Bill Text: TX SB792 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the duties of the secretary of state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB792 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB792-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 792
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of the secretary of state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 405.017, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         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 [in a separate suitable book] 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.
         SECTION 2.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 405.019,
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The secretary of state shall make [send] the list
  available to [each of] the county clerks of this state before
  January 1 of each year.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall amend the list and make 
  [immediately send] the amended list available to the county clerks
  of this state if the secretary learns that a state or territory has
  changed its requirements relating to a notary public in a manner
  that requires it to be added to or deleted from the list.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 792 passed the Senate on
  March 24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 792 passed the House on
  May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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