Photographic or Electronic Reproductions of Documents - Legislative Intent

It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent to permit the Commissioner of Revenue to dispose of any documents required by law to be kept or maintained by the Department of Revenue in the event that photographic reproductions of such documents, computer output microfilm, or electronically reproduced data are made or caused to be made by such commissioner and to give such photographic reproduction, computer output microfilm, or electronically reproduced data the same force and effect as the document which has been so photographed, electronically recorded, or recorded on computer output microfilm and disposed of. The Revenue Department, in the disposition of its records, shall comply with the provisions of Title 41, Chapter 13.