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33 Document(s) [ Subject: State land ]

Committee:	Senate State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | Legislative Budget Board, Texas | Property insurance | Public colleges and universities | Risk Management, State Office of | State agencies | State buildings | State land | Texas State Capitol complex |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 R229
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [10 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the potential benefits of maintaining a comprehensive database of all real property owned by the state.
2.	Study the potential financial loss to the state that could result from the state owning uninsured and underinsured real property.
3.	Study any efficiencies or cost savings potentially achieved by requiring the General Land Office to submit the annual report required under Section 31.157, Natural Resources Code, to the Texas Department of Transportation, the Employees Retirement System of Texas, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
4.	Study the potential benefits or burdens, including administrative burdens, of requiring each state agency and institution of higher education to report information on the real property it possesses, at the same time and in a uniform manner, to a single entity, and how often the information should be reported.
5.	Study which state agency is best suited to collect information on all real property owned by the state and the appropriate method for collecting this information.
6.	Study the information that is currently reported by state agencies and institutions of higher education regarding real property of which agencies and institutions have charge and control.
7.	Study the distinction between state agencies and institutions of higher education that report information on real property owned by the state as compared to state agencies and institutions of higher education that collect information for a report on real property owned by the state.
8.	Study information determined by the Legislative Budget Board as necessary for the State Office of Risk Management to conduct an insurable state asset study to develop a statewide strategy that will ensure all real property owned by the state is adequately insured.
9.	Study how often the State Office of Risk Management should submit an insurable state asset study to the legislature.
10.	Study the results of the appraisal required by Subsection (e) of this section, and the potential loss to the state by inadequately insuring the Capitol Complex, as defined by Section 443.0071, Government Code.
11.	Study other potential ways to ensure that the state is able to identify, track, and maintain a database of the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property owned by the state.
Committee:	House State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment, Select
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Risk Management, State Office of | State buildings | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 R229H
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [10 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the potential ways to ensure that the state is able to identify, track, and maintain information on the location, condition, and replacement value of all real property owned by the state.
Committee:	House State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Broadband infrastructure | Cable telecommunications providers | Comptroller of Public Accounts campaigns and elections | Computer networks | Computers | Council on Competitive Government | Electric Reliability Council of Texas | Electric utilities | Electricity supplies | Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. | Facilities Commission, Texas | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | Information Resources, Texas Department of | Mercury | Occupational licenses | Privatization | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Railroad Commission of Texas | Rules and regulations | State agencies | State government contracts | State land | State purchasing | Transboundary pollution |
Library Call Number:	L1836.82 St29h
Session:	82nd R.S. (2011)
Online version:	View report [78 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the issue of resource adequacy in the Texas electricity market, federal and state interventions in the marketplace that may be negatively impacting future adequacy, and the best way to maintain resource adequacy.
2.	Examine whether current law ensures broadband provider access to an electric cooperative's utility poles and facilities pursuant to reasonable, cost-based, and nondiscriminatory rates, terms, and conditions. Study methods for improving access to electric cooperative utility poles to reduce unnecessary costs and delays for the delivery of broadband service to Texas consumers.
3.	Examine areas of potential privatization of state services in an effort to achieve a higher level of service and greater efficiency for Texas taxpayers. (Joint with the House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform)
4.	Identify inefficiencies in the regulation of public utilities in order to minimize the cost of regulation to consumers.
5.	Examine methods of cloud computing technology to streamline agency operations and generate greater efficiencies for more cost-effective operations. (Joint with the House Committee on Technology)
6.	Examine state agency rulemaking and consider ways to improve procedural efficiencies and public transparency, and to better inform policymakers as to their use, purpose, and cost-effectiveness, including an examination of the financial and other impacts such regulations have on both the license holder and the public. (Joint with the House Committee on Government Efficiency & Reform)
7.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction, including the implementation of SB 1048 regarding public-private partnerships on state-owned property.
8.	Study how businesses seeking to provide goods or services to the state interact with state agencies. Consider whether additional procedures are needed to ensure that goods and services obtained by the state are the best value. Determine whether additional disclosure and reporting requirements are necessary to ensure transparency, accountability, and to promote ethical business practices.
