Procedures Manual for Joint Committees (open access)

Procedures Manual for Joint Committees

Report covering budget submission, approval, and account administration; staffing issues and contracts; administrative support, including the handling of telephones, supplies and purchasing, duplication and printing, mail and messenger service, and travel; issues relating to committee proceedings, including meetings and committee's final reports; as well as examples of forms used in committee account administration.
Date: September 2019
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 5, 2019, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 5, 2019, Election

The ten joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Texas state constitution offered for approval by Texas voters in the November 5, 2019, election ballot. Includes the ballot language, an analysis of each proposed amendment, and the text of the joint resolution proposing the amendment. Each analysis includes background information and a summary of comments made during the legislative process about the proposed constitutional amendments by supporters and opponents.
Date: August 2019
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2020–21 Biennium: House (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2020–21 Biennium: House

Th is summary of the General Appropriations Bill publication provides an overview of the appropriations included in the General Appropriations Bill, otherwise known as the state budget. Th e version of the General Appropriations Bill that becomes law, after being passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, is referred to as the General Appropriations Act (GAA). This enacted legislation is the state’s budget for a two-year period (biennium)
Date: January 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimations: 2020-21 Biennium: Senate (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimations: 2020-21 Biennium: Senate

Summary of the 2020-2021 state budget, to be passed by the Texas Senate, providing a high-level overview of expenditures and significant changes since the previous appropriations bill.
Date: January 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Constitution (open access)

Texas Constitution

The Texas Constitution updated to include amendments passed in the November 5th, 2019 Constitutional Amendment Election.
Date: 2019~
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reading Statutes and Bills (open access)

Reading Statutes and Bills

Overview of Texas statutes and bills with tips for reading and understanding them.
Date: 2018
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 7, 2017, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 7, 2017, Election

"The Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments contains, for each proposed amendment that will appear on the November 7, 2017, ballot, the ballot language, an analysis, and the text of the joint resolution proposing the amendment. The analysis includes background information and a summary of comments made during the legislative process about the proposed constitutional amendment by supporters and by opponents" (p. 1).
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Conference Committee Report for Senate Bill 1 Appropriations for the 2018–19 Biennium (open access)

Summary of Conference Committee Report for Senate Bill 1 Appropriations for the 2018–19 Biennium

This summary of the General Appropriations Bill publication provides an overview of the appropriations included in the General Appropriations Bill, otherwise known as the state budget.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1 2018–19 Biennium (open access)

Summary of House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1 2018–19 Biennium

This summary of the General Appropriations Bill publication provides an overview of the appropriations included in the General Appropriations Bill, otherwise known as the state budget.
Date: April 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Legislative Budget Board Staff Reports January 2017 (open access)

Legislative Budget Board Staff Reports January 2017

This report contains how to Improve Available Information Regarding Funds Held Outside the State Treasury .
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2018-19 Biennium: House (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2018-19 Biennium: House

Summary of the 2018-2019 state budget, to be passed by the Texas House of Representatives, providing a high-level overview of expenditures and significant changes since the previous appropriations bill.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2018-19 Biennium: Senate (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2018-19 Biennium: Senate

Summary of the 2018-2019 state budget, to be passed by the Texas Senate, providing a high-level overview of expenditures and significant changes since the previous appropriations bill.
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unclaimed Property Texas Statutes: Property Code-Title 6 Chapters 72-76 (open access)

Unclaimed Property Texas Statutes: Property Code-Title 6 Chapters 72-76

Text of legislation to regulate unclaimed property in Texas.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876, Current Through the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendment Election (open access)

Amendments to the Texas Constitution Since 1876, Current Through the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendment Election

Text of constitutional amendments to the Texas Constitution from 1876 to 2015.
Date: February 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Securities Act State of Texas (open access)

The Securities Act State of Texas

Text of act to regulate securities in Texas including amendments as of September 1, 2015.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Unemployment Compensation Act and Related Portions of the Labor Code (open access)

Texas Unemployment Compensation Act and Related Portions of the Labor Code

Text of act to regulate unemployment compensation effective as of September 1, 2015.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium (open access)

General Appropriations Act for 2016-17 Biennium

Text of the General Appropriations Act for the 2016-2017 biennium with the Conference Committee Report on House Bill No. 1
Date: May 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 3, 2015, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 3, 2015, Election

Text of proposed constitutional amendments passed by the 84th Legislature of Texas, a brief analysis of each one, the arguments for and against them presented by members of the legislature, and the joint resolution approving them to go on the ballot.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Studies Established By Enrolled Bills and Resolutions of the 84th Legislature (open access)

Interim Studies Established By Enrolled Bills and Resolutions of the 84th Legislature

Summary of interim studies established by the 84th Legislature of Texas and their purpose and due date.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
New, Renamed, and Abolished State Governmental Entities (open access)

New, Renamed, and Abolished State Governmental Entities

A summary of Texas state agencies and their functions, composition, and bills passed by the 84th Legislature that effect them.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Constitution Including Amendments Through the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendment Election. (open access)

Texas Constitution Including Amendments Through the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendment Election.

Text of the Texas Constitution with the newly approved amendments from the November 3, 2015 election.
Date: 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parks and Wildlife Code (open access)

Parks and Wildlife Code

Printed text of the legal codes relevant to the parks and wildlife management in Texas, as of August 2014.
Date: August 5, 2014
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blinn College Request for Legislative Appropriations for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 (open access)

Blinn College Request for Legislative Appropriations for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017

Request for funding by legislative appropriations by Blinn College for FY 2016-2017, submitted to the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy and the Legislative Budget Board.
Date: August 4, 2014
Creator: Blinn College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 (open access)

Texas Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017

Request for funding by legislative appropriations for the office of the State Prosecuting Attorney for FY 2016-2017, submitted to the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning and Policy and the Legislative Budget Board.
Date: July 28, 2014
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney.
System: The Portal to Texas History