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29 Document(s) [ Subject: Water districts ]

• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 87th R.S. (2021)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Coastal barrier systems | Flood control | Groundwater | Groundwater pollution | Gulf Coast Protection District | Interbasin water transfers | Water desalination | Water districts | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  Description:

  [38 pages  File size: 2,424 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 87th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
     • SB 1160, 87th R.S., relating to the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District and providing the authority to issue bonds; and
     • SB 2185, 87th R.S., relating to restrictions on certain water improvement districts.
  2. Explore ways in which the state can further support the construction of a coastal barrier system.
  3. Examine the condition of Texas’ water and flood mitigation infrastructure capabilities and consider future infrastructure needs. Evaluate sustainable funding sources to provide for water project development and infrastructure repair and replacement. Examine and make recommendations for cost-effective improvements that enhance the state’s available water supply and improve the state's ability to desalinate seawater.
  4. Examine the state’s groundwater management policy and regulatory framework. Include a review of large-scale water transfers and their impact on groundwater resources. Make appropriate recommendations for legislation or state agency action to:
     • promote the achievement of planning goals under Chapter 36, Water Code, including those involving desired future conditions;
     • provide adequate transparency to the permit application process;
     • further the state's groundwater quality protection efforts, including an assessment of risks posed to groundwater by abandoned and deteriorated water wells and orphan oil and gas wells; and
     • promote conservation and waste prevention.

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• Committee:

  House Special Purpose Districts, 85th R.S. (2017)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Bond issues | Emergency management | Hurricane Harvey | Private activity bonds | Public improvement districts | Special taxing districts | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.85 Sp31

  Description:

  [75 pages]

  Charges:

  1. Evaluate the impact of Hurricane Harvey on residential communities within special purpose districts and districts' capacity to respond. Review the role and adequacy of the districts in emergency preparedness and response. Make recommendations for strengthening districts' emergency operations.
  2. Review the statutes and procedures related to state approval and oversight of water district bonds that finance utility, infrastructure, and other projects. Identify opportunities for improving the state's oversight of bond issuance and make recommendations for statutory changes.
  3. Investigate the feasibility of dissolving special purpose districts and determine if there are criteria that would make dissolution acceptable. Make recommendations for codifying the dissolution requirements and procedures.
  4. Identify best practices in the creation of municipal management districts. Study the feasibility of and make recommendations for creating standard language for the creation of municipal management districts through special law.
  5. Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature.

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• Committee:

  House Special Purpose Districts, Select, 81st R.S. (2009)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Special taxing districts | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.81 Sp31

  Description:

  [39 pages  File size: 1,241 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Review and make recommendations for improving public accountability and transparency in the governance and operation of special purpose districts with particular focus on water-related districts. In addition, the committee will study the effect multiple and overlapping special purpose districts have on taxpayers.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 79th R.S. (2005)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Environmental flows | Irrigation | Municipal utility districts | Soil erosion | Special utility districts | Wastewater management | Water conservation | Water districts | Water rights |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.79 N218h

  Description:

  [68 pages  File size: 8,003 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Explore the benefits and concerns associated with Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs), including as assessment of the appropriateness of granting districts the additional powers of other special districts. Evaluate the impact of MUDs on economic growth and development, as well as the overall tax implications, including and evaluation of the provision of municipal and county services on residents lining in MUDs. Review public disclosure and notification requirements associated with MUDs, as well as bonding authority of some districts.
  2. Consider the potential for increased outdoor water savings through landscape water conservation, including irrigation audit requirements, turf replacement programs, and the provision of certain landscape options for prospective home buyers.
  3. Examine state wastewater re-use policies, including an assessment of potential changes or clarifications to the Texas Water Code.
  4. Continue the study of the Commission on Water for Environmental Flows, and further evaluate options for providing adequate environmental flows.
  5. Determine if a new comprehensive water conservation program is needed within the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, focusing on water conservation and water supply enhancement. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock)

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• Committee:

  Senate Intergovernmental Relations, 77th R.S. (2001)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Building codes | Construction codes | County development districts | County government | Emergency medical services | Fire prevention | Foreclosures | Homeowners' associations | Real estate development | Special taxing districts | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.77 l786

  Description:

