Box

International Bridges, Governor's Economic Package, and General State Development Files

• 1984-1990 (Creation)

53 folders

International Bridges
2/1: Los Indios Bridge, 1987-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, resolutions, agendas, and brief reports

2/2: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1987-1990
Correspondence and brief reports

2/3: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1984
Economic Feasibility Study

2/4: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1989
Engineering Feasibility Study of a Third Reynosa International Bridge [English language version]

2/5: Bridge at Pharr, Texas, 1989
Engineering Feasibility Study of a Third Reynosa International Bridge [Spanish language version]

2/6: Roma Bridge, 1988
Correspondence about dismantling the suspension bridge connecting Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas and Roma, Texas

2/7: Zaragosa/Ysleta Bridge, El Paso, Texas/Chihuahua, Mexico, 1988-1990
Correspondence, memos, notes, clippings, brief reports, drawings, and maps

Governor's Economic Package
2/8: Economic Development Proposals, 1989
Brief reports titled Economic Development Proposals and Texas Jobs and Opportunity Blueprint and press release

2/9: HB 112, Sales and Use Tax, 1988-1989
Two versions of the bill, memo about holding a public signing ceremony for the bill, and Governor Clements' remarks at the bill signing ceremony

2/10: HB 360, Workforce Development Incentive
Copy of the bill and memo

2/11: HB 362, Product Development, 1989
Two versions of the bill, memos, list of potential witnesses to testify on the bill, and Senate committee report on the bill

2/12: HB 369, Texas Exporters Loan Fund, 1989
Three versions of the bill, memos, clippings, preliminary bill analysis, list of letters of endorsement for the bill, and Senate committee report on the bill

2/13: HB 438, Rural Economic Development Commission, 1989
Four versions of the bill, preliminary analysis of the bill, and House and Senate Committee reports on the bill

2/14: HB 613, Rural Economic Development Fund, 1989
Two versions of the bill, preliminary bill analysis, Senate Committee Report on the bill, memo, note, and comparison of this bill with SB 201

2/15: HJR 14, (Companion to SJR 11), Freeport Tax, 1989
Copy of the resolution, letters of support from a businessman and the Texas Department of Commerce, and an explanatory memo from the Texas Research League

2/16: SB 160, Rural Economic Development Commission, 1989
Copy of bill, list of possible witnesses, preliminary analysis, regular bill analysis, and memo on fiscal implications of the bill

2/17: SB 165, Texas Exporters Loan Fund, 1989
Two versions of the bill, copy of a substitute bill, preliminary analysis, regular bill analysis, memo on the economic impact of the bill, and list of letters of endorsement

2/18: SB 193, Workforce Development, 1989
Six versions of the bill, one amendment to the bill, House Committee report, bill analysis, fiscal note from the Legislative Budget Board, and list of firms and individuals contacted about the bill

2/19: SB 201, Rural Economic Development Fund
Two versions of the bill, one of which is a Senate Committee substitute, preliminary bill analysis, regular bill analysis, Senate Committee report on the bill, comparison of SB 201 with HB 613, and list of witnesses

2/20: SJR 11, Goods in Transit Tax Exemption, (Companion to HJR 14), 1989
Four versions of the bill two of which are committee substitutes, bill analysis, Legislative Budget Board fiscal note, memo, letter of support from the Texas Department of Commerce, and clipping

2/21: Enrolled Bills, Jobs Package
HB 4 relating to foreign offices of the department of commerce, HB 112 relating to the application of sales and use taxes to certain purchases of machinery, equipment, and related property used for manufacturing and other commercial purposes, HB 362 relating to the commercialization of new and improved products and creating the product commercialization fund, HB 369 relating to creation and operation of the Texas exporters loan fund, Senate committee amendment to HB 369, Senate floor amendment to HB 369, HB 438 relating to the Rural Economic Development Commission and recommendations for development and economic growth of rural areas and expanding agribusiness, HB 613 relating to the creation of the Texas rural economic development fund and assistance to rural Texas businesses and making an appropriation, House Committee substitute for HB 1803 relating to an office in the department of commerce responsible for collecting and disseminating information relating to certain grants, HB 1860 relating to the issuance of bonds and for state financing of the development and production of Texas products and businesses, HB 2674 relating to the designation of the week of May 22through May 26 as "International Trade Awareness Week," HB 2803 relating to the creation of the Texas business enhancement fund and the economic development of the state, HB 3192 relating to the authority of a municipality to engage in economic development programs, HJR 51 proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds and state financing of development and production of Texas products and businesses, Senate floor amendment to HJR 51 relating to bonds for agricultural business, SB 693 relating to the manner in which certain businesses may claim a sales and use tax exemption for exported items, SB 1030 relating to the establishment of a method to explore possibilities for compact agreements regarding trade and other matters with the bordering states of Mexico, and SJR 11 proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the exemption from ad valorem taxation certain personal property temporarily in the state for certain purposes

General State Development Files
2/22: Debt Management Training Program
Memos regarding the development of a program for farmers by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service using the Job Training Partnership [JTPA] Wagner-Peyser 7(b) funds

2/23: Edgewood vs. Kirby, 1990
Press releases, text of Associated Press story by Peggy Fikac, clippings, judgment of the 250th Judicial District Court in Travis County, and opinion of the Texas Supreme Court ruling unconstitutional the system of financing public education in Texas

