TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Agency History
Scope and Contents of the Records
Organization of the Records
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Meeting minutes,
1977-2005,
Self-evaluation reports and decision materials,
1977-1994,
Sunrise process files,
1982-1991,
bulk 1987-1989,
Director's correspondence,
1985-1989,
1997-2001,
Commission appointments,
1983-2005,
Budget requests,
1993-1994,
1996,
Special legislative projects-final report,
1989,
Ad Hoc Study Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate
Recovery minutes,
1986-1988,
bulk 1988,
Transcripts,
1978,
1980,
Press releases,
1980-1995,
Across-the-board recommendations,
1983,
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Texas Sunset Advisory Commission:
An Inventory of Sunset Advisory Commission Records at the
Texas State Archives,
1977-2005
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Creator: |
Texas. Sunset Advisory
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Sunset Advisory Commission
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Abstract: |
The Texas Sunset
Advisory Commission reviews state agencies subject to the Texas Sunset Act to
determine if the agencies are providing necessary services in an effective
manner, and if the agencies or functions should be continued, abolished, or
modified. Records of the commission are meeting minutes, agenda, voting sheets,
roll calls, lists of witnesses, decision materials, reports, correspondence,
memoranda, legislative bills, bill analyses, notes, charts, newsletters, press
releases, transcripts, recommendations, and budget requests of the commission,
1977-2005. |
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Quantity: |
17.75 cubic
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These materials are
written in English. |
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Texas State Archives |
The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission was created by the Texas Sunset
Act, Senate Bill 54, 65th Legislature, Regular Session, in 1977. The Sunset Act
is a comprehensive law that provides for automatic termination of state
agencies that have a date for review or abolishment set in statute. The act
forces the state government to evaluate its activities periodically and to
abolish, or to allow the "sun to set" on,
inefficient or unnecessary operations. Agencies subject to the act must
periodically prove to the legislature, through the commission's review process,
that they provide a necessary service in an effective manner. If the
legislature does not pass a law to recreate the agency before its expiration
date, the agency is abolished.
The Sunset Advisory Commission reviews all agencies scheduled for
termination in a particular year by gathering self-evaluation reports from the
agencies, conducting public hearings, and preparing reports to the legislature
with recommendations to continue or abolish the agencies. If the commission
recommends continuing an agency, it must also provide draft legislation that
continues the agency's operations and corrects any problems identified during
the review.
The statute sets specific time frames for the review process and lists
thirteen criteria for determining whether a need for the agency exists. Both
the agency's self-evaluation report to the commission and the commission's
final report to the legislature must address each of these criteria. The
criteria include the agency's efficiency of operation, the extent to which
statutory objectives have been achieved, the extent to which existing advisory
committees are needed and used, the extent of duplication or overlapping
jurisdictions and possibilities for consolidation with other agencies, and an
assessment of whether the agency has recommended statutory changes that benefit
the general public rather than the regulated entity. Other criteria include the
promptness and effectiveness with which the agency handles complaints, the
extent to which the agency has encouraged participation by the public, the
extent of compliance with federal and state requirements regarding equality of
employment opportunity and the rights and privacy of individuals, compliance
with the Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act, and the degree to which
the agency conforms to its six-year strategic plan.
The commission's report on an agency must include a recommendation to
abolish or continue the agency and may also contain recommendations to correct
problems identified during the review. The statute requires the commission to
follow-up on agencies that were continued after sunset review to determine
whether they have implemented any recommended changes. The commission may also
expand the scope of sunset review to include agencies not under review that
overlap or duplicate the programs of the agency being reviewed.
In 1985, House Bill 1583, 69th Legislature, Regular Session, was
enacted, requiring the commission to comment on the proposed creation of
regulatory agencies or advisory committees. In this "sunrise" process, the commission reviews proposed
legislation creating new agencies and sends a written response to the bill's
author and to the chair of the committee hearing the bill.
The policy-making body of the agency is a ten-member commission.
Membership of the commission consists of four state senators and one public
member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and four members of the House of
Representatives and one public member appointed by the Speaker of the House.
Public members serve two-year terms, and legislative members serve four-year
terms staggered so that half the membership from each house expires every two
years.