Committee:	Senate Finance
Title:	Interim Report - General Government
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report
Subjects:	Existing Debt Allotment | Fiscal management | Health care costs | Hospital districts | Hospitals | Instructional Facilities Allotment Program | Privatization | School buildings | School districts | School finance | State land | Texas Lottery |
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 F49g
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [51 pages  File size: 8,320 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the effectiveness of cash management strategies of the state. Review the quarterly amount of cash on hand and its use and potential to generate excess returns. Include an assessment of cash flow problems that exist in school districts and request that the Comptroller of Public Accounts report on the additional short-term borrowing needed and the potential impact on bond ratings if legislation is not passed which allows for the "smoothing" of state payments to school districts.
2.	Explore the policy implications of allowing school districts, or other public agencies, to participate in a permissive pooled collateral program which provides for the centralization of collateral in a pool which will be tracked and verified to meet state requirements.
3.	Compile a list of significant state assets and infrastructure, including but not limited to the state lottery and state real property, and determine if each asset is being used to the highest and best use possible in the interest of taxpayers of Texas. Where appropriate, provide analysis of alternative uses of underperforming assets, potential cost savings or revenue gains and the legislative actions that would be needed to make the changes that are in the best interest of taxpayers.
4.	Study the funding of county public hospitals and the role neighboring counties without a county hospital should play.
5.	Review and evaluate appropriate state regulation of a private operator of the state lottery should the state receive bids for a lease of the lottery that merit strong consideration. Provide recommendations for ensuring the security and integrity of the lottery and for adequate consumer protections. (Joint charge with Senate State Affairs Committee)
6.	Review and make recommendations that address the state's facility infrastructure needs for public schools, ensuring that funding remains stable, reliable and equitable. Examine the need for funding adjustments for factors that affect the need for facilities, such as fast growth, age and condition of facilities, adequacy of space, construction and land costs, and concentration of students requiring smaller class sizes. Assess the impact on property taxpayers of “rolling forward” the Existing Debt Allotment (EDA) each session and the change in biennial appropriations for the Instructional Facilities Allotment (IFA). (Joint Charge with Senate Education Committee)
Committee:	Senate Government Organization
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 81st Legislature
Subjects:	Background checks | Building codes | Energy conservation | Green building | Occupational licenses | State buildings | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.80 G747o
Session:	80th R.S. (2007)
Online version:	View report [68 pages  File size: 2,880 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the function, structure, funding and operations of the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO). Identify opportunities to maximize the impact and further the mission of SECO, and support SECO's role in achieving energy efficiency reporting requirements and targets established through legislation.
2.	Examine criminal background check requirements across Texas health and human service, law enforcement, and education agencies, as well as other licensed professionals. Determine best practices, develop cross-agency standards, and make recommendations for reducing costs and streamlining the process.
3.	Study the economic and security costs and benefits, both short-term and long-term, of adoption of an open document format for state-created documents.
4.	Study whether Texas should adopt high performance building standards. In light of the potential impact of Texas' population growth on the need for electricity and water, study whether high performance buildings can cost-effectively lower utility costs and make more efficient use of natural resources.
5.	Study options for developing a new master-planned campus to serve the needs of state government and provide for future growth. Consider locations accessible to the government center, as well as relative property values and lease rates. Consider divestiture of certain real estate assets within Travis County to take advantage of favorable market conditions and the cost and benefits of reducing reliance on leased facilities. Coordinate activities with the Texas Facility Commission and the General Land Office.
6.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Government Organization Committee, 80th R.S., and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation.
Committee:	House Land and Resource Management
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Land and Resource Management, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Eminent domain | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Foreclosures | General Land Office, Texas | Homeowners' associations | Municipal annexation | Municipalities | School Land Board | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 L229
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [63 pages  File size: 15,235 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Determine the appropriateness of non-elected governmental bodies exercising the power of eminent domain to condemn property.
2.	Consider the potential establishment of a single and uniform approach to dealing with situations involving overlapping, extraterritorial jurisdictions.
3.	Study the powers and practices of homeowner associations in Texas and the possible need for legislation, such as the proposed Texas Uniform Planning Community Act, to address the rules, enforcement, restrictions and other matters within the authority of a homeowner association. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Business and Industry)
4.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	Senate Government Organization
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 79th Legislature
Subjects:	Agriculture, Texas Department of | Animal Health Commission, Texas | Barber Examiners, Texas State Board of | Building and Procurement Commission, Texas | Commission on the Arts, Texas | Cosmetology Commission, Texas | Debt collection | Historical Commission, Texas | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas | State government reorganization | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 G747o
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [96 pages  File size: 4,976 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study consolidation of those agencies related to the arts, cultural, and library services; consolidation of certain agricultural-related agencies; and consolidation of certain licensing agencies or their administrative functions.
