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Catalogs

LibCat
Locate Texas Documents available at the Evans Library.
TRAIL
Texas Record and Information Locater - use this database to search Texas Government publications available on the Internet.
Catalog of Texas State Agencies
Holdings of participating partner libraries in five Texas state agencies.
Library of Texas
Go to the Library of Texas and immediately start searching multiple Texas library catalogs and other knowledge collections in one sitting.

Texas State Agency Links

State of Texas
Home page for Texas government. Includes links to agency home pages, general information about the state, how to do business with the Texas government, tourism news, and local government sites.
Texas State Agencies
 
Window on State Government
Information from the Comptroller of Public Accounts on state taxes (including publications and forms), lotto results, the state budget, state financial management regulations (including the Texas Travel Mileage Guide), and economic forecast data.
Texas Tax Forms
 
Legislative Budget Board
The Legislative Budget Board is a permanent committee of the Texas legislature which is "responsible for developing recommended legislative appropriations for all agencies of state government."
About Texas
Internet information for/from/about the Lone Star State. From the Texas State Library.

 

State Law and Legislation

Texas Legislature Online
Fulltext of the Texas Constitution, current statutes, and bills from the 71st (1989) through 80th (2007) legislatures. Also includes bill histories, Senate and House membership, committee schedules and membership, and legislative calendars. Search for your legislator's name and address by city, county, zip code, etc. The bills database is searchable by bill number, sponsor, or full text.
Texas Administrative Code
An agency/subject codification of current Texas regulations. Organized by broad, general subject and then by agency. Free version is one week out of date.
Texas Register
Proposed and adopted Texas regulations as well as Open Meeting notices and other official announcements. Available in two formats: HTML and PDF. Back issues archive available from the University of North Texas.
Attorney General Opinions
While not binding on the courts, AG opinions are regarded by Texas courts as highly persuasive and entitled to great weight. Full-text in PDF from 1939 to present. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader.

Other helpful sites

State and Local Government Information on the Net: Texas
Links to legislative, judicial, and executive branch sites, as well as regional, county and city pages. Well organized and updated frequently. Emphasis on official sites -- servers or content controlled by the government in question.
Texas State and Local Government (Library of Congress)
Selected links to state and local information as well as court websites.

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