Tex. Gov't Code Section 405.017
Miscellaneous Duties

The secretary of state shall:

(1)

affix the state seal to all official documents issued from the secretary of state’s office;

(2)

unless provided otherwise by law, commission state officers;

(3)

keep a register of all state officers;

(4)

immediately on receipt, deliver to the person in charge of the state library all books, maps, charts, printed volumes of the laws of a nation, territory, or another state, or other political or miscellaneous publications received in the secretary of state’s office;

(5)

immediately on receipt, deliver to the supreme court librarian reports of courts of a nation, territory, or another state received in the secretary of state’s office; and

(6)

perform such other and further duties as may be directed by the governor.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 297, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 907 (S.B. 792), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Source: Section 405.017 — Miscellaneous Duties, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­405.­htm#405.­017 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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