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An Audit Report on State Mental Retardation Facilities, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Department of Family and Protective Services (open access)

An Audit Report on State Mental Retardation Facilities, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Department of Family and Protective Services

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) ensures that consumers in state mental retardation facilities, or their legal representatives, are aware of their community living options, and whether DADS has controls in place to ensure that allegations of improper care and possible abuse or neglect are reported, disposed of, or investigated in a manner that promotes the safety of consumers.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0640 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0640

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Applicability of chapter 1501, Texas Insurance Code, to certain health benefit "criteria" plans offered by employers (RQ-0662-GA)
Date: July 2, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0641 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0641

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Proper formula under section 21.402, Education Code, for determining the required contributions by a school district to the Teacher Retirement System for compensation that exceeds the statutory minimum (RQ-0663-GA)
Date: July 3, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0642 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0642

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the creation of a county court of law and the related divestiture of the constitutional county court's probate, juvenile, civil, and criminal jurisdiction stripped a county judge of his own powers as "magistrate" (RQ-0669-GA)
Date: July 8, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0643 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0643

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether the conduct of a constable implicates the resign-to-run provisions of article XVI, section 65 of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0665-GA)
Date: July 9, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0644 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0644

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether, under section 70.001 of the Texas Property Code, an auto repair shop may assert a mechanic's lien for administrative and overheard charges when the shop does not repair the vehicle (RQ-0667-GA)
Date: July 9, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0645 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0645

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a county commissioner may be paid while working for the county sheriff in jail division (RQ-0661-GA)
Date: July 14, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0646 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0646

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Meaning of the term "previously captured" for purposes of section 42.092 of the Penal Code, which prohibits cruelty to nonlivestock animals (RQ-0666-GA)
Date: July 14, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0647 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0647

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Constitutionality of Government Code section 467.025(a)(5), which provides that a Lottery Commission member “may not … directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or arise a person to pay, lend, or contribute anything of value to another person for political purposes,” and its applicability in specific circumstances (RQ-0668-GA)
Date: July 16, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0648 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0648

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a municipality may adopt particular subdivision ordinances applicable to its extraterritorial jurisdiction and whether a county may do so in its unincorporated areas (RQ-0664-GA)
Date: July 23, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0649 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0649

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a rule of the Department of Family and Protective Services conflicts with section 42.041(a), Human Resources Code, which requires a license to operate a child-care facility (RQ-0670-GA)
Date: July 28, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0650 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0650

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether members of the board of directors of the Lowers Neches Valley Authority may participate in the Authority’s health care plan (RQ-0673-GA)
Date: July 29, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0651 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0651

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a justice of the peace who is an attorney may be appointed to represent criminal defendants in appellate proceedings (RQ-0674-GA)
Date: July 29, 2008
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Veterans Commission Pamphlet, Number 4, July/August 2008 (open access)

Texas Veterans Commission Pamphlet, Number 4, July/August 2008

Bimonthly publication of the Texas Veterans Commission discussing specific topics of relevance to veterans in Texas. This pamphlet gives statistics for different types of VA services in Texas during 2007.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas Veterans Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 66, Number 7, July 2008 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 66, Number 7, July 2008

Magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Dove Hunting Regulations: 2008-2009 (open access)

General Dove Hunting Regulations: 2008-2009

Pamphlet containing a map of Texas outlining the three major dove-hunting zones, with summaries of general information regarding hours, limits, and special dates. A column at right provides information about reporting hunted doves that have metal leg bands for tracking information.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statistical Report: 2007 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statistical Report: 2007

Statistical report providing demographic information on offenders and the multiple types of supervisions within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice during fiscal year 2007.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Panhandle Water News, July 2008 (open access)

Panhandle Water News, July 2008

This is a quarterly newsletter of the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to water in Texas.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travel Log, July 2008 (open access)

Texas Travel Log, July 2008

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate, Volume 13, Issue 3, July-September 2008 (open access)

The Advocate, Volume 13, Issue 3, July-September 2008

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: July 2008
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board Agency Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013 (open access)

Texas General Land Office and Veterans' Land Board Agency Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013

Agency strategic plan for the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Veterans' Land Board describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Lottery Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013 (open access)

Texas Lottery Commission Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Lottery Commission describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013 (open access)

Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Texas. Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Risk Management Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2009-2013

Agency strategic plan for the Texas State Office of Risk Management describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: July 11, 2008
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History