  [231 pages  File size: 3,203 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the appropriateness of foreclosure and other powers granted to property owners' associations to enforce convenants.
  2. Examine current state law regarding the purposes, authority and duties of all special districts, including county development districts and fresh water supply districts. The Committee shall examine procedures by which districts are created and board members are selected, the authority to tax and issue bonds, and annexation and condemnation powers. The Committee shall assess the need for safeguards and accountability measures.
  3. Study the power of county officials to regulate growth and development in unincorporated areas, including housing development, subdivision regulation, water, and general health, welfare and safety. The Committee shall study county ordinance authority and shall assess the effects of HB 1445, 77th R.S., HB 3172, 77th R.S., and SB 873, 77th R.S..
  4. Study the availability and delivrey of fire prevention and emergency medical services across the state. The Committee shall assess variances in service delivery and make recommendations to improve services.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 75th R.S. (1997)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Concentrated animal feeding operations | Dams and levees | Groundwater | Groundwater conservation districts | Legislative process | Surface water pollution | Wastewater management | Water districts | Water quality management | Weather modification |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.75 n218h

  Description:

  [75 pages  File size: 3,487 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
  2. Study issues related to dam safety, including the condition of dams and the legal authority and financing necessary to make needed repairs.
  3. Monitor the implementation of HB 1542, 75th R.S., including the use and effectiveness of wastewater facility general permits and the potential for expanding the types and number of facilities that could be regulated by such permits.
  4. Evaluate the benefits of the House Rules requirement that a committee chair send certain bills and joint resolutions creating water districts to the Legislative Budget Board for a water development policy statement.
  5. Review the continued need for exemptions and exceptions to permitting found in Section 36.117, Texas Water code, and potential impacts on groundwater supplies and groundwater conservation districts.
  6. Study the success of rainfall enhancement programs in Texas and evaluate the role of the state's participation in such weather modification efforts.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 72nd R.S. (1991)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Edwards Aquifer | Edwards Aquifer Authority | Groundwater | Petroleum storage tanks | Solid waste disposal | Special taxing districts | Water districts | Water planning | Water quality management | Water supplies | Water wells |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.72 n219h

  Description:

  [80 pages  File size: 3,830 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd Regular and Special Called Session that was considered by the Natural Resources Committee; Performance Audit Review Recommendations; and any agency-initiated changes.
  2. Continue studies on the regulation and protection of the Edwards Aquifer, including but not limited to: A. Examining implications of future legal judgements to be entered regarding the Edwards; B. Searching for an equitable solution for all regional interest, including downstream users of the Edwards; C. Studying ways to create a high quality and dependable water source for San Antonio and surrounding areas; D. Looking at possibility of a mandatory region-wide uniform conservation program/voluntary demand reduction program.
  3. Continue work on the revision of the Water Code.
  4. Investigate the best methods for financing water quality initiatives and other environmental protection programs. Include studying cost of environmental programs in terms of property taxes, fees or economic development.
  5. Study the creation and role of solid waste management districts.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 71st R.S. (1989)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Border health | Colonias | Drinking water | Outdoor recreation | Property rights | Real estate development | Rio Grande River | Rio Grande Valley | Rivers | Statutory revision | Wastewater management | Water Commission, Texas | Water districts | Water planning | Water rights | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.71 n219h

  Description:

  [33 pages  File size: 1,633 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To study the transfer of water rights from irrigation districts to municipalities in South Texas.
  2. To study the categories, powers and duties of water and wastewater districts created under the Texas Water Code or by other statutes, including the procedures for the creation of such districts.
  3. To study the relationships and coordination between the Texas Water Commission and local water authorities, including the effect of the current institutional structure on the achievement of water policy goals.
  4. To study current efforts to provide and finance water and wastewater services to the colonias.
  5. To study the rights of property owners along rivers and streams.
  6. To study the recodification of the Texas Water Codes.

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• Committee:

  Joint Water District and River Authority, 69th R.S. (1985)

  Title:

  Interim Report - Volume I

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  River authorities | Water districts | Water planning |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.69 w291r 1

  Description:

  [142 pages  File size: 4,285 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To study the various water districts and river authorities created under the Texas Constitution to determine if their powers and duties are appropriate for the management of the state's water resources and to determine if the state's role relative to the creation and operation of these authorities should be changed.
  2. The report should include findings and supporting data relating to whether the legislature should make water districts and river authorities more accountable to the state, and if the state should be more involved in the creation and operation of these authorities.

