The clerk may designate an electronically filed document or a scanned paper document as the official court record. The clerk is not required to keep both paper and electronic versions of the same document. However, the clerk must not destroy scanned paper documents and other scanned materials until the clerk has determined that the scanned image is an accurate copy of the paper documents and materials.
Tex. R. Crim. Cases Gov. Elec. Fil'g 2.8
Comment to Rule 2.8: This rule does not authorize or permit the destruction of original trial or hearing exhibits.