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The 2011 Mileage-Based User Fee Symposium (open access)

The 2011 Mileage-Based User Fee Symposium

Report on Mileage-Based User Fees from the third annual two-day Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees. Three main topics are addressed in the report: the most likely way to implement mileage-based user fees, state-level research and implementation on mileage-based user fees, and public acceptance of mileage-based user fees.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Goodin, Ginger; Wood, Nicholas & Baker, Richard T.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analysis of roadway departure crashes on two-lane rural roads in Texas (open access)

Analysis of roadway departure crashes on two-lane rural roads in Texas

"This three-year research effort was undertaken to identify factors that influence the number and severity of roadway departure crashes on rural two-lane highways in Texas and provide engineering countermeasures to reduce this type of crash. The study objectives were accomplished by analyzing crash, traffic flow, and geometric data between 2003 and 2008 and conducting site visits at 20 sites having the highest crash rates at four TxDOT districts."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Lord, Dominique; Brewer, Marcus A.; Fitzpatrick, Kay; Greedipally, Srinivas R. & Peng, Yichuan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apply for a Correctional Transportation Officer, Truck Driver Position (open access)

Apply for a Correctional Transportation Officer, Truck Driver Position

This pamphlet provides information on the application of correctional transportation officer.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auditing Careers: Our Business is Texas (open access)

Auditing Careers: Our Business is Texas

This pamphlet provides information about careers available from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cedar Post, Volume 1, Number 1, September 2011 (open access)

The Cedar Post, Volume 1, Number 1, September 2011

Newsletter discussing issues of interest to land owners in Hill Country including wildlife management, research in the area, descriptions of flora and fauna, news and upcoming events, and other relevant topics.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Operated Amusement Machine Tax (open access)

Coin-Operated Amusement Machine Tax

This pamphlet provides information on an amendment to coin-operated amusement machine taxes.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Come and Get it (open access)

Come and Get it

Pamphlet providing information on unclaimed property in Texas, including facts about Texas unclaimed property, how to claim it, and the Texas Match the Promise Foundation.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Manual of Accounts: Volume 1 (open access)

Comptroller Manual of Accounts: Volume 1

First volume of a manual "designed to serve as a guide for preparing and submitting State of Texas source transactions. The manual concentrates on providing current information on state agencies and appropriated funds and on object codes to be used in properly recording account transactions" (p. I.3). This volume is broken into eight chapters: I. General [information], II. State Agencies, III. Appropriated Funds, IV. Dedicated General Revenue (GR) Accounts, V. Expenditure Codes, VI. Budgetary Codes - Non Cash (Financial Reporting), VII. Accounting Transfer Codes, VIII. General Ledger Account Codes.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Manual of Accounts: Volume 2 (open access)

Comptroller Manual of Accounts: Volume 2

Second volume of a manual "designed to serve as a guide for preparing and submitting State of Texas source transactions. The manual concentrates on providing current information on state agencies and appropriated funds and on object codes to be used in properly recording account transactions" (Volume I, p. I.3). This volume contains chapter IX: Revenue Codes.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 09-11, September 2011 (open access)

Credit Union Department Newsletter, Number 09-11, September 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Credit Union Department containing departmental news and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to credit unions.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing infrastructure for interconnecting transportation network and electric grid (open access)

Developing infrastructure for interconnecting transportation network and electric grid

"This report is primarily focused on the development of mathematical models that can be used to support decisions regarding a charging station location and installation problem. The major parts of developing the models included identification of the problem, development of mathematical models in the form of bi-level and stochastic programming problems, and development of a solution approach using a meta-heuristic method."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Damnjanovic, Ivan & Kim, Seok
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disposing of Syringes from Households: Do's and Don'ts (open access)

Disposing of Syringes from Households: Do's and Don'ts

This document provides information on disposing of syringes from households. It offers information on what to do and what not to do.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Earned Income Tax Credit Information Order Form (open access)

Earned Income Tax Credit Information Order Form

This is a form for residents of Texas to request publications related to the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 83, Number 7, September 2011 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 83, Number 7, September 2011

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Energy Optimization of Brackish Groundwater Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Final Report (open access)

Energy Optimization of Brackish Groundwater Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Final Report

Final report regarding reverse osmosis desalination, organized in five sections: (1) background on the Affordable Desalination Collaboration and applications for brackish water desalination in Texas, (2) a technology review for isobaric energy recovery including the project approach and criteria, (3) the pilot setup and experimentation protocols, (4) results and discussions for the pilot study, and (5) final conclusions and recommendations.
Date: September 2011
Creator: MacHarg, John P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Examination Results Summary, for examinations given between January 10, 2009 and September 17, 2011 (open access)

Examination Results Summary, for examinations given between January 10, 2009 and September 17, 2011

This document provides information on the examination results for the Court Reporters Certification Board.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Court Reporters Certification Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye on Nature, Fall 2011 (open access)

Eye on Nature, Fall 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Wildlife Division discussing news, events, programs, and other topics of interest related to wildlife management in Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife activities.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filing and Paying Your Texas Taxes Electronically (open access)

Filing and Paying Your Texas Taxes Electronically

Information sheet explaining how to file taxes electronically in Texas for 2011.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fires in Texas: Annual Fire Statistics, 2010 (open access)

Fires in Texas: Annual Fire Statistics, 2010

Report of statistics collected by the Texas Fire Incident Reporting System (TEXFIRS) by the Texas State Marshal's Office and Department of Insurance for calendar year 2010. It includes general analyses and breakdowns by specific types of fires, with some explanatory notes.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forest Stewardship Briefings, September 2011 (open access)

Forest Stewardship Briefings, September 2011

Newsletter of the Texas Forest Service providing news about the activities of the agency and information related to Texas parks, land usage, and forestry in the state.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Pase, Joe
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Get Ready Texas! Agriculture and Timber Producers (open access)

Get Ready Texas! Agriculture and Timber Producers

An information sheet for agriculture and timber producers about getting their new registration number from the Comptroller's Office to allow them to make sales tax-exempt business purchases.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvest Trends: 2010 (open access)

Harvest Trends: 2010

Annual report documenting compiled statistics on the volume of timber harvested, timber values, production of wood products, and forest management activities.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Li, Yanshu; Edgar, Chris & Carraway, Burl
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Investigate existing Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) technologies for port cargo inspections (open access)

Investigate existing Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) technologies for port cargo inspections

"The goal of this research was to identify the most effective and efficient combination of NII technologies for inspecting cargo arriving at U.S. ports. For this purpose, a discrete-event simulation model was developed to simulate the cargo inspection procedure. By simulating the operations of different combinations of NII technologies, the effectiveness and efficiency of the various combinations were evaluated."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Salehi, Yasamin & Wang, Yubian
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History