The staff of the Sunset Advisory Commission is divided into three
sections: review projects, administrative services, and support projects. The
agency is administered through a director and an assistant director.
Governor William P. Clements established the Task Force on Public
Utility Regulation through Executive Order WPC-89-6 on July 25, 1989. The
Sunset Advisory Commission provided clerical support to the task force. This
staff support was outside the normal duties of the commission as defined by its
statutory authorization, V.T.C.A. Government Code, Chapter 325. A series of
public hearings were held by the task force, with assistance from Sunset
Advisory Commission staff, to receive comments from interests concerned with
public utility regulation. After the task force issued its final report, its
records remained at the offices of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery was
appointed March 24, 1988 by Representative Jack Vowell, chair of the Sunset
Advisory Commission, to examine the estate recovery policy for Medicaid
expenditures laid out in Senate Bill 298, 70th Legislature, 1987 (enacted in
response to Sunset staff recommendations in 1986), to determine whether it was
good public policy and benefited the state, and to develop specific
recommendations for rules or implementation for use by the Texas Department of
Human Services. The committee reported to the Sunset Advisory Commission in
June 1988.
(Sources include: the appraisal report prepared by State Archives
staff (February 1996, revised November 1999); Guide to Texas State Agencies,
11th ed. (2001); the agency's website,
http://www.sunset.state.tx.us/ (accessed June
2006); and contents of the records.)
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The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission reviews state agencies subject to
the Texas Sunset Act to determine if the agencies are providing necessary
services in an effective manner, and if the agencies or functions should be
continued, abolished, or modified. Records of the commission are meeting
minutes, agenda, voting sheets, roll calls, lists of witnesses, decision
materials, reports, correspondence, memoranda, legislative bills, bill
analyses, notes, charts, newsletters, press releases, transcripts,
recommendations, and budget requests of the commission, 1977-2005. Summary
documentation of the agency can be found in the series of meeting minutes and
agenda. The decision material series documents the decisions made by
commissioners to accept or reject recommendations concerning a state agency
made by the public and commission staff. Self-evaluation reports are compiled
by each state agency under sunset review and contain an overview of the
agency's background and policy issues. The sunrise process files provide staff
analysis regarding the need for new regulatory agencies and advisory committees
as proposed by legislators. Director's correspondence documents the outgoing
communications of the executive director of the agency, especially with the
members of the Sunset Advisory Commission. Commission appointments provide
names and information for those individuals appointed to the commission by the
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House. The budget requests present the
proposed budget and request appropriations from the Legislature. The final
report of the Task Force on Public Utility Regulation provides summary
information concerning the involvement of the commission in carrying out the
duties of the task force. Minutes and related materials of the Commission's Ad
Hoc Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery examine the estate recovery
policy for Medicaid expenditures in Senate Bill 298, 70th Legislature and
recommend rules and guidelines for use by the Texas Department of Human
Services. Transcripts detail testimony from members of the public and staff of
agencies under review during the sunset review process. Press releases
publicize commission meetings and other activities. The Sunset Advisory
Commission uses across-the-board recommendations to improve consistency among
agencies' enabling statutes.
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Organization of the Records |
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These records are organized into 11 series (seven as received from the
commission in accordance with its retention schedule, the last four organized
by State Archives staff from materials received from the Legislative Reference
Library): |
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Meeting minutes, 1977-2005, 2 cubic ft. |
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Self-evaluation reports and decision materials, 1977-1994, 14
cubic ft. |
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Sunrise process files, 1982-1991, bulk 1987-1989, 1 cubic
ft. |
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Director's correspondence, 1985-1989, 1997-2001, 0.25 cubic
ft. |
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Commission appointments, 1983-2005, fractional |
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Budget requests, 1993-1994, 1996, fractional |
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Special legislative projects-final report, 1989,
fractional |
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Ad Hoc Study Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery
minutes, 1986-1988, bulk 1988, 0.2 cubic ft. |
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Transcripts, 1978, 1980, 0.2 cubic ft. |
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Press releases, 1980-1995, fractional |
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Across-the-board recommendations, 1983, fractional |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and
may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received
by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The
researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17
U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
None.