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• Committee:

  Joint Water District and River Authority, 69th R.S. (1985)

  Title:

  Interim Report - Volume II

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  River authorities | Water districts | Water planning |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.69 w291r 2

  Description:

  [552 pages  File size: 27,623 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To study the various water districts and river authorities created under the Texas Constitution to determine if their powers and duties are appropriate for the management of the state's water resources and to determine if the state's role relative to the creation and operation of these authorities should be changed.
  2. The report should include findings and supporting data relating to whether the legislature should make water districts and river authorities more accountable to the state, and if the state should be more involved in the creation and operation of these authorities.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 68th R.S. (1983)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Flooding | Groundwater | Special taxing districts | Surface water | Water conservation | Water districts | Water policy | Water quality management | Water rights | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.68 n219h

  Description:

  [35 pages  File size: 1,065 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 23.
  2. To investigate and determine the advisability and constitutionality of enacting a single statute authorizing governing body members of conservation and reclamation districts created by special legislation to serve up to four year terms.
  3. To investigate and monitor all efforts being made in Texas with regard to, and determine the potential for, increased ground water production and supplies through enhanced recovery methods.
  4. To investigate the need to enact legislation relating to surface water rights.
  5. To assist the House-Senate Joint Committee on Water Resources in its study of Texas water problems.
  6. To assess and investigate the need for state action to ensure the future environmental quality of Clear Lake and to preserve the sensitive ecosystems of said Lake.
  7. To investigate and identify appropriate and workable state responses to the problem of non-localized flooding.
  8. To investigate and recommend legislation for management of ground water.

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• Committee:

  House Rural Water Cooperatives, House Joint, 67th R.S. (1981)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Water districts | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.67 r88w

  Description:

  [129 pages  File size: 4,500 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigate the problems of funding, service and financing of rural water cooperatives, report findings and make recommendations to the 68th Legislature. Specifically, the Committee is asked to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of designating rural water cooperatives as special utility districts.

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• Committee:

  House Intergovernmental Affairs, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  County budgets | County government | County sheriffs | Disaster relief | District attorneys | District courts | Emergency management | Extraterritorial jurisdiction | Hospital districts | Indigent health care | Judicial interpretation of legislation | Liability | Municipal utility districts | Municipalities | Natural disasters | Security guards | Sovereign immunity | State Property Tax Board | Tax Assessor Examiners, Board of | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 in8

  Description:

  [78 pages  File size: 2,110 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Oversight functions shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 66th Regular Session of the Legislature. The agencies include: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations Texas Assessor Examiners State Property Tax Board (School Tax Assessment Practices Board)
  2. Review the legal status and effects of validation acts.
  3. Review the status of hospital districts in Texas created by general and special law, including processes of petition, election, funding and administration.
  4. Review the particular problems encountered by hospital districts which are required to treat large numbers of indigent patients or districts which support medical schools or teaching hospitals. Make recommendations regarding funding for indigent health care and residency programs. *
  5. Review county bidding, contracting and purchasing procedures.
  6. Determine the costs to counties caused by the district judicial and administrative system of Texas.
  7. Study risk management of elected and appointed officials of local government.
  8. Study the legal relationships between utility districts and cities' extraterritorial jurisdiction when the two units overlap.
  9. Determine the status of reserve deputy sheriffs in Texas with particular attention to the question of employment and compensation for work involving private security.
  10. Evaluate the adequacy of the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 to determine if more state effort is needed to assist local governments in disaster relief, cleanup operations, and evacuation planning and machinery.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Environmental permits | Statutory revision | Water districts | Water Resources, Texas Department of |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 n219

  Description:

  [68 pages  File size: 2,083 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Review the water code and other related statutes as to their conformity with the content and intent of the legislation which was enacted to merge the water-related agencies.
  2. Determine the means by which the Department of Water Resources can more expeditiously grant permits for water quality and quantity.
  3. Study the feasibility of requiring a format to be used for creating special legislative districts.
  4. Continue a close observation of the merger of water-related agencies under the Department of Water Resources to insure full implementation before the convening of the 67th Regular Session of the Legislature.

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• Committee:

  House Natural Resources, 64th R.S. (1975)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Edwards Aquifer | Groundwater | Rule of capture | San Antonio, Texas | Water conservation | Water desalination | Water Development Board, Texas | Water districts | Water marketing | Water planning | Water Quality Board, Texas | Water rights | Water Rights Commisssion, Texas | Water supplies | Weather modification |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.64 n219

  Description:

  [60 pages  File size: 1,912 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study resouce depletion and the need for water within the state.
  2. Study underground water laws as they relate to withdrawal and sale.
  3. Review water rights adjudication act procedures.
  4. Consider the need for revision in the laws governing groundwater districts, levee improvement districts, water control and improvement districts and irrigation districts.
  5. Study San Antonio Water Supply problems.
  6. Consider the possibility of amalgamating the water agencies.

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• Committee:

  House Water Study, Interim, 63rd R.S. (1973)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Statutory revision | Water districts | Water planning | Water rights |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.63 w2982

  Description:

  [212 pages  File size: 7,631 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Conduct a thorough study of the feasibility and desirability of reorganization of the statutes relating to the creation and operation of water districts in the State of Texas.
  2. Look into all aspects of water development and related statutes, including but not limited to water district laws and activities, water development and related laws, water conservation and related laws, and the water agencies, their activities and related statutes.