2/24: Galveston Bay Oil Spill, 1990
Memo, press release, and clippings

2/25: Higher Education Legislation--Border Tuition, 1987
Copy of HB2181 relating to high education, including the responsibilities, roles, funding, and management of public agencies and institutions in higher education. Section 54-060 granted in-state tuition to students from states and nations bordering Texas who registered in a junior college in any Texas public junior college situated in a county immediately adjacent to the state or nation in which the nonresident student lived

2/26: Tax Reform: Memos, 1987-1989
Newsletters of the Texas Association of Taxpayers, Texas Research League, and National Governors' Association; brief report on tax increase facts, statement if tax increase issues of Florence Shapiro of Plano and an officer of the Texas Municipal League, and a report titled A Guide to the Comptroller' Revised Tax Plan

2/27: Tax Reform, Senate Briefing Package, 1987
Fifteen of sixteen documents that include brief reports and speeches on this issue

2/28: Tax Reform, Senate Briefing Package, 1987
Document sixteen, a draft of an unnumbered bill being the Comptroller's proposed tax reform legislation

2/29: Texas Innovation Information Network System [TIINS], 1988-1989 & 1988-1990
List of industry contributors, letters to members of the appropriations joint committee, and business plans

2/30: Texas Innovation Information Network System [TIINS], 1987-1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, articles of incorporation, proposals, brochure, articles, and copies of SB 776 and a part of HB 4 relating to TINNS

2/31: Texas Municipal League, 1986-1989
Letter, note, clipping, list of bills supported and opposed by, and magazine

2/32: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, 1987-1988
Correspondence, memos, notes, lists of team and committee members, and brief reports on technology transfer

2/33: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, Clippings, 1987-1988

2/34: Texas Research and Technology Foundation, 1986
Summary document on research concerning Transfer of Technology in the U. S. and Other Countries

2/35: Texas Research League, 1985-1990
Publications, Newsletter titled Analysis, Scattered issues

2/36: Texas Research League, 1987-1990
Publications, Scattered issues of its Bulletin on Texas State Finance, and a copy of Achieve! An Update on Student Retention Issues

2/37: Texas Research League, 1986-1989
Publications, Annual Reports

2/38: Texas Research League, 1985-1986
Publications, Report titled Appraisal Practices and Tax Burdens Texas Local Governments

2/39: Texas Research League, 1988-1989
Publications, Report titled Bench Marks, School District Budgets in Texas

2/40: Texas Research League, 1989-1990
Publications, Report titled Bench Marks, School District Budgets in Texas

2/41: Trucking Deregulation
Letters, draft of an act relating to the definition of commercial motor vehicle, proposal for a decision on the application of five companies to transport general commodities in volume or truckload quantities throughout Texas, a brief point-counterpoint report on trucking deregulation, newsletters of the National Governors' Association, and a staff report of the Transportation Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the House Business and Commerce Committee

2/42: Trucking Deregulation, 1987
Report titled Transportation and Economic Development: the Case for Reform of Trucking Regulation in Texas by Robert L. Weinstein and Harold T. Gross at the center for Enterprising at Southern Methodist University

2/43: Welfare Reform, Federal, 1987-1988
Letters, memos, notes, brochure, analysis reports, and miscellaneous other reports on the topic

2/44: Welfare Reform, Federal, 1987-1990
National Governors' Association Weekly Bulletins and Legisline, scattered issues on the topic

2/45: Workers' Compensation, January 1989
Letters, memos, lists of bills, analysis of bills, written comments to the Joint Select Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance, charts for staff presentation to the Joint Select Committee, Remarks of Governor Clements at a workers' compensation rally in Dallas, and copy of HCR27 requesting the Joint Select Committee to file a complete report to the legislature

2/46: Workers' Compensation, 1987-1988
Information packet compiled by the Texas Association of Business including reports on the meetings of the Joint Select Committee, a report titled 1987 Analysis of Workers Compensation Laws, compilations of questions and answers about workers' compensation, list of members of the Joint Select Committee, and copies of the Texas Association of Business newsletter supplement Jobs for Texas Campaign Report

2/47: Workers' Compensation, 1987
Interim report of the House Select Interim Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance to the 70th Texas Legislature

2/48: Workers' Compensation, October 1988
Summary Research Papers of the Joint Select Committee on Workers' Compensation Insurance

2/49: Workers' Compensation, 1989
Texas Rate Filing Executive Summary, by the National Council on Compensation Insurance

2/50: Workers' Compensation, 1986
Initial Experiences with Competitive Rating, a report by the U. S. General Accounting Office

2/51: Workers' Compensation, 1986
Report titled Issues Related to Legislative Evaluation and Oversight of State Workers' Compensation Programs by the State Government Issues and Organization Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures

2/52: Workers' Compensation, 1986-1987
Report titled Equity in Employment Security Financing Act with cover letter from the Governor of Illinois seeking Governor Clements' support for the reform of the financing of federally-funded, state-administered employment security programs

2/53: Workers' Compensation, 1984-1990
Miscellaneous newsletters, primarily of the Texas Association of Business and the Texas Research League and copies of articles from Texas Insurance and Washington Monthly