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The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records. |
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Subjects: |
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Sunset reviews of
government programs--Texas. |
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Administrative
agencies--Texas--Evaluation. |
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Document Types: |
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Reports--Texas--Sunset
reviews of government programs--1977-1994. |
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Minutes--Texas--Sunset
reviews of government programs--1977-2005. |
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Agendas--Texas--Sunset
reviews of government programs--1977-1999. |
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Testimony--Texas--Sunset
reviews of government programs--1978, 1980, 1982-1991. |
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Memorandums--Texas--Sunset
reviews of government programs--1982-1991. |
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Legislative
records--Texas--Sunset reviews of government programs--1982-1991 (bulk
1987-1989). |
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Correspondence--Texas--Sunset reviews of government
programs--1982-2001. |
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Press
releases--Texas--Sunset reviews of government programs--1980-1999. |
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Budgets--Texas--Sunset
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Functions: |
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Evaluating administrative
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The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive. |
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Texas State Archives |
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The following records have a significant
amount of material concerning the sunset review process and the Sunset Advisory
Commission at the Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. For records concerning sunset review of a
specific agency, see also the records of that agency. |
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Texas Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Records of William
Pettus Hobby, Jr., 1917, 1924, 1931, 1947, 1953-1990, undated (bulk 1968-1990),
445.53 cubic ft. |
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Texas Legislature, Senate, Committee on
State Affairs, Bill files and meeting files, 1983-1996, 46.5 cubic
ft. |
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Texas Health Facilities Commission, Sunset
review material, 1976, 1983-1985, 1 cubic ft. |
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Texas Indian Commission, Sunset Advisory
Commission, 1987-1989, 1.58 cubic ft. |
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Texas Department of Commerce, Records of the
sunset review, 1989-1993 (bulk 1991-1992), 2.7 cubic ft. |
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Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, Records of
Representative Fred M. Bosse, 1991, 1993, 1995-2002, undated (bulk 1997-2000),
7.47 cubic ft. |
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Texas Legislature, House of Representatives,
Records of Representative Layton Black, Legislative and research files,
1988-1996, 6 cubic ft. |
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Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, Records of
Representative Patricia Gray, 1991-1993, 1995-2002, undated (bulk 1995-2001),
16 cubic ft. |
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Texas Legislature, House of Representatives,
Committee on Government Organization, Records, 1989-1992, 5 cubic ft. |
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(Identify the item and cite the series), Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Accession numbers: 1997/083, 1998/028, 2000/049, 2000/063, 2000/066,
2002/057, 2002/073, 2002/149, 2003/197, 2004/167, 2006/359, 2006/373
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on February 21, 1997; October 21, 1997;
October 21, 1999; November 9, 1999; October 30, 2001; November 8, 2001; August
27, 2003; May 8, 2006; and June 6, 2006; by the Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission via the Texas Documents Collection, Texas State Library and Archives
Commission on November 4, 1999; and by the Legislative Reference Library on
July 15, 2002 and June 10, 2004.
Paul Beck, February 1998
Tonia J. Wood, November 1999, January 2002, June 2006
Texas State Archives staff completed an appraisal of Sunset Advisory
Commission records in February 1996. Fourteen series on the agency's retention
schedule were determined to be archival: Self-Evaluation Reports, Budget
Requests, Meeting Minutes, Organizational Charts, Sunrise Process, Commission
Appointments, Policies and Procedures Manual, Special Legislative
Projects--Final Report, Staff Reports, Final Report, Summary of Final Report,
Decision Material, Executive Director's Correspondence, and Strategic Plans.
The appraisal report was revised in November 1999 to eliminate strategic plans,
which the commission, as a legislative agency, does not create. The report is
available in the State Archives search room.
Four series received from the Legislative Reference Library have not
been appraised: Press releases, Ad Hoc Study Committee on Medicaid Liens and
Estate Recovery minutes, Transcripts, and Across-the-board recommendations.
Records are generally received biennially after each round of sunset
review.
Electronic copies of some Sunset Advisory Commission records,
including minutes, agenda, self-evaluation reports, staff reports, decision
material, guide to sunset process, final report, and summary of final report,
are available on
the commission's web site.