2.	Study the management of state assets and leases, including real estate, leased space, inventory and other assets by the General Land Office, the Texas Building and Procurement Commission, as well as other agencies. Explore and make recommendations on the possible use of sale-leaseback opportunities for properties that the state now owns. Review allegations of theft of state property and make recommendations on enhancing security of state assets.
3.	Review the use of inventory management in transportation and other programs. Explore the cost efficiencies and economic benefits of co-locating agencies in small, mid-size, and large cities around the State.
4.	Study the effectiveness and make recommendations on improving debt collection strategies across all state programs and the identification of uncollectible state receivables.
Committee:	Senate Water Policy, Select, Subcommittee on Lease of State Water Rights
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the Senate Select Committee on Water Policy, 78th interim.
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | Groundwater | State land | Water marketing |
Library Call Number:	L1836.78 W291pw
Session:	78th R.S. (2003)
Online version:	View report [120 pages  File size: 8,848 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study proposals to lease permanent school fund and permanent university lands and their water rights for the purposes of developing and marketing water. Analyze the present and future effects of such proposals on local aquifers, historic stream flows, local underground water conservation districts, and other public and private water interests. Study the process by which the General Land Office considers proposals to lease state water rights, including methodology for holding open meetings, obtaining public input, meeting competitive bidding requirements, and coordination with TCEQ and other governmental units with possible regulatory oversight. Study and evaluate the current and future value of water rights that may be leased to private entities, including the value to the state, residential and commercial interests.
Committee:	House Energy
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Energy, Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature.
Subjects:	Hazardous substances | Natural gas | Natural gas drilling | Natural gas industry | Oil drilling | Oil fields | Oil industry | Oil production | Pipeline safety | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.69 en27
Session:	69th R.S. (1985)
Online version:	View report [37 pages  File size: 1,025 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study a system for statewide proration of natural gas and assess the feasibility of such a system.
2.	Study the feasibility of compulsory unitization of oil and gas reservoirs in Texas.
3.	Study the impact that hydrogen sulfide, "sour gas," has on the state and the individual landowner, especially in the areas of drilling, exploration and treatment.
4.	Study the utilization of state owned mineral bearing lands, including Relinquishment Act lands, particularly those which have limited or no access.
5.	Study the expected life of the remaining oil and gas reservoirs in Texas.
Committee:	Joint State Properties, Special
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 69th Legislature / Special Committee on State Properties.
Subjects:	State buildings | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 st29s
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [50 pages  File size: 1,903 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review management policies and leasing procedures for oil and gas, hard minerals, and surface interest of public lands as to efficiency, whether maximum return to State is provided, and whether highest and best use is assured.
Committee:	House Energy Resources
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report of the Committee on Energy Resources, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature.
Subjects:	Abandoned oil wells | Austin, Texas | Electricity supplies | Mining | Municipally-owned utilities | Natural gas industry | Natural gas leases | Oil industry | Oil leases | State land | Surety and fidelity bonds | Texas State Capitol | Theft |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 en27
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [84 pages  File size: 2,526 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the rising epidemic of oil field theft in Texas in cooperation with producers, operators, haulers, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Texas Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement agencies to determine better methods for prevention and investigation of thefts as well as apprehension and prosecution of suspected oil field thieves. Make recommendations to the 68th Legislature.
2.	Examine Proposition Number 7 as adopted by the Austin City Council to determine its impact on the cost of electric service provided to the State Capitol Complex. Particular emphasis should be given to 1)comparing the rates charged by Austin Electric Utility Department to those of other electric utilities supplying large-volume users in the Central Texas area; and 2) investigating all other potential sources of supply. Recommendations are to be made based on an examination of the proposition, the cost comparison data and an evaluation of alternative procedures.
3.	Study the procedure for leasing of hard rock minerals in terms of monetary value for the principals involved.
4.	Examine the requirements for the posting of performance bonds on oil and gas wells.
Committee:	Senate State-Municipal Planning, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	State buildings and Texas communities : final report of the Senate State-Municipal Planning Study Committee.
Subjects:	Energy conservation | Historic preservation | Property taxes | State buildings | State land |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 st29m
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [160 pages  File size: 9,674 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Consider the particular financial and planning problems of municipalities which have state-owned facilities and property within their corporate limits or which may be located so near such state-owned facility that such municipality is likely to be adversely affected from the location of such state-owned facility.
