Terms Used In Texas Government Code 405.017

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.