Minutes and agenda for the Sunset Advisory Commission are available at
the agency.
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Meeting minutes,
1977-2005,
2 cubic ft. |
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Meeting minutes document the meetings of the Sunset Advisory
Commission commissioners and their evaluation of state agencies undergoing
sunset review. These records include minutes, agenda, roll calls, lists of
witnesses, voting sheets, decision materials, agency background testimony,
public testimony summaries, Status Report on Combination Alternatives and
Diversion Alternatives, correspondence, summaries of sunset overview meetings,
issues and questions raised by Sunset Commission members, press releases, and a
resolution concerning the meetings of the commissioners of the Texas Sunset
Advisory Commission. Dates covered are 1977-2005. The major function of the
commissioners during their meetings is to evaluate the state agencies subject
to sunset review. To accomplish that, the commissioners consider the
recommendations in the Sunset Commission staff report regarding the future
functions and programs of an agency. The commissioners also review public
testimony and written responses to the recommendations in the staff report. The
commissioners then decide which recommendations to include in their final
report and present to the Legislature for approval. The minutes up until the
late 1980s included summaries of testimony from the state agencies and public
comments from interested groups and individuals on specific recommendations. In
recent years, however, the coverage of the minutes has decreased and the
summaries of testimony are no longer in the minutes. Decision materials were
filed with the minutes from 1982 to 1984. Later decision materials are located
in the series Self-evaluation reports and decision
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Minutes received from the Legislative Reference Library contain
some additional documents. Researchers should check each set of minutes. |
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Arrangement |
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Arrangement is chronological, with minutes received from the
agency grouped by legislative session, then by date of meeting as maintained by
and received from the agency. Volumes received from the Legislative Reference
Library have been added to the folder list by State Archives staff based on the
last meeting date in the volume. (Decision materials used by the commissioners
in acting upon staff recommendations were inter-filed with the minutes by
Sunset Commission staff from November 1982 through November 1984.) |
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(Identify the item), Meeting minutes, Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1998/028, 2000/049, 2002/057, 2002/149,
2003/197, 2004/167, 2006/359 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on October 21, 1997; October 21, 1999; October
30, 2001; August 27, 2003; and May 8, 2006; and by the Legislative Reference
Library on July 15, 2002 and June 10, 2004. |
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Tonia J. Wood, November 1999, January 2002, June 2006 |
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66th Legislature: |
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October 1977 - April
1978 |
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May - December
1978 |
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[Note: minutes missing for November
11, 1978; December 4, 1978; and December 15, 1978] |
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67th Legislature: |
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September 1979 - August
1980 |
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September - November 7,
1980 |
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November 21, 1980 -
December 1980 |
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68th Legislature: |
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August 1981 - August
1982 |
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October 1982 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Office of Interstate Oil Compact Commissioner for Texas,
Office of Interstate Mining Compact Commissioner for Texas, Council for Social
Work Certification, Advisory Council on Technical-Vocational Education, Office
of State-Federal Relations.] |
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November
1982 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: State Library and Archives Commission, Commission on Law
Enforcement Standards and Education, State Depository Board, State Banking
Board, Finance Commission, Savings and Loan Department, Banking Department,
Office of Consumer Credit, Credit Union Commission.] |
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December 1-3,
1982 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: State Depository Board, Texas Industrial Commission, Texas
Employment Commission, Texas Department of Community Affairs, Texas Energy and
Natural Resources Advisory Council, Railroad Commission, Public Utility
Commission, Industrial Accident Board, State Board of Insurance.] |
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December 16-17, 1982 -
January 4, 1983 |
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[Note: minutes missing for January 4,
1983] |
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69th Legislature: |
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August 1983 - June
1984 |
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August 6-8,
1984 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Office of State Entomologist, Office of State Forester,
State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Advisory Board of Occupational
Therapy, Department on Aging.] |
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September
1984 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Interstate River
Compacts; Veterans Land Board, Air Control Board, Parks and Wildlife
Department.] |
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October 3-4,
1984 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Coordinating Commission for State Health and Welfare
Services, Commission on Alcoholism, Rehabilitation Commission, Commission for
the Blind.] |
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October 29-30,
1984 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Commission on Alcoholism, Office of Interstate Compact on
Mental Health Administrator for Texas, Commission for the Deaf, Anatomical
Board, Coastal and Marine Council, Conservation Foundation, School Land Board,
Board for Lease of University Lands, Boards for Lease of State-Owned Lands,
Department of Water Resources, Department of Health, Air Control
Board.] |
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November
1984 |
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[Includes decision materials for the
following agencies: Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy, Prosecutor Council,
Health Facilities Commission.] |
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December
1984 |
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Sunset minutes,
1978-1984
[bound volume] |
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[Volume includes agenda, minutes, witness
lists, summaries of staff reports, decision and voting sheets, public testimony
summaries, press releases, correspondence, and a resolution covering January
1978-December 1984. Contains additional documents not included in above files.