2.	Consider issues associated with state-owned land, including: the feasibility of reimbursement for local government service costs; local participation in state building planning; energy use and energy conservation in state buildings; historic buildings; Capitol view corridors; capitol complex landscaping; mixed-use buildings and employee transportation policies. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate State-Municipal Planning, Interim
Title:	SR 642
Library Call Number:	SR 642
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View document [3 pages  File size: 502 kb]
Committee:	House General Investigating, Permanent
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Final report of House Investigating Committee.
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | Houston Independent School District | State land | Veterans Land Board |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 55th Leg., R.S. 469 (1957)
Session:	54th R.S. (1955)
Online version:	View report [10 pages  File size: 448 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Inquire into and investigate the administration of any state agency, board, commission, or any other departments or institutions of the Government of the State of Texas and any other matters which would or might indicate irregularities in any state agency, board, commission, or any other departments or institutions of the Government of the State of Texas. That such committee is directed specifically to continue the investigation of the Veterans Land Program and to report fully on such investigation to the next regular session of the Legislature.
Committee:	House Mineral Resources in River Beds, Investigate
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of Committee in Regard to Investigating Mineral Resources of Certain River Beds.
Subjects:	Natural gas drilling | Natural gas leases | Oil drilling | Oil leases | Oil production | Rivers | Sabine River | State land | Surface water pollution |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., 1st C.S., 88 (1931)
Session:	42nd R.S. (1931)
Online version:	View report [3 pages  File size: 119 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate river bed development by adjoining oil and gas field developers. *
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Special Committee report
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | Government ethics | Land Commissioner | Land vacancy claims | Mineral rights | Permanent School Fund | Permanent University Fund | State Auditor's Office, Texas | State land |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., 1st C.S. 322 (1929)/L1836.41 L229R
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Online version:	View report [6 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Conduct investigation of General Land Office concerning all patents, leases, and sales of public domain and investigate every action of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Miscellaneous Exhibits: Charges against J.T. Robison, Commissioner of the General Land Office, resolutions, correspondence (Robison election expense reports, public lands, reevaluations under acts of 1913 and 1925, lawsuit in Travis County, land records)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.41 L229M
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Online version:	View document [92 pages  File size: 33,627 kb]
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Ernst & Ernst Examination
Library Catalog Title:	Revaluations under Act of 1913
Library Call Number:	L1836.41 L229S 1913
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Ernst & Ernst Examination
Library Catalog Title:	Revaluations under Act of 1925-26
Library Call Number:	L1836.41 L229S 1925-6
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Ernst & Ernst Examination
Library Catalog Title:	One cent expense fund
Library Call Number:	L1836.41 L229SO
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Committee:	Joint General Land Office Investigation
Title:	Report of Investigation of the General Land Office, as provided for in S.C.R. No. 4; Transcripts, February 7-March 12, 1929
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.41 L229R
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Online version:	View document [1016 pages  File size: 431,594 kb]
Committee:	Joint Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee to Investigate Travis County Courthouse Site Lease.
Subjects:	Austin, Texas | County courthouses | State agencies | State buildings | State land | Texas State Capitol | Travis County |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., 4th C.S., 433 (1930)
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Online version:	View report [9 pages  File size: 331 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Investigate present condition of over-crowding of the State Capitol and State office buildings now being rented by the State in Austin, and the annual cost thereof, being paid out of public funds
2.	Investigate present true value of improvements owned by Travis county upon said leased courthouse site, as may be determined under terms of the lease contract
3.	Investigate what blocks of land are now owned by the State of Texas within the business or industrial section of Austin which are not being used to economic advantage, and so situtated at a distance from the Capitol to be unsuited for use by the State for future State office buildings, but which may be deemed suitable for a county courthouse
4.	Investigate whether it is deemed desirable, in the judgment of the committee, based on such investigation, to tender fee simple title of one of such blocks of land owned by the State to Travis county, in lieu of cash compensation of an approximately equivalent amount, for such courthouse properties, to the end that such unused State land not suitable for State purposes may be put to the best constructive use.
Committee:	House Oil and Gas Leases, Investigate
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the committee in regard to certain oil and gas leases.
Subjects:	Fiscal management | Natural gas leases | Natural gas royalties | Oil fields | Oil leases | Oil production | Oil royalties | Permanent University Fund | State land | University of Texas at Austin |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 42nd Leg., R.S., 2082 (1931)
Session:	41st R.S. (1929)
Online version:	View report [16 pages  File size: 785 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Investigate the validity of certain oil and gas leases. *
2.	Determine whether the University of Texas has and is now receiving their share of royalty due from oil and gas leases.
