Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 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 of the legislature at the expense of the state to: (1) the librarian of congress; (2) the United Sta…

Sec. 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 Appeals from the supreme court reporter. (b) The secretary of state may sell single copies of these reports fo…

Sec. 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 session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall bind all enrolled bills and resolutions…

Sec. 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 file the receipt in his office. This material is the property of the receiving officer's office and i…

Sec. 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 out the officer's commission. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 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 by law, commission state officers; (3) keep a register of all state officers; (4) immedi…

Sec. 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 computer record banks maintained by the secretary of state; (2) not classified as confident…

Sec. 405.019. LIST OF STATES REQUIRING AN OFFICIAL SEAL FOR CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. (a) The secretary of state annually shall compile a list of those states or territories within the United States that require a notary public to validate a certificate of an acknowledgement, proof of a…

Sec. 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 the secretary of state evidencing the organization of, or otherwise in connection with, any ent…

Sec. 405.021. REPORT ON STATE-FUNDED PROJECTS SERVING COLONIAS. (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is located in a county any part of which is within 62 miles of an inte…

Sec. 405.022. FILING OR RECORDING OF FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT. (a) If the secretary of state believes in good faith that a document filed with the secretary of state to create a lien is fraudulent, the secretary of state shall: (1) request the assistance of the attorney general to det…

Sec. 405.023. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP. (a) In this section, "partnership" means the human trafficking prevention business partnership. (b) The secretary of state by rule shall establish and implement a program designated as the human trafficking preventi…

Sec. 405.024. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR TRAFFICKED PERSONS PROGRAM ACCOUNT. The secretary of state shall, as part of the office's regular operations, inform the public using e-mail, notices posted on the secretary of state's Internet website, or other publications of the oppo…

Sec. 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) for a certified copy of a record in the secretary of state's office, a fee of $1 a page in addition to the fee for the …

Sec. 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 a document in the security interest and financing statement records of the secretary, a fee in an amo…

Sec. 405.033. REVOCATION OF FILING FOR NONPAYMENT. The secretary of state may revoke the filing of a document filed with the office of the secretary of state if the secretary of state determines that the filing fee for the document has not been paid or was paid by an instrument t…

Sec. 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 the state, the fee or excess is subject to refund. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.