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Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (open access)

Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards

This document explains procedures the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) uses when applying the water quality standards to wastewater discharge permits issued under the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES).
Date: January 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Quality Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Security Threat Groups: On the Inside (open access)

Security Threat Groups: On the Inside

Document providing information about gangs and other groups that threaten security within prisons.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package (open access)

Texas Responds: The Texas War Relief Package

Recommendations from the Texas Comptroller's Office for law changes, increased support, and new initiatives related to supporting military service members, police, and emergency responders and their families, disaster preparedness, and terrorism prevention in response to the events of 9/11 and the new "War on Terror".
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water District Financial Management Guide (open access)

Water District Financial Management Guide

Guidelines and minimum standards for water districts to prepare annual financial statements and maintain fiscal records.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Water Supply Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Border Trade Advisory Committee Report (open access)

Border Trade Advisory Committee Report

This report summarizes the Border Trade Advisory Committee's meeting on July 19th, 2006, during which their goals, strategies, and principles were discussed.
Date: November 16, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roadside Pest Management Program (open access)

Roadside Pest Management Program

"This Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) documents changes in the Roadside Pest Management Program (PMP) since 1996 and the potential impacts of those changes on the environment."
Date: October 28, 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Recovery Test Procedures Handbook (open access)

Vapor Recovery Test Procedures Handbook

Guidelines for testing and reporting vapor recovery systems in Texas to improve air quality.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse (open access)

Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse

A brochure describing services available from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Victim Services Division
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 678 (ORQ-62) (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 678 (ORQ-62)

Document issued by the Open Records Division at 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 confidentiality afforded to certain identifying information by section 552.1175 of the Government Code endures when a county voter registrar transfers the information to the Secretary of State and other authorized recipients.
Date: March 10, 2003
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 676 (ORQ-40) (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 676 (ORQ-40)

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Re-evaluation of Open Records Decision No. 574 (1990) regarding the scope of the attorney-client privilege under section 552.107(1) of the Government Code; whether section 552,001 of the Government Code also encompasses the attorney-client privilege; whether the attorney-client privilege is mandatory and compelling for the purposes of the Public Information Act; and related questions.
Date: November 30, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 679 (ORQ-63) (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 679 (ORQ-63)

Document issued by the Open Records Division at 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 section 2(c) of article 4512g-1, Vernon's Annotated Revised Civil Statutes, requires the Dallas Police Department to release an offense report of an investigation of an incident of child abuse that is confidential under section 261.201(a)(2) of the Family Code to a community supervision and corrections department.
Date: May 16, 2003
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 677 (ORQ-41) (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Decision: Number 677 (ORQ-41)

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Re-evaluation of Open Records Decision No. 647 (1996) regarding the scope of the attorney work product privilege under sections 552,103 and 552.111 of the Government Code in light of the repeal of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166(b) and the adoption of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 192.5.
Date: November 30, 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas NAFTA Study Update: Final Report (open access)

Texas NAFTA Study Update: Final Report

This report describes NAFTA trade and its effects in detail. It demonstrates the volume of trade between the United States and Mexico via Texas highways and rail. Also included is the effects of post 9/11 on trade and future conditions.
Date: February 2007
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
System: The Portal to Texas History
Description of Current Texas Transportation Mobility and Maintenance Needs & Technical Addendum (open access)

Description of Current Texas Transportation Mobility and Maintenance Needs & Technical Addendum

This is a report to address the increasing demands for funds to maintain growth in the Texas transportation system. The report provides immediate assessments of the state's mobility and maintenance needs and the impact of transportation investments to the state's economy and quality of life.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
System: The Portal to Texas History
Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion on Texas Ports and Highway Corridors: Executive Summary (open access)

Effects of the Panama Canal Expansion on Texas Ports and Highway Corridors: Executive Summary

Summary of short and long term impacts of Panama Canal expansion on state transportation system.
Date: October 2006
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Transportation Self-Evaluation Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: 2007 (open access)

Texas Department of Transportation Self-Evaluation Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: 2007

This is a report request by TxDOT to other local and regional offices responsible for planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining the Texas' transportation systems. In accordance with TxDOTs' vision of Texas' transportation future by reducing congestion, enhance safty, expand economic opportunity, improve air quality, and increase the value of transportation assets.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Industrial and Hazardous Waste: Rules and Regulations for Small-Quantity Generators (open access)

Industrial and Hazardous Waste: Rules and Regulations for Small-Quantity Generators

Explanation of industrial and hazardous waste materials and the responsibilities of small-quantity waste generators.
Date: July 2, 2000
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statewide Plan to Create Innovative Models for Nursing Education to Increase RN Graduates in Texas Professional Nursing Education Programs (open access)

Statewide Plan to Create Innovative Models for Nursing Education to Increase RN Graduates in Texas Professional Nursing Education Programs

Proposal by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners in response to a request by the Sunset Commission to create innovative models for nursing education that promote increased enrollments in Texas professional nursing programs. It provides an outline for the changes and the projected enrollment and graduation rates.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Texas. Board of Nurse Examiners.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on Jail Standards Fiscal Years 2004-2005 Workforce Plan (open access)

Texas Commission on Jail Standards Fiscal Years 2004-2005 Workforce Plan

Document outlining information about the Texas Commission on Jail Standards including agency goals and a profile of their workforce, with no planned changes during fiscal years 2004-2005.
Date: 2003~
Creator: Texas Commission on Jail Standards
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Guide to Accelerating Transportation Projects (open access)

A Guide to Accelerating Transportation Projects

This report discusses challenges of the Texas transportation system and how TxDOT is working against them.
Date: June 2006
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation. Government and Business Enterprises Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Mobility Authorities (open access)

Regional Mobility Authorities

A publication offering information about the Regional Mobility Authorities program within TxDOT. The RMA program encourages partnerships between TxDOT and local governments and business to reduce traffic, increase mobility, enhance safety, and reduce pollution.
Date: 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (open access)

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

"The report reflects the commission's focus on using and maintaining existing transportation corridors of the state."
Date: 2009~
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Environmental Guide for Texas Printers (open access)

An Environmental Guide for Texas Printers

A guide to environmental rules and how to comply with them for printers.
Date: April 2002
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wildlife Diversity Literature (open access)

Wildlife Diversity Literature

List of publications, newsletters, booklets, posters, and books and major publications about Texas's wildlife diversity available for free or to purchase from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: June 2001
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History