Texas State Government Information
Texas State Government Information Comprehensive Sites, Agencies, Elected Officials, Judiciary Branch, Laws and Regulations, Legislative Branch, Other Sites of Interest, Information About Other States,
- Texas Online Official Website of the State of Texas.
- TRAIL Texas Records and Information Locator is a central index to state government information.
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission Links to Library Catalog of Texas State Agencies.
Agencies
- State agencies through TRAIL.
- Library Catalog of Texas State Agencies
Elected Officials
- Office of the Governor
- Portraits of Texas Governors
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- Office of the Attorney General includes online access to Opinions
- Comptroller of Public Accounts includes Tax Information and Texas Performance Review
- Texas Secretary of State includes Elections and Voter Information and Corporations.
- Who Represents Me? Find Representatives Using Your Home Address
Index
State Government Information Index (St. Mary's University) Provides links to state government pages developed by libraries throughout the United States.
Judiciary Branch
Laws and Regulations
- Constitution
- The Texas Constitutions Digitization Project -- UT Austin Tarleton Law Library site containing versions of the Texas Constitutions (1824-1876) along with supporting convention materials.
- Gammel's The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 -- University of North Texas site containing legislative and congressional documents as well as constitutions, select journals from the constitutional conventions, and early colonization laws.
- Statutes
- Nineteenth-Century Texas Laws
- Texas Administrative Code
- Texas Register
Legislative Branch
Maps/Atlases
- Atlas of Texas Surface Waters
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality site that includes lakes, bays, ponds, reservoirs, streams, rivers, estuaries and wetlands. - Digital Atlas of Texas Counties
Texas Tech University site containing interactive maps and downloadable data for Texas counties. Available in 4 versions: (1) ArcIMS Map Services, (2) County Basemap Series, (3) Shaded Relief Map Series, and (4) Satellite Relief Map Series. - 1895 U.S. Atlas: Texas
1895 state map, county maps, and index to towns and cities. - Geologic Atlas of Texas (GAT)
15-minute digital GAT Quads for the State of Texas available for purchase from the Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin. - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Comprehensive collection of on-line Texas maps including state and thematic maps, current and historical city maps, historical Texas maps, county highway maps, and park maps. - School Atlas of Texas
Texas State Geography Department site designed for Texas school children to access geographical and historical information. - Texas Beyond History: the Virtual Museum of Texas' Cultural Heritage
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory Texas map with archeological and historical sites linked to detailed information. - Texas Breeding Bird Atlas
Texas A&M University site that includes range maps for various bird species. Data is from 1987-1992. Includes links to other bird breeding atlases. - Texas Historic Sites Atlas
Texas Historical Commission site with data about Official Texas Historical Markers and National Register of Historic Places in Texas. Includes courthouses, museums, and sawmills with textual descriptions, historic photographs, and interactive maps.
Other Sites of Interest
- Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC)
- College for Texans -- Higher education information for Texans.
- Starting a Business
- Texas Business Organization Forms from the Secretary of State
- Texas Lottery Results
- Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer -- Focal point for the distribution of Census information for Texas.
- Texas Treasures from the Texas State Library & Archives Commission -- Includes 1876 Constitution and historical background.
- TRACK to TAKS success -- University of Texas' free exit-level prep web site for the TAKS test.
Information That Includes Other States:
- Building Code Library-- Building codes of states, counties, and cities.
- LexisNexis State Capital
| includes Full Text -- Gives access to information about states including bills, laws, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations, legislature membership, and newspapers of record. - NASCIO State Search -- Topical clearinghouse to state government information on the Internet.
- State and Local Government on the Net: A Piper Resource
- Legislative Hotline Directory-- Phone directory for accessing legislative bill status by state.
- State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States --
- In-process project of ALA's Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) with the goal of eventually linking all publicly accessible state agency databases covering a wide variety of topics. Current listings include biographical databases, historical media databases, historical newspaper and magazine indexes, museum collection databases, and official records databases.
- Stateline.Org -- Online source for state news.
Fondren Library is a depository for state documents distributed through the Texas depository system. Selected documents are listed in the online catalog. Texas documents in Fondren which are not listed in the online catalog may be searched using the Uncataloged State of Texas Publications database. Search must be by title or agency. These documents are located in Government Stacks and are arranged by Texas document numbers (roughly alphabetical by agency).
Fondren maintains a collection of pamphlets and brief publications from many Texas government agencies organized by subject in a vertical file.
