Tex. Government Code § 405.011
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 405.011, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 405.011. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.
Official statutory text
(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 sealed with the state seal.
(b) A copy of an original deposited under this section is as legal and conclusive in evidence in a state court as the original.
(c) On request of the governor, the legislature, or a house of the legislature, the secretary of state shall furnish a copy of an original deposited under this section.
(b) A copy of an original deposited under this section is as legal and conclusive in evidence in a state court as the original.
(c) On request of the governor, the legislature, or a house of the legislature, the secretary of state shall furnish a copy of an original deposited under this section.
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