Activities and Recommendations of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee: A Report to the 84th Legislature (open access)

Activities and Recommendations of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee: A Report to the 84th Legislature

Report describing Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC) activities during 2013 and 2014, including select groundwater protection issues and recommendations to improve groundwater protection.
Date: January 2015
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Administering Overpayment Recovery Audits in the State of Texas: Fiscal Years 2012-2014 (open access)

Administering Overpayment Recovery Audits in the State of Texas: Fiscal Years 2012-2014

Report on administering the overpayment recovery audit program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Legislative Document
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.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: State Library and Archives Commission (open access)

Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: State Library and Archives Commission

Annual report of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal years 2013 and 2014.
Date: 2014-23~
Creator: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management (open access)

Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: State Office of Risk Management

Biennial report of the State Office of Risk Management to the 84th Legislature of Texas describing the agency's goals, activities, and recommendations for further plans.
Date: December 31, 2014
Creator: Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (open access)

Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

A biennial report of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for fiscal years 2013-2014 outlining the agency's activities and accomplishments in the past year.
Date: 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 (open access)

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017

Report submitted by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to the 84th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2016 and 2017 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 4, 2014
Creator: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condensed Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 3, 2015, Election (open access)

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

Collection of the proposed Constitutional amendments from the November 3, 2015 election, including summaries of proposals, summaries of comments, and specific comments.
Date: 2015~
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developmental Education:  Updates and Progress  for Underprepared Students (open access)

Developmental Education: Updates and Progress for Underprepared Students

This report describes the state’s new higher education strategic plan to assigns a new urgency to accelerating completions for the population of underprepared students. The previous plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015, included access to and success in higher education as its major goals; the new plan build on these goals and continues to focus on completions in higher education.
Date: November 2016
Creator: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Cleaning Activities Report to the 84th Texas Legislature (open access)

Dry Cleaning Activities Report to the 84th Texas Legislature

A report on Texas dry cleaning activities including data from fiscal years 2013 and 2014 on the funds collected and deposited to the Dry Cleaning Facility Release Fund, the disbursements from the Fund and the purposes of the disbursements, the extent of corrective action conducted, and the ranking of sites on the date of the report.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 1, December 2014 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 1, December 2014

Report on topics to be addressed in the 2015 regular session of the 84th Legislature.
Date: December 18, 2014
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 2, February 2015 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 2, February 2015

Report on the legislative process as outlined in the Texas Constitution.
Date: February 26, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 3, March 2015 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 3, March 2015

Report on House Committee Procedures for the regular session of the 84th legislature.
Date: March 4, 2014
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 8, July 12, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 8, July 12, 2016

Report providing an introduction to ASR in Texas, including a history of ASR projects and a review of the regulatory structure that has evolved around the technology, including enactment of a new state law in 2015.
Date: December 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 9, August 16, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 9, August 16, 2016

"This report examines current Texas law and policies to help prevent financial exploration of the elderly and a few issues the Legislature may consider."
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 10, September 27, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 10, September 27, 2016

"This report reviews some recent history of the school finance system in Texas and the Supreme Court's latest ruling upholding its constitutionality."
Date: September 27, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 11, October 25, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 84, Number 11, October 25, 2016

An article presenting the question of Texas' age for entering the adult criminal justice system.
Date: October 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 1, December 20, 2016 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 1, December 20, 2016

Periodical discusses many of the issues the 85th Texas Legislature may consider during its 2017 regular session.
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 2, February 21, 2017 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 2, February 21, 2017

"This report summarizes the key constitutional provisions and rules governing bills in the Legislature, with an emphasis on House rules."
Date: February 21, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 3, March 3, 2017 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 3, March 3, 2017

Report explores how transport network companies (TNCs) are regulated by state and local laws in Texas and reviews some proposed legislative approaches.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 5, March 10, 2017 (open access)

Focus Report, Volume 85, Number 5, March 10, 2017

Report focusing on emerging issues and debate in Texas on the regulation of telemedicine.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Research Organization.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Further Reduce Reliance on General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts for Certification of the State Budget: Legislative Policy Report (open access)

Further Reduce Reliance on General Revenue-Dedicated Accounts for Certification of the State Budget: Legislative Policy Report

Report outlining data and recommendations about how the Texas Legislature could reduce reliance on certain types of revenue funds, with appendices documenting financial information about the state accounts.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History