Sec. 274.025. ACTION ON REPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) On receipt of a report filed under Section 274.024, the secretary of state shall review the report to determine if:
(1) the affidavit is properly executed; and
(2) the publication of the notice was made in accordance with law.
(b) If the affidavit is properly executed and the publication was made in accordance with law, the secretary of state shall approve the report. Otherwise, the secretary may not approve the report.
(c) If a contractor's report is not approved, the contractor is not entitled to payment by the state for the publication. The secretary of state for good cause may permit a contractor to amend a report as necessary for approval.
(d) If a report is approved, the secretary of state shall deliver one of the affidavits of publication to the comptroller of public accounts and retain the other for two years after the date the report is approved. The secretary shall enter the amount to be paid to the contractor on the affidavit delivered to the comptroller.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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