Minutes for November-December 1978 are missing.] |
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70th Legislature,
August 1985 - February
1987 |
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Sunset minutes,
1985-1987
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[Volume includes agenda, minutes, roll
calls, agency background testimony, public testimony summaries, Status Report
on Combination Alternatives and Diversion Alternatives, correspondence,
decision and voting sheets, across-the-board recommendations, minor
modifications, witness lists, summaries of sunset overview meetings, and issues
and questions raised by Sunset Commission members between August 1985 and
October 1987. Contains additional documents not included in above files.
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Meeting minutes,
March 14-15,
1986 |
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[Includes minutes, public testimony
summaries, and witness lists.] |
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Sunset agenda, 9-24-87,
September
1987
[volume] |
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[Volume includes agenda and meeting
material, including a list of appointees and terms, sunset process background,
across-the-board recommendations, proposed schedule, information on agencies
under review for 1989, the Sunset Act and commission rules, budget, and list of
sunset agencies for other states, compiled for the Sunset Commission meeting
held September 24, 1987.] |
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Meeting minutes,
October 15-16,
1987 |
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[Includes agenda, press release, minutes,
and identification of agency policy issues for discussion at the October 1987
commission meeting.] |
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71st Legislature,
September 1987 - January
1989 |
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| 2002/149 |
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Sunset agenda, 3-24-88,
March-June
1988
[volume] |
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[Volume includes agenda, minutes, roll
calls, letter, list of Ad Hoc Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery
members, and Medical Lien and Estate Recovery Issue transcription covering
Sunset Advisory Commission meetings held March-June 1988.] |
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Meeting minutes,
May 12,
1988 |
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[Includes minutes and decision material
covering the Sunset Advisory Commission meetings held May 1988.] |
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72nd Legislature,
October 1989 - January
1991 |
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Meeting minutes,
January 18,
1990 |
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[Includes minutes and a list of
witnesses.] |
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Sunset Advisory Commission minutes,
February 19,
1990
[volume] |
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[Volume includes meeting minutes for
February 19-20, 1990 and attached decisions on the State Board of Barber
Examiners, Texas Cosmetology Commission, commission on Fire Protection
Personnel Standards and Education, Good Neighbor Commission, Office of the
Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact Administrator for Texas, Texas
Conservation Foundation, Texas Funeral Service Commission, Texas Board of
Professional Land Surveying, and Texas Motor Vehicle Commission.] |
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73rd Legislature,
September 1991 - January
1993 |
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74th Legislature,
January 1994 - January
1995 |
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75th Legislature,
September 1995 - January
1997 |
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76th Legislature: |
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September 1997 -
October 1998 |
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November 1998 - January
1999 |
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77th Legislature:
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Agenda,
November 4,
1999 |
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Agenda and minutes: |
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February 3,
2000 |
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May 17-18,
2000 |
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Agenda, minutes, and vote sheets: |
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June 20-22,
2000 |
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September 20,
2000 |
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December 12-13,
2000 |
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January 10,
2001 |
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78th Legislature: |
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December 11, 2001 and
April 23-24, 2002 |
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June 25-26,
2002
[2 folders] |
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September 24-25,
2002 |
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November 12,
2002 |
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December 10-11,
2002 |
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January 15,
2003 |
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79th Legislature: |
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December 10, 2003 and
March 23-24, 2004 |
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May 18-21,
2004 |
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July 13-14,
2004 |
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September 15 and
November 16-17, 2004 |
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December 14-15,
2004 |
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Self-evaluation reports and decision materials,
1977-1994,
14 cubic ft. |
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Self-evaluation reports and decision materials are the archival
portion of the agency review files created by the Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission during the sunset review process. The self-evaluation report is
intended to give the Sunset Commission members and staff a general
understanding of the agency and its purpose. It is used by the Sunset staff in
drafting the background section of the staff evaluation report on the agency.
