For the purpose of the permanent preservation of important state records and to provide an orderly method for the disposition of other state records, there is hereby created the state records board, consisting of the attorney general, state librarian, secretary of administration, secretary of the state historical society, or their designated representatives, the state archivist, and such ex officio members as are hereinafter provided. The attorney general shall be the chairman and the state archivist shall be the secretary of the board.