Pursuant to a certified records retention schedule, CRD shall retain case files and related documents that have not been forwarded to EEOC for seven years after the administrative review procedures have been completed, except when a civil action has been filed in state court under Texas Labor Code, Chapter 21. When a civil action has been filed in state court, case files and related documents shall be retained until the final disposition of the lawsuit. At the end of the retention period, CRD may dispose of the case files and related documents.