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Committee: House County Affairs
Title: Interim report
Library Catalog Title: Interim report to the 72nd Texas Legislature / Committee on County Affairs.
Subjects: Amarillo, Texas | Boating | County budgets | County roads | District courts | Indigent health care | Motor fuels taxes | Parks and Wildlife, Texas Department of | Potter County | Randall County | State mandates | Tax assessor-collectors |
Library Call Number: L1836.71 c832
Session: 71st R.S. (1989)
Online version: View report [25 pages  File size: 758 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 6.
2. To study the imposition of a county gasoline tax dedicated to the construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges.
3. To study the need for additional revenue measures for county criminal justice programs.
4. To study the effect of the County Indigent Health Care program on the county budget.
5. To study the effect of state mandated programs on rollback limits.
6. To study the registration of boats and the county tax assessor-collector's role in the process.
7. To study the possible consolidation of certain contiguous counties.
Committee: House General Investigating Committee
Title: Interim Report - Marshall, Willacy County, and Potter-Randall County investigations.
Library Catalog Title: Report to the House of Representatives of the 57th Legislature of Texas : Marshall investigation, Willacy county investigation, Potter-Randall county
Subjects: Civil rights | Marshall, Texas | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Potter County | Public demonstrations | Racial discrimination | Randall County | Willacy County |
Library Call Number: L1801.9 IN8 56 v.3
Session: 56th R.S. (1959)
Online version: View report [137 pages  File size: 6,997 kb]
Charges: This report should address the charges below.
1. Investigate the sit-ins and demonstrations in Marshall in March and April of 1960. *
2. Determine whether or nor international, national or other outside influences or pressures are being used, or have been used, within the State of Texas for the purpose of violating property rights, fomenting disturbances of the peace and conducting economic boycotts against local business enterprises
3. To determine whether boycott activities of a direct or secondary nature are being conducted.
4. Determine whether or not a conspiracy composed of Communist-front organizations and other undesirable elements exists for the purpose of teaching and promoting persons to violate property rights through mass demonstrations, boycotts and other undesirable tactics.
5. Determine whether facilities supported by funds from public tax sources, and by funds from public solicitations and drives for school construction and operation, and tax-exempt facilities, have been used to aid and abet such a conspiracy for agitation.
6. Determine whether or not the permanent injunction issued by the 7th Judicial Court of Smith County against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is being violated.
7. Determine the effect of deliberate economic and racial agitation in the State of Texas and to recommend legislation aimed at strengthening the ability of the State of Texas to maintain the harmonious and peaceful relationship between races which has existed for so many years in this State.
8. Investigate charges of carelessness, negligence and mismangement in the operation of the Willacy County Navigation District. *
9. Investigate the breakdown of local law enforcement in Potter and Randall counties.
10. Initiate and continue any and all inquiries and hearings into matters pertaining to the State Government and any units or subdivisions within the State of Texas, and all other matters considered by said committee to be needed for the information of the Legislature and for the welfare and protection of the citizens of this state.

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

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