1. Summary of Senate Committee Substitute for House Bill 1: 2020-21 Biennium
By Legislative Budget Board
Presents an overview of the General Appropriations Bill. Provides the total appropriations for the 2020–21 biennium by each method of finance for each article in the bill compared to the 2018–19 biennium. Highlights major funding items, significant policy, and fiscal issues. Addresses constitutional spending limits, the Rainy Day Fund, and the Texas Economic Outlook. Includes article specific chapters, bill comparisons, and a reader's guide to the General Appropriations Bill.
Legislative Budget Board, 2019. 134 pages.
Online at: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Documents/Appropriations_Bills/86/Senate/5768_Summary_Senate_Committee_Substitute_House_Bill_1_86.pdf
L1300.8 B859 2020_21SS


 

2. Summary of House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1: 2020-21 Biennium
By Legislative Budget Board
Presents an overview of the General Appropriations Bill. Provides the total appropriations for the 2020–21 biennium by each method of finance for each article in the bill compared to the 2018–19 biennium. Highlights major funding items, significant policy, and fiscal issues. Addresses constitutional spending limits, the Rainy Day Fund, and the Texas Economic Outlook. Includes article specific chapters, bill comparisons, and a reader's guide to the General Appropriations Bill.
Legislative Budget Board, 2019. 140 pages.
Online at: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Documents/Appropriations_Bills/86/House/5692_Bill_Summary_House_Committee.pdf
L1300.8 B859 2020_21SH


 

3. CSHB 1, the House Appropriations Committee's Proposed Budget for Fiscal 2020-21
By House Research Organization
Provides an overview of the proposed state budget and of each article of CSHB 1. Highlights significant budget issues, including proposals for funding individual agencies and programs.
House Research Organization, 2019. 40 pages.
Online at: https://hro.house.texas.gov/pdf/focus/2019CSHB_1.pdf
L1801.9 ST94 86F-2


 

4. Women's Suffrage in Texas: Struggle, the Story: Successes, Notable Firsts: Senators, Women of the Texas Senate
By Texas Senate
Presents the achievements of women in Texas in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. Describes the struggle for suffrage and the legislative efforts to achieve enfranchisement for women. Provides brief biographies of significant women in Texas, including former and current Texas Senators. Notes that since the first woman was elected to a statewide office a century ago, Texas women have served at every level of state and local government - currently there are 33 women in the Texas House of Representatives and 9 in the Texas Senate.
Texas Senate, 2019. 63 pages.
L1803.8 W842 2019


 

5. Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
By Christof Spieler
Offers a roadmap for building effective public transit. Compares 47 metropolitan areas in the U.S. that have rail transit or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), using data, photos, and maps. Ranks best and worst systems and offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. Includes discussion of transit systems in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.
Island Press, 2018. 251 pages.
388.4 SP44T 2018


 

6. Where is Sam Houston Buried?: A Tour of the Graves of the Governors of Texas
By John Swearingen
Reports on the burial location of each governor of Texas from James P. Henderson to Ann Richards. Profiles each governor in a one-page entry that includes a portrait of the governor, photograph of the gravesite, and brief facts about the governor's life and career.
2015. 56 pages.
923.2 SW31W 2015