Tex. Gov't Code § 618.002 · Chapter 618. UNIFORM FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACT
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Authorized officer" means any official of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or of a political subdivision of this state whose signature is required or permitted to be placed on a public security, eligible contract, instrument of payment, or certificate of assessment.
(2) "Certificate of assessment" means a certificate or instrument evidencing a special assessment that is issued by an agency or political subdivision of this state.
(3) "Eligible contract" means a written evidence of agreement, including a contract, purchase order, and surety bond, and any related document, including an application, certificate, and approval, other than a public security or instrument of payment, that is executed, authenticated, certified, or endorsed for or on behalf of a home-rule municipality with a population of 200,000 or more.
(4) "Facsimile signature" means a reproduction of the manual signature of an authorized officer that is made by any method, including engraving, imprinting, lithographing, and stamping.
(5) "Instrument of payment" means a check, draft, warrant, or order for the payment, delivery, or transfer of money.
(6) "Public security" means an obligation for the payment of money, including a bond, note, and certificate of indebtedness, that is issued by this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or of a political subdivision of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1226 (S.B. 577), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.618.htm
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- 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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