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§ 403.011. GENERAL POWERS.  (a) The comptroller shall:                      
		(1)  obtain a seal with "Comptroller's Office, State of 
Texas" engraved around the margin and a five-pointed star in the 
center, to be used as the seal of the office to authenticate 
official acts, except warrants drawn on the state treasury;
		(2)  adopt regulations the comptroller considers 
essential to the speedy and proper assessment and collection of 
state revenues;
		(3)  supervise, as the sole accounting officer of the 
state, the state's fiscal concerns and manage those concerns as 
required by law;
		(4)  require all accounts presented to the comptroller 
for settlement not otherwise provided for by law to be made on forms 
that the comptroller prescribes;
		(5)  prescribe and furnish the form or electronic 
format to be used in the collection of public revenue;
		(6)  prescribe the mode and manner of keeping and 
stating of accounts of persons collecting state revenue;
		(7)  prescribe forms or electronic formats of the same 
class, kind, and purpose so that they are uniform in size, 
arrangement, matter, and form;
		(8)  require each person receiving money or managing or 
having disposition of state property of which an account is kept in 
the comptroller's office periodically to render statements of the 
money or property to the comptroller;
		(9)  require each person who has received and not 
accounted for state money to settle the person's account;
		(10)  keep and settle all accounts in which the state is 
interested;        
		(11)  examine and settle the account of each person 
indebted to the state, verify the amount or balance, and direct and 
supervise the collection of the money;
		(12)  audit claims against the state the payment of 
which is provided for by law, unless the audit is otherwise 
specially provided for;
		(13)  determine the method for auditing claims against 
the state in a cost-effective manner, including the use of 
stratified and statistical sampling techniques in conjunction with 
automated edits;
		(14)  maintain the necessary records and data for each 
approved claim against the state so that an adequate audit can be 
performed and the comptroller can submit a report to each house of 
the legislature, upon request, stating the name and amount of each 
approved claim;
		(15)  keep and state each account between the state and 
the United States;  
		(16)  keep journals through which all entries are made 
in the ledger;       
		(17)  draw warrants on the treasury for payment of all 
money required by law to be paid from the treasury on warrants drawn 
by the comptroller;
		(18)  suggest plans for the improvement and management 
of the general revenue;  and
		(19)  preserve the books, records, papers, and other 
property of the comptroller's office and deliver them in good 
condition to the successor to that office.
	(b)  The comptroller may solicit, accept, or refuse a gift or 
grant of money, services, or property on behalf of the state for any 
public purpose related to the office or duties of the comptroller.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended 
by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 108, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 
1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, § 7.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1467, § 1.12, eff. June 19, 1999.

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