84-1204 State Records Board; established; members; duties; meetings.
84-1204. State Records Board; established; members; duties; meetings.(1) The State Records Board is hereby established. The board shall:(a) Advise and assist the administrator in the performance of his or her duties under the Records Management Act;(b) Provide electronic access to public records through a gateway;(c) Develop and maintain a gateway or electronic network for accessing public records;(d) Provide appropriate oversight of a network manager;(e) Approve reasonable fees for electronic access to public records pursuant to sections 84-1205.02 and 84-1205.03 and submit contracts for public bidding pursuant to section 84-1205.04;(f) Have the authority to enter into or renegotiate agreements regarding the management of the network in order to provide citizens with electronic access to public records;(g) Explore ways and means of expanding the amount and kind of public records provided through the gateway or electronic network, increasing the utility of the public records provided and the form in which the public records are provided, expanding the base of users who access public records electronically, and, if appropriate, implementing changes necessary for such purposes;(h) Explore technological ways and means of improving citizen and business access to public records and, if appropriate, implement the technological improvements;(i) Explore options of expanding the gateway or electronic network and its services to citizens and businesses;(j) Have the authority to grant funds to political subdivisions for the development of programs and technology to improve electronic access to public records by citizens and businesses consistent with the act; and(k) Perform such other functions and duties as the act requires.(2) In addition to the administrator, the board shall consist of:(a) The Governor or his or her designee;(b) The Attorney General or his or her designee;(c) The Auditor of Public Accounts or his or her designee;(d) The State Treasurer or his or her designee;(e) The Director of Administrative Services or his or her designee;(f) Three representatives appointed by the Governor to be broadly representative of banking, insurance, and law groups; and(g) Three representatives appointed by the Governor to be broadly representative of libraries, the general public, and professional members of the Nebraska news media.(3) The administrator shall be chairperson of the board. Upon call by the administrator, the board shall convene periodically in accordance with its rules and regulations or upon call by the administrator.(4) Six members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of six members shall be necessary for any action to be taken by the board. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the board.(5) The representatives appointed by the Governor shall serve staggered three-year terms as the Governor designates and may be appointed for one additional term. Members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. SourceLaws 1961, c. 455, § 4, p. 1387; Laws 1969, c. 841, § 3, p. 3170; Laws 1979, LB 559, § 3; Laws 1989, LB 18, § 7; Laws 1997, LB 590, § 5; Laws 2003, LB 257, § 1.