Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 405 - Secretary Of State
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
Texas Section 405.001 - Office
The secretary of state shall keep the office of secretary of state in Austin or if a session of the legislature is held in another...
Texas Section 405.011 - Official Documents
(a) The secretary of state shall arrange and preserve books, maps, parchments, records, documents, and papers properly deposited in the secretary of state's office and...
Texas Section 405.012 - Exchanges
(a) The secretary of state shall send, as the secretary of state considers appropriate, copies of laws and judicial reports printed and published by order...
Texas Section 405.013 - Court Reports
(a) The secretary of state shall receive the printed and bound volumes of the Supreme Court Reports and the Reports of the Court of Criminal...
Texas Section 405.014 - Acts Of The Legislature
(a) At each session of the legislature the secretary of state shall obtain the bills that have become law. Immediately after the closing of each...
Texas Section 405.015 - Receiving Officer
When an officer receives a copy of a report, statute, digest, or journal, the officer shall give a receipt to the distributing officer, who shall...
Texas Section 405.016 - Commission
The secretary of state is not required to send copies of laws to or attest the authority of a state officer who does not take...
Texas 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...
Texas Section 405.018 - Computer Information
(a) The secretary of state may establish a system to provide access by electronic data transmittal processes to information that is: (1) stored in state...
Texas Section 405.020 - Public Records
(a) The secretary of state shall permanently maintain as a public record any instrument, or the information included in any instrument, that is filed with...
Texas Section 405.031 - General Fees
(a) The secretary of state shall charge for the use of the state the following: (1) for each official certificate, a fee of $15; (2)...
Texas Section 405.032 - Expedited Handling
(a) The secretary of state may set and collect the following: (1) for the expedited handling of a certified record search or expedited filing of...
Texas Section 405.034 - Refund
If the secretary of state deposits in the state treasury a fee that is not due or is in an amount exceeding the amount due...