A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2010 (open access)

A Summary Report on Full-time Equivalent State Employees for Fiscal Year 2010

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing the Legislature and the public with information on the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform services for state government.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Contractor's Guide (open access)

Edwards Aquifer Protection Program Contractor's Guide

This document provides rules, regulations, and responsibilities of contractors that have been given approved Edwards Aquifer protection plans or Contributing Zone plans and approval letters. (p. 1).
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Corrections (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Corrections

Report from the Texas House Committee on Corrections describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: November 29, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Corrections.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Medical Quality Reviews at the Division of Workers' Compensation within the Texas Department of Insurance (open access)

An Audit Report on Medical Quality Reviews at the Division of Workers' Compensation within the Texas Department of Insurance

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to significant process and information issues at the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) within the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) which inhibit DWC's ability to monitor the quality of health care in the workers' compensation system. Issues include unreliable information, weaknesses in complaint processing, the medical quality review process, and the enforcement and sanction process, all of which increase the risk of injured workers receiving unnecessary medical procedures and overutilization within the workers' compensation system.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas (open access)

Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas

Report on a project examining the Texas Urban Triangle to identify issues that arise with the rapid growth of the area and develop a tool, Spatial Decision Support System, to assist local municipalities in making policy decisions.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bright, Elise M.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Neuman, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Freight Shuttle System : advancing commercial readiness (open access)

The Freight Shuttle System : advancing commercial readiness

This report summarizes the results of research aimed at advancing the commercial readiness of a new hybrid mode of inter-modal freight transportation called the Freight Shuttle System (FSS).
Date: November 2010
Creator: Roop, Stephen S.; Ragab, Ayman H.; Olson, Leslie E.; Protopapa, Annie A.; Yager, Michael A.; Morgan, Curtis Alan et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Towards an Integrated Pavement Design Approach: Using Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device to Support the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (open access)

Towards an Integrated Pavement Design Approach: Using Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device to Support the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide

"This research study focuses on analyzing two techniques for observing the variability of mix production and its effects on pavement performance."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jorge Alberto & Grebenschikov, Sergey
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Idle reduction programs and potential benefits to schools (open access)

Idle reduction programs and potential benefits to schools

Report on a project examining the costs and benefits of implementing an idle reduction program to offset the costs of increasing bus service in order to decrease the congestion in school zones.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Hoelscher, Michelle
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks (open access)

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks

"The test reported herein corresponds to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) test 3-10. This is primarily a severity test that assesses risk of injury to the vehicle occupants."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Abu-Odeh, Akram Y.; Menges, Wanda L. & Bligh, Roger P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0814 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0814

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 regarding: Whether revenue from the sale of prepaid phone cards in a county jail commissary should be credited to the sheriff or the general fund of the county (RQ-0867-GA).
Date: November 4, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0815 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0815

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 chapter 42, Human Resources Code, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has rule-making authority to increase the number of training hours required for a employee of a day-care center or group day-care home (RQ-0868)
Date: November 4, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0816 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0816

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; Authority of the Dallas County Commissioners Court to retain independent legal counsel in particular circumstances(RQ-0870-GA).
Date: November 4, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0817 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0817

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 the El Paso county Attorney may provide legal advice and representation to the El Paso County Ethics Commission(RQ-0847-GA).
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0818 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0818

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 civilian advisory committee to the police chief may review information maintained in a police department personnel file under Local Government Code,section 143.089(g)(RQ-0869-GA).
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0819 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0819

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 the Development Corporation act of 1979 permits a 4A economic development corporation to grant or use sales tax funds for certain purpose in connection with a non-profit corporation that provides affordable housing assistance(RQ-0877-GA).
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0820 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0820

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; Delegation of Authority of the governing board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (RQ-0879-GA)
Date: November 9, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0821 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0821

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 political subdivision, including a home-rule city, is required to pay impact fees imposed by another political subdivision under chapter 395, Local Government Code (RQ-0885-GA)
Date: November 9, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0822 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0822

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; Eligibility for health insurance of survivors of a public servant killed in the line of duty (RQ-0886-GA)
Date: November 19, 2010
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Kent County, Block 3

Parent map for Kent County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:23,000.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 18

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Newton County, Block 3

Parent map for Newton County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:29,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jim Wells County, Block 10

Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jim Wells County, Block 19

Parent map for Jim Wells County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Loving County, Block 4

Parent map for Loving County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:33,000.
Date: November 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History