Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 2002.013. FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION. The secretary of state shall publish the Texas Register at regular intervals, but not less often than 52 times each calendar year. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 502…

Sec. 2002.014. OMISSION OF INFORMATION. The secretary of state may omit information from the Texas Register if: (1) the secretary determines that publication of the information would be cumbersome, expensive, or otherwise inexpedient; (2) on application to the adopting state agen…

Sec. 2002.015. DISTRIBUTION. (a) On request, the secretary of state shall make one copy of each issue of the Texas Register available without charge to: (1) each board, commission, and department with statewide jurisdiction; (2) the governor; (3) the lieutenant governor; (4) the …

Sec. 2002.0151. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF TEXAS REGISTER. (a) Subject to Subsection (e), the secretary of state: (1) shall make the full text of the Texas Register available to the public through the Internet at no charge; and (2) may make the full text of the Texas Register ava…

Sec. 2002.016. FILING PROCEDURES. (a) To file a document for publication in the Texas Register, a state agency shall, during normal working hours: (1) deliver to the office of the secretary of state two certified copies of the document for filing; or (2) send to the secretary of …

Sec. 2002.017. RULES. (a) The secretary of state may adopt rules to ensure the effective administration of this subchapter, including rules prescribing paper size and the format of documents required to be filed for publication. (b) The secretary of state may refuse to accept for…

Sec. 2002.018. MICROFILM AND ELECTRONIC STORAGE. The secretary of state may maintain on microfilm or on an electronic storage and retrieval system the files of state agency rules and other information required to be published in the Texas Register. After microfilming or electroni…

Sec. 2002.019. TABLE OF CONTENTS; INDEX. (a) Each issue of the Texas Register must contain a table of contents. (b) A cumulative index to all information required to be published in the Texas Register during the previous year shall be published at least once each year. Added by A…

Sec. 2002.020. CERTIFICATION. An official of a submitting state agency who is authorized to certify documents of the agency must certify each document that is filed with the secretary of state for publication. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2002.021. AGENCY LIAISON. A state agency shall designate at least one individual to act as a liaison through whom all required documents may be submitted to the secretary of state for filing and publication. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 2002.022. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF TEXAS REGISTER; CITATION. (a) The contents of the Texas Register are to be judicially noticed and are prima facie evidence of the text of the documents and of the fact that they are in effect on and after the date of the notation. (b) Without p…

Sec. 2002.023. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a suspension, revocation, cancellation, denial, or disqualification of a driver's license or commercial driver's license as authorized by: (A) Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, except Sections 521.304…

Sec. 2002.051. PUBLICATION OF TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) The secretary of state shall compile, index, and publish a Texas Administrative Code. (b) The administrative code shall be periodically supplemented as necessary, but not less often than once each year. (c) The administ…

Sec. 2002.052. OMISSION OF INFORMATION. (a) The secretary of state may omit from the administrative code a rule that is general in form if its inclusion in the code is impracticable, undesirable, or unnecessary because it is of local or limited application. (b) The secretary of s…

Sec. 2002.053. PURCHASE AND RESALE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) To promote efficiency and economy in state government, the secretary of state may periodically purchase copies of the administrative code for resale and distribution to other branches of state government, state agenci…

Sec. 2002.054. EVIDENTIARY VALUE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. State agency rules published in the administrative code, as approved by the secretary of state and as amended by documents later filed with the office of the secretary: (1) are to be judicially noticed; and (2) are prima fa…

Sec. 2002.055. RULES. (a) The secretary of state may adopt rules to ensure the effective administration of this subchapter. (b) The rules may establish: (1) titles of the administrative code; and (2) a system of classification of the subject matter of the administrative code. Add…

Sec. 2002.056. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA BASE. (a) The data base for the administrative code is exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552. (b) In this section, "data base" means the machine-readable form of the material prepared for and used in the publication of the administrative …

Sec. 2002.057. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (a) Subject to Subsection (d), the secretary of state: (1) shall make the full text of the administrative code available to the public through the Internet at no charge, and update the text that is available through t…

Sec. 2002.058. OBSOLETE OR INVALID RULES. (a) Unless the law provides otherwise, the secretary of state shall remove a state agency's rules from the administrative code after the agency has been abolished. If the legislature transfers the abolished agency's rules to another state…