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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duties of the secretary of state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 405.017, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 405.017. MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES. The secretary of state |
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shall: |
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(1) affix the state seal to all official documents |
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issued from the secretary of state's office; |
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(2) unless provided otherwise by law, commission state |
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officers; |
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(3) keep [in a separate suitable book] a register of
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all state officers; |
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(4) immediately on receipt, deliver to the person in |
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charge of the state library all books, maps, charts, printed |
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volumes of the laws of a nation, territory, or another state, or |
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other political or miscellaneous publications received in the |
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secretary of state's office; |
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(5) immediately on receipt, deliver to the supreme |
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court librarian reports of courts of a nation, territory, or |
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another state received in the secretary of state's office; and |
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(6) perform such other and further duties as may be |
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directed by the governor. |
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SECTION 2. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 405.019, |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The secretary of state shall make [send] the list
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available to [each of] the county clerks of this state before
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January 1 of each year. |
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(c) The secretary of state shall amend the list and make
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[immediately send] the amended list available to the county clerks
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of this state if the secretary learns that a state or territory has |
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changed its requirements relating to a notary public in a manner |
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that requires it to be added to or deleted from the list. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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