The report is also intended to give the Sunset Commission a basic overview of
the major policy issues, including both the pros and the cons, appropriate for
resolution through a change of law. Decision materials summarize proposed
recommendations concerning agencies undergoing sunset review by the Sunset
Commission staff to the Sunset Advisory commissioners, for possible inclusion
in final reports to the Legislature. Included with the self-evaluation reports
and decision materials are some cover letters, vote sheets, notes, and other
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Self-evaluation reports, 1977-1993, are prepared and written by
state agencies undergoing sunset review. The reports are submitted to the Texas
Sunset Advisory Commission to provide a general understanding of the agency and
its purpose. A self-evaluation report is comprised of four major sections:
background, policy issues, additional data, and comments (optional). The
background section provides a brief overview of the agency's history, creation
and powers, policy-making body, funding and organization, and programs. Policy
issues provide a narrative assessment of individual issues of importance as
identified by the agency. Additional data can include a list of advisory
committees, statutory citations for all state statutes that grant authority or
significantly impact the agency, other agency liaisons, interest groups,
national associations, and complaint resolution. |
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Additional self-evaluation reports are available in the Texas
Documents Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission (located in Room 300 of the State Archives and
Library Building). To determine most, if not all, self-evaluation report
holdings by the Texas Documents Collection, use the library's on-line public
access catalog SIRSI WebCat at
http://star.tsl.state.tx.us. Click on Complex
Search; select title; type
sunset commission report; select
NOT; type staff;
use Search Limits for publication year or library if necessary; click on Search
Catalog. There are self-evaluation reports in the Texas Documents Collection
that are not duplicated in the Archives holdings and vice versa. |
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Decision materials (called decision sheets in 1982, 1984, and into
1986), dating 1984-1994, include proposed recommendations from Sunset
Commission staff for agencies undergoing sunset review, compilations of
testimony and written responses from public hearings regarding the staff
recommendations, proposed legislation and amendments, memos and notes of staff
and commissioners, and commissioner voting sheets. During the sunset review of
an agency, the Sunset Advisory Commission staff gathers background information
and prepares a detailed report with specific recommendations that is presented
to the Sunset commissioners and to the public for consideration. Testimony and
written responses regarding those recommendations are taken at public hearings
and the staff compiles a synopsis of the comments for the commission. The
commission then considers the staff recommendations along with the public
comments and approves or disapproves the recommendations they will present to
the Legislature for adoption. These records are from that decision-making
process of the commissioners. Only recommendations adopted by the commissioners
are included in the Sunset Commission's final report on the agency and
submitted to the Legislature. Decision materials apparently were first created
in 1982. For additional decision materials from 1982 and 1984, see the
Meeting minutes series. |
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Arrangement |
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Arrangement is alphabetical by agency name as maintained by and
received from the Sunset Commission. Within each agency, self-evaluation
reports are filed first followed by decision materials. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Self-evaluation reports and decision
materials, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission records. Archives and Information
Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 1998/028, 2000/049, 2000/063, 2002/057,
2003/197, 2006/359 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on October 21, 1997; October 21, 1999; October
30, 2001; August 27, 2003; and May 8, 2006; and by the Texas Documents
Collection, Texas State Library and Archives Commission on November 4,
1999. |
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Processed by |
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Paul Beck, February 1998 |
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Tonia J. Wood, November 1999, January 2002, June 2006 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-1 |
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Adjutant General's Department, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
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Adult Probation Commission, Decision material,
1987 |
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[See Youth Commission for 1986 decision
sheets re: Adult Probation Commission.] |
| Box |
| 2002/057-1 |
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Department on Aging, Self-evaluation report, Part II,
1983 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-1 |
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Department of Agriculture: |
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Self-evaluation report, Part II,
1987
[2 folders] |
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Decision material,
December
1988 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
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Air Control Board: |
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Self-evaluation report: |
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Part I,
1983 |
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Part II,
1983 |
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Part I,
1985 |
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Part II,
1985 |
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Decision and vote sheets,
1984 |
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Decision material,
1986 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-1 |
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State Aircraft Pooling Board: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decision material,
1991 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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Alcoholic Beverage Commission: |
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Self-evaluation report,
September
1991 |
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Hearing document and decisions,
June, September,
October 1992
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2000/049-2 |
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Commission on Alcoholism, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-3 |
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Amusement Machine Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-2 |
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Anatomical Board of the State of Texas, Self-evaluation
report,
ca. 1983 |
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Animal Health Commission: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1987: |
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Part I |
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Part II |
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Decision material,
1989 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-3 |
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Antiquities Committee, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
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State Board of Landscape Architects, Self-evaluation
report,
1977 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-1 |
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Board of Architectural Examiners: |
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Self-evaluation report,
August
1989 |
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Decision material,
February
1991 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-2 |
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Texas National Guard Armory Board, Self-evaluation
report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-3 |
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Commission on the Arts, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
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Banking Department, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-1 |
