1. Texas Rules of Form: The Green Book
By University of Texas School of Law
Clarifies how to cite legal authorities unique to Texas. Includes formatting guidance for bills & resolutions, fiscal notes & bill analyses, committee minutes, testimony, debates, House & Senate journals, House & Senate rules, veto messages, and statutes.
Texas Law Review, 2018. 150 pages.
340.03 T313 2018


 

2. Texas Legislative Law Handbook
By Kevin C. Stewart and Andrew Cates
Provides guidance on how to navigate the legislative process in Texas. Includes chapters on statutory interpretation, administrative law, principles relating to points of order as well as campaign and ethics law. Features appendices with drafting and bill-scrubbing checklists, a rule referencing list, and vote requirements of each chamber.
The Law Offices of Kevin C. Stewart, 2018. 270 pages.
328.764 ST49T 2018


 

3. Texas House Practice
By Hugh L. Brady, ed.
Addresses the standing rules and precedents of the Texas House of Representatives for the 85th Legislature. Includes practice notes, congressional rules and precedents, and references to provisions of the Texas Constitution and laws, Texas Attorney General opinions, and court decisions.
Talbot Publishers, 2017. 415 pages.
328.764 T313H 2017


 

4. Texas Senate Practice
By Hugh L. Brady and Ross O. Peavey, editors
Addresses the standing rules and precedents of the Texas Senate for the 85th Legislature. Includes practice notes, congressional rules and precedents, and references to provisions of the Texas Constitution and laws, Texas Attorney General opinions, and court decisions.
Talbot Publishers, 2017. 209 pages.
328.764 T313S 2017


 

5. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
By National Conference of State Legislatures
Provides information on legislative procedure in a parliamentary manual designed specifically for state legislatures. Addresses problems and concepts in the contexts that occur most often in legislative bodies. Notes this manual is used by more than 70 percent of the nation’s legislatures.
National Conference of State Legislatures, 2010. 752 pages.
328.735 M381 2010


 

6. Metaphors Be With You: An A-To-Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations
By Mardy Grothe
Presents a compendium of metaphorical quotations representing "the very best things that have ever been said" about 250 topics including literature, politics, philosophy, religion, and history. Organizes the quotations by topic and uses QR Codes to link each of the topics covered in the book to its corresponding section in an online database of more than 25,000 metaphorical quotations. Notes that source information for the quotations is not provided in the book, but citations for the quotations - and much more - can be found in the online database.
Harper, 2016. 478 pages.
Online at: http://www.drmardy.com/dmdmq/
808.882 G915M 2016