Riparian Productivity along the Lower Brazos River (open access)

Riparian Productivity along the Lower Brazos River

Report on riparian productivity along the lower Brazos River (LBR) concerns two riparian research sites (Wallis and San Felipe).
Date: July 18, 2016
Creator: Hayes, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for July, 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 30, Pages 5277-5476, July 22, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 30, Pages 5277-5476, July 22, 2016

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: July 22, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 29, Pages 5121-5276, July 15, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 29, Pages 5121-5276, July 15, 2016

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 Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents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: July 15, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 31, Pages 5477-5630, July 29, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 31, Pages 5477-5630, July 29, 2016

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: July 29, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 28, Pages 4911-5120, July 8, 2016 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 28, Pages 4911-5120, July 8, 2016

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: July 8, 2016
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0103 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0103

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The status of Insurance Code article 2 l .52B, the Any Willing Pharmacy statute, in light of federal court decisions (RQ-0092-KP).
Date: July 13, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0104 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0104

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county may participate in a nonprofit organization's flag project (RQ-0093-KP).
Date: July 13, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0101 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0101

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Rusk County school district tax violates article VIII, section 1-e of the Texas Constitution (RQ-0090-KP).
Date: July 6, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0102 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0102

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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a school district board of trustees may fill a vacancy through a special election on a uniform election date more than 180 days from the onset of the vacancy (RQ-0091-KP).
Date: July 13, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 88, Number 6, July/August 2016 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 88, Number 6, July/August 2016

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 74, Number 6, July 2016 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 74, Number 6, July 2016

Monthly magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commercial Fishing Guide: 2016-2017 (open access)

Texas Commercial Fishing Guide: 2016-2017

Document detailing the regulations for the commercial fishing industry in Texas including licensing requirements, the freshwater/saltwater boundary on the Texas coast, and diagrams of fishing equipment.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: July 2016, Part 6 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: July 2016, Part 6

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about inmate numbers in each prison by race and funding source.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Integrating Underground freight Transportation into existing intermodal systems (open access)

Integrating Underground freight Transportation into existing intermodal systems

Report detailing the possibility of underground transportation options to increase the capacity of the freight transportation system in Texas, which is predicted to have a large increase in freight tonnage.
Date: July 31, 2016
Creator: Najafi, Mohammad; Ardekani, Siamak & Shahandahti, Seyed Mohsen
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Control Device Evaluation Program: Simulator Evaluation of Sponsored Changeable Message Signs and In-Situ Evaluation of Rumble Strip Alternatives (open access)

Traffic Control Device Evaluation Program: Simulator Evaluation of Sponsored Changeable Message Signs and In-Situ Evaluation of Rumble Strip Alternatives

Report describes research study tested the effects of adding commercial logos acknowledging sponsorship to changeable Messages signs
Date: July 2016
Creator: Pike, Adam M.; Higgins, Laura L.; Ko, Myunghoon; Miles, Jeff; Nelson, Alicia A.; Carlson, Paul J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Policy Implications of Transportation Network Companies (open access)

Policy Implications of Transportation Network Companies

This report presents a brief overview of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and their Services.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Moran, Maarit
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crash Test and Evaluation of 3-Ft Mounting Height Sign Support System (open access)

Crash Test and Evaluation of 3-Ft Mounting Height Sign Support System

"The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact performance of a 3-ft x 3-ft aluminum sign panel mounted at a reduced mounting height of 3-ft from the bottom of the panel to grade."
Date: July 2016
Creator: Sheikh, N. M.; Blight, R. P.; Menges, W. L. & Kuhn, D. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Executive Plan Summary, An ITS Strategic Plan for Texas (open access)

Executive Plan Summary, An ITS Strategic Plan for Texas

Report has a strategic plan by TxDOT agency to have enhanced transportation infrastructure in Texas.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Seymour, Edward J.; Kuhn, Beverly; Balke, Kevin; Chaudhary, Nadeem A.; Jasek, Debbie; Rajbhandari, Rajat et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mash Test 3-11 of the TxTOT T222 Bridge Rail (open access)

Mash Test 3-11 of the TxTOT T222 Bridge Rail

"The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact performance of the TxDOT Type T222 Bridge Rail according to the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) TL-3.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Williams, William F.; Bligh, Roger P. & Menges, Wanda L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
ITS Strategic Plan for Texas (open access)

ITS Strategic Plan for Texas

Report is a strategic plan by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide safe and reliable transportation solutions to citizens of Texas.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Seymour, Edward J.; Kohn, Beverly; Balke, Kevin; Chowdary, Nadeem; Jasek, Debbie; Rajbhandari, Rajat et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Methodologies Used to Estimate and Forecast Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT): Final Report (open access)

Methodologies Used to Estimate and Forecast Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT): Final Report

Report on methodologies used to estimate and forecast vehicle miles traveled, summarizing the different methods, evaluating the current state of vehicle miles traveled estimation and forecasting in Texas, and detailing a new analysis tool created over the course of the study.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Williams, Thomas A.; Chigoy, Byron; Borowiec, Jeff & Glover, Brianne
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Determining Optimal Pumped Flows To Neuces Delta (open access)

Determining Optimal Pumped Flows To Neuces Delta

The current project determines the effects of pumped inflows into Rincon Bayou on benthic macrofauna during normal and low flow events, which helps to create an effective pumping strategy for the Rincon Bayou pipeline which will maximize the ecological benefit from fresh water in Nueces Delta,near Corpus Christ,Texas.
Date: July 2016
Creator: Montagna, Paul A.; Adams, Leslie; Chaloupka, Crystal; DelRosario, Elizabeth; Kalke, Richard D. & Turner, Evan L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riparian assessments on the Guadalupe and Brazos River (open access)

Riparian assessments on the Guadalupe and Brazos River

Report on the Riparian assessments on the Guadalupe and Brazos Rivers.
Date: July 18, 2016
Creator: Hayes, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History