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State Bar of Texas: |
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Self-evaluation report,
September
1989 |
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Decision material,
February
1991 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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State Board of Barber Examiners: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decisions,
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Committee on Purchases of Products and Services of Blind
and Disabled Persons, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-2 |
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Commission for the Blind: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1983: |
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Part I |
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Part II
[3 folders] |
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Decision and vote sheets,
1984 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-3 |
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Canadian River Compact Commission, Self-evaluation
report,
1983 |
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[See also River Compact Commission for
other interstate river compacts] |
| Box |
| 2002/057-1 |
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State Board of Canvassers: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
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Capital Metropolitan Transit Authority: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decision material,
1991 |
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Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Self-evaluation report:
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| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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1980 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, Self-evaluation
report,
1981 |
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Corpus Christi Regional Authority, Self-evaluation
report,
1987: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-3 |
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Part I |
| Box |
| 2002/057-2 |
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Part II |
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Department of Corrections: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-3 |
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Self-evaluation report,
1985: |
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Part I |
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Part II
[5 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/028-2 |
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Decision material,
1986-1987 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Decision material: |
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December
1986 |
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January
1987 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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Texas Cosmetology Commission: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decision material,
1991 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-2 |
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
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Commission for the Deaf: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Self-evaluation report, Part II,
1985 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-2 |
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Decision material,
1984,
1986-1987 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Decision and vote sheets,
1984,
1986-1987 |
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Decision material: |
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December
1986 |
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January
1987 |
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State Board of Dental Examiners: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-1 |
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Self-evaluation report,
October
1991 |
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Decision material
1993 |
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Diabetes Council: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Self-evaluation report,
1985 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Decision material,
1987 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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State Board of Examiners of Dieticians, Self-evaluation
report,
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Council on Disabilities, Self-evaluation report,
1985 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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Education Agency: |
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Self-evaluation report, Parts 1 and 2,
1987 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Office of Compact for Education Commissioner for
Texas: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-4 |
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Employment Commission, Self evaluation report,
1981: |
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Parts I and III |
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Part II |
| Box |
| 1998/028-5 |
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Board of Registration for Professional Engineers,
Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
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Office of State Entomologist, Self-evaluation report,
1984 |
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Board of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of
Hearing Aids, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
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Fibers (Natural) and Food Protein Commission,
Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
|
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Finance Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
|
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Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and
Education: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-5 |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-2 |
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Decision material,
1990
[2 folders] |
|
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Office of Fire Fighters' Pension
Commissioner: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/028-5 |
|
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Forest Service, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-2 |
|
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Funeral Service Commission: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989
[2 folders] |
|
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[Includes comments by Funeral Services
Commission on sunset staff evaluation.] |
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
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Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
|
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Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Self-evaluation
report,
1983 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-3 |
|
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Harris County Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority:
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1987: |
|
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Part I |
|
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|
Part II
[2 folders] |
|
|
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Decision material,
1988 |
|
|
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Health, Department of, Self-evaluation report,
1983: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-4 |
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Part I |
|
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Part II
[folders 1-2 of 3 ] |
| Box |
| 2000/049-5 |
|
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Part II
[folder 3 of 3 ] |
| Box |
| 2002/057-3 |
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Health and Human Services Coordinating
Council: |
|
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
|
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Higher Education Coordinating Board: |
| Box |
| 2003/197-1 |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
July 1987 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-2 |
