Tex. Gov't Code § 405.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy secretary of state who shall:
(1) perform the duties prescribed by law for the secretary of state when the secretary of state is absent or unable to act; and
(2) perform other duties required by the secretary of state.
(b) The deputy secretary of state serves at the pleasure of the secretary of state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 41 (H.B. 297), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.405.htm
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- sha256 d2d1ad11f7ea0f74b5b34ca62b8fc60173267cc4af94adc53fc158907c320870
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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