Texas Secretary of State

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The Texas Secretary of State is a statewide constitutional officer who serves as the chief elections administrator, keeper of state records, and official liaison for Texas with other governments and businesses.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf executive branch office
state constitutional office
appliesToJurisdiction State of Texas
appointedBy Governor of Texas
branch Executive branch of Texas
confirmedBy Texas Senate
constitutionalStatus statewide constitutional officer
country United States of America
hasAuthorityOver county election officials in Texas
headquartersLocation Austin, Texas NERFINISHED
James Earl Rudder State Office Building
issues apostilles and authentications
notary public commissions in Texas
jurisdiction State of Texas
languageOfWorkOrName English
liaisonWith business community
federal government of the United States
foreign governments
other U.S. states
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Travis County, Texas NERFINISHED
maintains UCC filings in Texas
corporate filings in Texas
official state records of Texas
memberOf Texas Executive Department
officeCreatedBy Texas Constitution
officeholderStartTime 2023-01-07
oversees Texas Election Code administration
elections in Texas
voter registration in Texas
partOf Government of Texas
positionHeldBy Jane Nelson
reportsTo Governor of Texas
residence Austin, Texas NERFINISHED
responsibleFor canvassing statewide election results
maintaining the Texas Administrative Code
publishing Texas state government rules in the Texas Register
role chief elections administrator of Texas
keeper of state records
official liaison for Texas with businesses
official liaison for Texas with other governments
seat Austin, Texas NERFINISHED
style Secretary of State
supervises Texas business and public filings division
Texas elections division
Texas protocol and international affairs office
Texas statutory documents section
termLength at the pleasure of the Governor
website https://www.sos.state.tx.us/

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Article IV of the Texas Constitution ("Secretary of State of Texas")
assignsDutyTo
Article IV of the Texas Constitution ("Secretary of State of Texas")
definesPowersOf
Texas Election Code
enforcedBy
Article IV of the Texas Constitution ("Secretary of State of Texas")
establishesOffice
Government of Texas
hasOffice
Texas Constitution
publisher
Texas Secretary of State ("Texas elections division")
supervises

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