-34093

34090. Unless otherwise provided by law, with the approval of the

legislative body by resolution and the written consent of the city

attorney the head of a city department may destroy any city record,

document, instrument, book or paper, under his charge, without making

a copy thereof, after the same is no longer required.

This section does not authorize the destruction of:

(a) Records affecting the title to real property or liens thereon.

(b) Court records.

(d) Records less than two years old.

(e) The minutes, ordinances, or resolutions of the legislative

body or of a city board or commission.

This section shall not be construed as limiting or qualifying in

any manner the authority provided in Section 34090.5 for the

destruction of records, documents, instruments, books and papers in

accordance with the procedure therein prescribed.

34090.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the city

officer having custody of public records, documents, instruments,

books, and papers, may, without the approval of the legislative body

or the written consent of the city attorney, cause to be destroyed

any or all of the records, documents, instruments, books, and papers,

if all of the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed,

microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images

on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data-processing

system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other

medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document, or reproduced on film, optical disk, or any other

medium in compliance with the minimum standards or guidelines, or

both, as recommended by the American National Standards Institute or

the Association for Information and Image Management for recording of

permanent records or nonpermanent records, whichever applies.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on

film, optical disk, or any other medium is one which accurately and

legibly reproduces the original thereof in all details and which does

not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document

images.

film, optical disk, or any other medium are made as accessible for

public reference as the original records were.

(d) A true copy of archival quality of the film, optical disk, or

any other medium reproductions shall be kept in a safe and separate

place for security purposes.

However, no page of any record, paper, or document shall be

destroyed if any page cannot be reproduced on film with full

legibility. Every unreproducible page shall be permanently preserved

in a manner that will afford easy reference.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be

deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or

certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a

transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be,

of the original.

GOVERNMENT CODESECTION 60200-60204

60200. The legislative body of any special district may authorize

at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record,

paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic record

of which is in the files of any officer or department of the

district.

60203. The legislative body of a district may authorize the

destruction of any record, paper, or document which is not expressly

required by law to be filed and preserved if all of the following

conditions are complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed,

microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images

on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data-processing

system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other

medium which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the

original document in compliance with the minimum standards or

guidelines, or both, as recommended by the American National

Standards Institute or the Association for Information and Image

Management for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent

records, whichever applies.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on

film, optical disk, or any other medium is one which accurately

reproduces the original thereof in all details and which does not

permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document

images.

film, optical disk, or any other medium are placed in conveniently

accessible files and provision is made for preserving, examining, and

using the files.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be

deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or

certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a

transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be,

of the original.

60204. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "special

district" and "district" shall also include the South Coast Air

Quality Management District and the Bay Area Air Quality Management

District, and the term "legislative body" shall also include the

boards of the districts.

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