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• Committee:

  House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim, 63rd R.S. (1973)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Municipal utility districts | Real estate development | Sewer service | Water districts | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.63 w298

  Description:

  [100 pages  File size: 4,354 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the use of regional and area-wide systems and special districts to supply water service and drainage facilities and to provide sewage and waste disposal outside and within metropolitan areas and to examine the effect of existing legislation enacted by previous legislatures to determine the effectiveness of the laws in dealing with the know problems and to develop a uniform plan or policy for use fo these systems and districts.

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• Committee:

  House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim, 63rd R.S. (1973)

  Title:

  Water supply and waste disposal in metropolitan areas.

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.63 w2982

  Description:

  [0 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas, Interim, 63rd R.S. (1973)

  Title:

  Testimony of Rep. Carlos F. Truan before the House Special Interim Committee on Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Metropolitan Areas

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.63 w298t

  Description:

  [30 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Water Districts, Interim, 62nd R.S. (1971)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.62 w291

  Description:

  [12 pages  File size: 421 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Consider whether the passage of water district legislation during the 61st and 62nd Sessions of the Legislature was in the public interest, whether appropriate controls should be exercised over the passage of any such future legislation, and if so, what those controls should be.

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• Committee:

  House Local Water Districts, 56th R.S. (1959)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Statutory revision | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  H.J. of Tex., 56th Leg., R.S. 290 (1961)

  Description:

  [3 pages  File size: 140 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Resolved, By the House of Representatives: Section 1. That an interim committee to codify the laws covering local water districts be, and the same is hereby authorized and provided to consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Speaker. The committee shall promulgate its own rules and regulations governing the operations of the committee. Section 2. The committee shall make such reports to the members of the 56th Legislature and to the 57th Legislature as it may deem necessary and appropriate.

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Report Final

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Electric utilities | Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority | Lower Colorado River Authority | Property taxes | San Antonio, Texas | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 IN8HS 1945 / H.J. of Tex., 49th Leg. R.S. 122 (1945)

  Description:

  [11 pages  File size: 679 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigate the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
  2. Determine the approximate amount of loss in taxes to the State of Texas and its political subdivisions by reason of the recent acquisition of the properties mentioned in said resolution [H.S.R. 54] and by ownership of similar property by other conservation districts in this state.

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Report preliminary

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Electric utilities | Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority | Lower Colorado River Authority | Property taxes | San Antonio, Texas | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  H.J. of Tex., 48th Leg. 805 (1943)

  Description:

  [10 pages  File size: 454 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigate the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
  2. Determine the approximate amount of loss in taxes to the State of Texas and its political subdivisions by reason of the recent acquisition of the properties mentioned in said resolution [H.S.R. 54] and by ownership of similar property by other conservation districts in this state.

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Electric utilities | Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority | Lower Colorado River Authority | Property taxes | San Antonio, Texas | Water districts |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 In8hs / H.J. of Tex., 48th Leg. 1824 (1943)

  Description:

  [9 pages  File size: 519 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Investigate the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
  2. Determine the approximate amount of loss in taxes to the State of Texas and its political subdivisions by reason of the recent acquisition of the properties mentioned in said resolution [H.S.R. 54] and by ownership of similar property by other conservation districts in this state.

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Exhibit 6, In the Supreme Court of Texas : Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Relator, v. Gerald C. Mann, Attorney General of Texas, Respondent : Motion for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, and Supporting Argument.

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 IN8HSE 6

  Description:

  [187 pages  File size: 65,431 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Exhibits 1-50 (Excepting 6), Including Correspondence, Contracts, Attorney General Opinion, Statements of Max Starcke, A.J. Wirtz, and W.B. Tuttle [Transcript], and Related Documents

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 IN8HSE

  Description:

  [268 pages  File size: 114,101 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  In the District Court, 73rd Judicial District, Bexar County, Texas : W.B. Tuttle ... [et al.] vs. City of San Antonio, Texas, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, and Lower Colorado River Authority : Court Reporters Q. and A. and Statement of Facts

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 IN8HSQ

  Description:

  [64 pages  File size: 26,939 kb]

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Report - Ghost of the Guadalupe

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 SA51G

  Description:

  [0 pages]

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• Committee:

  House Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, and City of San Antonio, Investigation, Special, 48th R.S. (1943)

  Title:

  Transcript, San Antonio Testimony, February 15-April 23, 1943

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.48 INHST P. 1-500, 501-1001, 1002-1242

  Description:

  [1242 pages  File size: 655,939 kb]

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