Texas Executive Branch
Governor's Office
This site provides access to the governor’s press releases and speeches, as
well as information regarding initiatives and appointments.
Lieutenant Governor's
Office
This page provides biographical and other information about the lieutenant
governor, including the duties of the office, with links to the lieutenant
governor’s press releases and speeches.
Secretary of State
This site provides access to on-line versions of the Texas Register, Texas
Administrative Code, and the Uniform Commercial Code, as well as access to
elections and voter registration data, the Texas Border and Mexican Affairs
Division, and business and nonprofit organization forms and the statutes that
create or affect such organizations.
Comptroller of Public Accounts
This site, which provides a fiscal overview of Texas government, contains
information about Texas taxes and revenue, the Texas economy, and the Texas
Performance Review. On-line periodicals include Fiscal Notes, Tax Policy News,
Texas Innovator, Statewise, and others.
General Land Office
This site offers information about the agency and updates on programs that it
oversees, such as Adopt-a-Beach, oil-spill prevention and response, alternative
fuels and alternative energy development, and various coastal preservation and
management programs. The site also provides information on state-owned
submerged lands through the agency's Energy Land and Lease Inventory System.
Attorney General's Office
This site provides access to attorney general opinions, letter opinions, open
records decisions, open records and open meetings handbooks, and press releases
of the attorney general.
Texas Legislative Branch
House of Representatives
This site includes information on house membership, committees, and calendars.
Committee information includes hearing schedules, audiovisual files of hearing
deliberations, and interim study assignments.
Speaker of the House
This site provides biographical and other information about the speaker and
about the powers and duties of the office.
Senate
This site provides information on senate membership, committees, and--during
the legislative session--agenda items, including gubernatorial nominations
awaiting senate confirmation. Committee information includes hearing schedules,
audiovisual files of hearing deliberations, and interim study assignments.
President of the Senate (Lieutenant
Governor’s Office)
This page provides biographical and other information about the lieutenant
governor, including the duties of the office, with links to the lieutenant
governor’s press releases and speeches.
Legislative Budget Board
This site offers a description of the board and its duties, member and staff
information, the calendar for schedules and hearings, and on-line LBB
documents, including the Texas Fact Book and the General Appropriations Act.
Legislative Reference Library
This site provides legislative information such as a list of all amendments to
the Texas Constitution and bills vetoed between 1895 and 2001; tables that
cross-reference chapters of session laws to bill number and vice versa; an
index to the sections of statutes affected by bills; the number of bills
introduced, passed, and vetoed; and interim committee charges and reports. It
also includes directions on how to compile legislative history.
State Auditor's Office
This site provides the text of reports released by the auditor since April
1996; an electronic hotline for reporting fraud, waste, or abuse at a Texas
state agency or college or university; manuals and guides relating to financial
statements, best practices, audits, bonds, and performance development reviews;
statistical and analytical tools; and more.
State Preservation Board
This board is the entity responsible for the preservation and maintenance of
the Texas Capitol and its grounds. This site provides related historical
information, visitor and tourist information, and a link to the Texas State
History Museum website.
Sunset Advisory Commission
This site lists schedules for current and future sunset reviews. It includes
recent sunset reports and self-evaluations by state agencies that are up for
review in the next sunset cycle. It also lists all agencies subject to sunset
review and gives each agency’s last and next sunset review dates.
Texas Legislative Council
This site describes the council’s legal, research, redistricting, information
systems, and other services in behalf of legislators. It includes various
council publications and gives procedures and price information for requests by
the public of certain legislative documents.
Texas Judicial Branch
Supreme Court
This site provides information about the justices; includes search capabilities
on case and attorney information from the Case Management System and full text
searches of orders and opinions; and offers automatic e-mail updates on case
status.
Court of Criminal Appeals
This site provides information about the court, the justices, and court
opinions and issues and includes a searchable appellate court index.
Texas Judiciary Online
This site provides information about the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals, and the appellate and district courts. It includes links
to the Office of Court Administration, certain municipal and county courts, and
numerous other judicial entities and information resources.