Records of proceedings or transcripts must be submitted to the Public Finance Division (Division) of the Office of the Attorney General in an electronic format and accompanied by an electronic signature via the Texas Transcript Repository system maintained by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. All transcripts must conform to the following requirements:

1. (1) each transcript must be submitted as a series of files in Portable Document Format (PDF), and each file name must begin with a unique sequential number, followed by the title or a description of the document;
2. (2) each transcript must contain a table of contents that lists, for each document, the title or description and the unique number from the file name assigned to that document;
3. (3) each transcript must be arranged in chronological order or in some other consistent, logical arrangement that will permit an efficient review;
4. (4) each line of each document must be entirely legible;
5. (5) the text of each document must be searchable; and

6. (6) each transcript must be accompanied, via email to the Division, by:

   1. (A) proof of payment of the required fee in the form of a wire transfer receipt; and
   2. (B) if voted authorization is being used, a table in Excel format showing, for each proposition, the amount authorized, the amount used for each issuance, and the remaining authorized amount.

Source Note:The provisions of this §53.2 adopted to be effective January 5, 2017, 41 TexReg 10543; amended to be effective May 24, 2026, 51 TexReg 3371.