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Existing law, the State Records Management Act, requires the Secretary of State to establish and administer a records management program. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized by a third-party vendor. Existing law requires the head of a state agency to appoint a representative from the agency to serve as the Records Management Coordinator who is charged with specified duties, including, among other things, coordinating the agency's records management program. This bill would require an agency to notify the secretary when records are digitized, regardless of whether this is accomplished by a third-party vendor. The bill would require the Records Management Coordinator of a state agency to notify the secretary when a record is lost or destroyed. The bill would also make nonsubstantive and conforming changes.