3.	Determine whether the available fund is being expended in a lawful manner.
Committee:	Joint Sale of State Property, Investigate
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	Quarantines | State land |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 39th Leg., R.S., 1879 (1925)
Session:	39th R.S. (1925)
Online version:	View report [4 pages  File size: 151 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investiage the reasons why the Texas quarantine properties identified by the commission approved in the 36th regular legislative session (HB27, 36th R.S.) have not yet been sold to the Federal Government. *
Committee:	House Land Purchases of the University of Texas, Investigate
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of committee appointed to investigate university land purchase.
Subjects:	Austin, Texas | Municipal bonds | State land | University of Texas at Austin |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 38th Leg., 3rd C.S. 423 (1923)
Session:	38th R.S. (1923)
Online version:	View report [2 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	To determine fully the status of the land acquisition appropriation and citizen's bond and report to the House its findings *
Committee:	Senate Purchase Price for Block 124
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Special Committee report.
Subjects:	Austin, Texas | Property values | State land |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 36th Leg., R.S. (1919)
Session:	36th R.S. (1919)
Online version:	View report [4 pages  File size: 128 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate the value of the north half of block no. 124 in the city of Austin to determine its purchase price. *
Committee:	Joint Central Investigating Committee
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report
Subjects:	Agriculture, Texas Department of | Attorney General of Texas | Bachelor's degrees | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Courts | Education Agency, Texas | General Land Office, Texas | Higher education | Highway Department, Texas State | Investment of public funds | Juvenile detention facilities | Legislative staff | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Office of the Governor | Prairie View A&M University | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Quarantines | Rabies | Railroad Commission of Texas | Sam Houston State University | Secretary of State, Texas | State agencies | State agency budgets | State land | State purchasing | Tarleton State University | Tax administration | Teacher training | Texas A&M University | Texas A&M University - Commerce | Texas State University | Texas Woman's University | Treasury Department, Texas State | University of North Texas at Denton | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas at El Paso | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | West Texas A&M University |
Library Call Number:	L1836.35 In8r / H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., 4th C.S. 228 (1918)
Session:	35th R.S. (1917)
Online version:	View report [58 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	To make a through investigation into the affairs of all departments of the state and every state institution. *
Committee:	Joint General Land Office, Joint Committee to investigate the
Title:	Investigation of the Land Commissioner
Library Catalog Title:	Report of Special Joint Committee to Investigate Certain Charges Against the Land Commissioner.
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | Land Commissioner | State land |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 23rd Leg., R.S. 707 (1893)
Session:	23rd R.S. (1893)
Online version:	View report [4 pages  File size: 207 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate the charges made about the General Land Office regarding the official conduct of the Land Commissioner McGaughey.
Committee:	Joint Deficiency in Public School Fund and Delay in Payments of Interest on Land Notes
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	School finance | State land |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 20th Leg., R.S. 544 (1887)
Session:	20th R.S. (1887)
Online version:	View report [3 pages  File size: 103 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Ascertain how much and what of the interest on demands growing out of the sale of public free school lands under the acts of the Legislature of 1879 and 1881 is unpaid.
Committee:	House Judge Frank Willis, Investigation of Charges
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	State land | Willis, Frank |
Library Call Number:	LRL
Session:	20th R.S. (1887)
Online version:	View report [17 pages  File size: 1,341 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate the charges against Judge Frank Willis.
Committee:	Senate W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	General Land Office, Texas | State land | Walsh, W.C. |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 19th Leg., R.S. 256 (1885)
Session:	19th R.S. (1885)
Online version:	View report [4 pages  File size: 224 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate the charges made against W.C. Walsh, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and make a report. *
Committee:	House Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine
Title:	Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices
Library Catalog Title:	[Report].
Subjects:	Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Property taxes | State land | Tax administration | Treasury Department, Texas State |
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 16th Leg., R.S. 425 (1879)
Session:	16th R.S. (1879)
Online version:	View report [7 pages  File size: 319 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Examine the books in both departments and report the condition of the business in the department. *
Committee:	Senate Public Lands
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report
Subjects:	State land |
Library Call Number:	S.J. of Tex., 8th Leg., Adj. 133 (1861)
Session:	8th R.S. (1859)
Online version:	View report [2 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Report on propriety of placing on the market the alternate sections of land, reserved by the state out of the lands surveyed by the different railroad companies chartered by the state. *

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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