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Texas State Finance Report, Volume 82, Number 2, February 23, 2011 (open access)

Texas State Finance Report, Volume 82, Number 2, February 23, 2011

This report provides background information on many of the competing demands for funding in the fiscal 2012-13 state budget.
Date: February 23, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Youth education on rainwater harvesting and agricultural irrigation training for small acreage landowners (open access)

Youth education on rainwater harvesting and agricultural irrigation training for small acreage landowners

This report promotes water conservation through educational programs by targeting youth and small acreage landowners to change their water-use habits
Date: April 2012
Creator: Porter, Dana & Clayton, Brent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) 3D Hydrodynamic Model Comparison (open access)

Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) 3D Hydrodynamic Model Comparison

This document compares the performance of various hydrodynamic models on a common benchmark problem, The Corpus Christi Bay benchmark, designed by Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). The benchmark problem includes a data-set for calibration of the model and another data-set for verification of the model. The application of the Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) to this benchmark problem enabled TWDB to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the model for use in predicting the three-dimensional circulation and salinity transport in bay and estuary systems on the Texas coast. (p. 2).
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: Huang, Haosheng
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: January 2013 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: January 2013

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparing Texas HMOs, 2012 (open access)

Comparing Texas HMOs, 2012

This report "reflects the experience of Texans enrolled in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) during 2011" It includes information on consumer rights, the types of health plans, results to the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, HMO complaints, appeals and independent review organizations, HMO market share data and financial information, HMO customer service contact information, and additional sources of health care information. (p. 2)
Date: 2012
Creator: Beck, Deeia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006 (open access)

Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006

This report focuses on youth who were classified as seniors as of October 2005 in the participating school districts
Date: November 2007
Creator: Schexnayder, Deanna; King, Christopher T.; Cumpton, Greg; Smith, Tara Carter & Stolp, Chandler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tax Exemptions & Tax Incidence (open access)

Tax Exemptions & Tax Incidence

"This report estimates the value of each exemption, exclusion, discount, deduction, special accounting method, credit, refund, and special appraisal available under Texas' sales, franchise, gasoline, and motor vehicle sale taxes, as well as under the property tax levied by Texas school districts." (A Message From The Comptroller)
Date: March 7, 2013
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell/Williamson Regional Water Supply Facility Plan (open access)

Bell/Williamson Regional Water Supply Facility Plan

This document contains the "Jarrel Schwertner Water Supply Corporation (JSWSC)final report for the Regional Water Supply Facility Planning Grant and their response to the Texas Development Boards (TWDB) draft report comment letter."
Date: May 3, 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Wastewater Treatment evaluation (open access)

Regional Wastewater Treatment evaluation

This document reports a study conducted by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on the condition and treatment capabilities of Kint's Creek Wastewater Treatment Plan (WWTP), located in the City of Terrell. The study helped to identify areas of need at the treatment facility and the ability of the facility to meet future requirements that are Anticipated in the December 2012 Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) permit. (p. ES-1.)
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison Between Vehicular Emissions from Real-World In-Use Testing and  EPA MOVES Estimation (open access)

Comparison Between Vehicular Emissions from Real-World In-Use Testing and EPA MOVES Estimation

This research study developed a methodology to perform mandatory dynamometer vehicular emissions tests on real roads, performed on-road emissions tests, and compared the test results to the estimates using the current EPA emissions estimation model.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Lee, Doh-Won; Johnson, Jeremy; Lv, Jinpeng; Novak, Kristen & Zietsman, Josias
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Water Reuse in Texas (open access)

History of Water Reuse in Texas

This report is developed to provide the chronology and historical achievements of water reuse programs in the state.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Arroyo, Jorge; Shirazi, Saqib; McDonald, Ellen; Hood, Karen; Plummer, Alan; Brooks, Bryan W. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: August 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: August 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kyle Direct Water Reuse Feasibility Study: Final Report (open access)

Kyle Direct Water Reuse Feasibility Study: Final Report

"The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of developing reclaimed water for various public and private sector use within the city and its utility service area during a twenty year planning period." (p. 1).
Date: 2012
Creator: RPS Espey
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Technology of Water Reuse: Final Report (open access)

State of Technology of Water Reuse: Final Report

This report reviews the state of technology associated with implementation of water reuse projects. (p. 2).
Date: August 2010
Creator: Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Finance Report, Volume 82, Number 5, December 6, 2011 (open access)

Texas State Finance Report, Volume 82, Number 5, December 6, 2011

This report highlights key provisions of HB 1 by Pitts, the general appropriations act for fiscal 2012-13; HB 4 by Pitts, the supplemental appropriations act; and SB 2 by Ogden, fist called session.
Date: December 6, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Registries of Reinvestment Zones for Tax Abatements and Tax Increment Financing (open access)

Biennial Registries of Reinvestment Zones for Tax Abatements and Tax Increment Financing

This report provides information on tax abatement and tax increment financing for reinvestment zones.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Fiscal Stability (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Fiscal Stability

Report from the Texas House Committee on Fiscal Stability describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Fiscal Stability.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locating, Scanning, and Delivering Digital Geophysical Well Logs and Associated Data for Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) (open access)

Locating, Scanning, and Delivering Digital Geophysical Well Logs and Associated Data for Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS)

This report provides information on the effort to identify, determine locations, and scan geophysical logs that could be used to help characterize brackish groundwater resources of Texas, enter key attributes of those geophysical logs in a database designed by Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) , and deliver the scans and database to TWDB as part of the Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) effort. (p. 1).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Ortuno, Daniel H.; Averett, Aaron R.; Clift, Sigrid J. & Paine, Jeffrey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: October 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: October 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: December 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: December 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: February 2013 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: February 2013

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems (open access)

Using Real Time Traveler Demand Data to Optimize Commuter Rail Feeder Systems

This report focuses on real time optimization of the Commuter Rail Circulator Route Network Design Problem (CRCNDP).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Yu, Yao & Machemehl, Randy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics

Report from the Texas House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on General Investigating and Ethics.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report (open access)

An eCertificate Program in Transportation Planning: Final Report

This report researches developed proposals to extend the delivery of the recently developed Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning at Texas A & M University (TAMU) to a wider audience via distance education (online or eCertificate).
Date: August 2012
Creator: Ndubisi, Foster & Joh, Kenneth
System: The Portal to Texas History