Tex. Government Code § 405.017
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 405.017, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 405.017. MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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