Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0578 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0578

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 vacancy exists in the newly-created 444th and 445th Judicial Districts, and if so, whether those positions are required to be funded.
Date: October 31, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 43, Pages 7553-7776, October 26, 2007 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 43, Pages 7553-7776, October 26, 2007

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 26, 2007
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0577 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0577

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: Assessment and collection of impact fees for land platted after June 20, 1987 (RQ-0587-GA)
Date: October 25, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 42, Pages 7355-7552, October 19, 2007 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 42, Pages 7355-7552, October 19, 2007

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 19, 2007
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report on Cost Containment: 2007 (open access)

Texas State Office of Risk Management Annual Report on Cost Containment: 2007

Annual report detailing the effectiveness of Texas risk management during fiscal year 2007 including cost containment measures measures to reduce workers' compensation payments.
Date: October 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 41, Pages 7153-7354, October 12, 2007 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 41, Pages 7153-7354, October 12, 2007

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 12, 2007
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0576 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0576

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 article III, section 52(b) and (c) of the Texas Constitution a county may use road bond funds to construct, maintain, or operate a municipal street that connects on only one end with a county road or state highway (RQ-05-98-GA)
Date: October 9, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 40, Pages 6905-7152, October 5, 2007 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 32, Number 40, Pages 6905-7152, October 5, 2007

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: October 5, 2007
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Monitoring of the Elm Fork Relief Interceptor Pipeline, Irving, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Monitoring of the Elm Fork Relief Interceptor Pipeline, Irving, Texas

A report of an archaeological monitoring of the Elm Fork Relief Interceptor sewer pipeline.
Date: October 3, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse; Craver, Jeff & Skinner, S. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0574 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0574

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: School district responsibilities under section 25.0951(a) of the Texas Education Code (RQ-0584-GA)
Date: October 2, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0575 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0575

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 bail bond board may implement a rule allowing a temporary extension of the license expiration dates set forth in section 1704.162 of the Occupations Code (RQ-0585-GA)
Date: October 2, 2007
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
2006 Texas Agricultural Statistics (open access)

2006 Texas Agricultural Statistics

Report on agricultural statistics in Texas including "data on cash receipts, prices, livestock and livestock products, field crops, major vegetables, citrus fruits, peaches, grapes and pecans" (p. ii) and based on district and county data fro 2004-2006.
Date: October 2007
Creator: National Agricultural Statistics Service. Texas Field Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2007 (open access)

The Advocate, Volume 12, Issue 4, October-December 2007

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Hurricane Recovery Funds Administered by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs (open access)

An Audit Report on Hurricane Recovery Funds Administered by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to whether the Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs appropriately awarded and disbursed hurricane recovery funds.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection, calculation, and reporting of its performance measures.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Credit Union Department (open access)

An Audit Report on Performance Measures at the Credit Union Department

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Credit Union Department is accurately reporting its performance measures to ABEST and has adequate controls in place over the collection and reporting of selected performance measures.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Oversight of Regional Mobility Authorities (open access)

An Audit Report on the Department of Transportation's Oversight of Regional Mobility Authorities

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Department of Transportation has adequate oversight processes and controls in place to ensure that authorities spend funds in a fiscally responsible manner, including: ensuring reasonable prices for contracted services, ensuring that expenditures are valid and supported, and ensuring that funds will be available to make bond payments on schedule.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Health and Human Services Commission's Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) (open access)

An Audit Report on the Health and Human Services Commission's Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS)

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Health and Human Services Commission implemented integrated eligibility and enrollment systems as specified in House Bill 2292, specifically evaluating the automated system that has been developed to determine eligibility and calculate benefits (Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System, or TIERS) and on identifying any additional improvements that could be made to the eligibility determination processes that are independent of decisions regarding contracted services.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Medical Transportation Program at the Texas Department of Transportation (open access)

An Audit Report on the Medical Transportation Program at the Texas Department of Transportation

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Medical Transportation Program has controls in place to ensure that its contractors provide services to clients in a timely manner are reimbursed in accordance with contract and grant provisions; whether the Medical Transportation Program's call center operations are providing standardized services that comply with TxDOT policies and procedures and meet the program's performance targets; whether financial reporting for the Medical Transportation Program is accurate and complete; and whether TxDOT ensures that it pays reasonable rates for Medical Transportation Program services in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations and TxDOT policies and procedures.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on the Workforce Commission's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices Program (open access)

An Audit Report on the Workforce Commission's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices Program

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether the Workforce Commission ensures that the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Choices program's purpose of ending the dependence of needy parents on governmental benefits by promoting job preparation and work is achieved; and whether selected local workforce development boards have appropriate processes in place to ensure that the Choices program's purpose is achieved.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 10, October 2007 (open access)

Border Business Indicators, Volume 31, Number 10, October 2007

Monthly publication documenting statistics related to economic information in the Mexico-Texas border areas including types of border crossings, employment, customs revenues, and other related data.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, October 2007 (open access)

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Newsletter for Families, October 2007

Bilingual newsletter from the Texas Department of State Health Services providing information on health care for children with special needs, including resources for medical help and community services.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Auditor and Accounts Examiner Positions (open access)

A Classification Compliance Review Report on the State's Auditor and Accounts Examiner Positions

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether state agencies are conforming to the State's Position Classification Plan by ensuring proper classification of auditor and accounts examiner positions.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conducting a Watershed Survey (open access)

Conducting a Watershed Survey

This booklet will equip your group to survey your watershed and make a record of its history and geography, land and water uses, and potential and actual pollution sources.
Date: October 2007
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History