Amends existing law to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to receive, file, record, or retain documents of record on media other than paper.

The purpose of this legislation is to give the Director of the Idaho Dept. of Water Resources explicit authority to receive, file, record, or retain documents of record on media other than paper. This legislation would enable use of digital documents, online form submissions, and other document technology to conduct the duties of the department,includinglong-termdocumentstorage. Paperdocumentsofhistoricalsignificancewillbedigitized, and the physical copies will be retained by the Department of Water Resources or archived with the Idaho State Archives. Digital document submittals improve customer service by reducing application processing times. Use of digital media also reduces paper handling and storage costs.