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Decision material,
January 1989
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2002/057-3 |
|
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State Department of Highway and Public Transportation:
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-5 |
|
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Historical Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1981: |
|
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Parts I and III |
|
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Part II |
| Box |
| 2002/057-3 |
|
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Texas Housing Agency: |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
|
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
|
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Department of Human Resources |
|
|
|
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[See Texas Department of Human Services
for records by and about the Texas Department of Human Resources.] |
|
|
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Texas Commission on Human Rights: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-5 |
|
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|
Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-4 |
|
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Decision material,
1989 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-5 |
|
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Department of Human Resources, Social work
certification, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
|
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Department of Human Resources/Services: |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1985: |
|
|
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Part I |
|
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|
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Part II, Volume 1 |
|
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|
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Part II, Volume 2
[2 folders] |
|
|
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Part II, Volume 3 |
|
|
|
|
Decision material,
1987 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-6 |
|
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Industrial Accident Board, Self-evaluation
report: |
|
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October 1981 |
|
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November
1981 |
|
|
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Industrial Commission, Self-evaluation
report: |
|
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October 1981 |
|
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November
1981 |
|
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Industrialized Building Code Council, Self-evaluation
report,
1987 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-7 |
|
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Board of Insurance, Self-evaluation report,
1981: |
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Part II, Volume 1 |
|
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Part II, Volume 2 |
|
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Part III, Volume 1 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-8 |
|
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Part III, Volume 2 |
|
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Intergovernmental Relations, Advisory Commission on,
Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
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Interstate (South Central) Forest Fire Protection
Compact, Self-evaluation report,
1982 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-4 |
|
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Commission on Jail Standards: |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
|
|
|
Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
|
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Juvenile Probation Commission: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-8 |
|
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1985 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-6 |
|
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Decision material,
1987 |
|
|
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[See Youth Commission for 1986
decision sheets re: Juvenile Probation Commission.] |
|
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Department of Labor and Standards: |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1987: |
|
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|
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|
Part I |
|
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Part II |
|
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Decision material,
1989 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-2 |
|
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Board of Land Surveying, Self-evaluation report,
July
1989 |
|
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Board of Professional Land Surveying, Decision material,
February
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-8 |
|
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Board of Examiners of Licensed Land Surveyors,
Self-evaluation report,
1977 |
|
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Board for Lease of State-Owned Lands, Self-evaluation
report,
1983 |
|
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Board for Lease of University Lands , Self-evaluation
report,
1985 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-9 |
|
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Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education,
Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
| Box |
| 2003/197-2 |
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Board of Law Examiners: |
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Self-evaluation report,
November
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
February
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-9 |
|
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Library and Archives Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
|
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Board of Library Examiners, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
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Board of Examiners of Licensed Professional Counselors,
Self-evaluation report,
1991 |
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Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists,
Self-evaluation report,
1991 |
|
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State Board of Medical Examiners, Self-evaluation
report: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-9 |
|
|
|
1979 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
|
|
1991 |
|
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Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-6 |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1985: |
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|
Part I |
|
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|
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|
Part II, Volume 1
[2 folders] |
|
|
|
|
|
Part II, Volume 2
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
|
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Decision material,
1987 |
|
|
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Interstate Compact on Mental Health, Self-evaluation
report,
probably after
1981 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
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Midwifery Program and Midwifery Board, Self-evaluation
report,
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-9 |
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Morticians, State Board of, Self-evaluation report,
1977 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-4 |
|
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Motor Vehicle Commission: |
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
|
|
|
Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/028-9 |
|
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Nimitz (Fleet Admiral Chester W.) Memorial Naval Museum
Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
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Board of Nurse Examiners, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
|
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Board of Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators,
Self-evaluation report,
1977 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
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Occupational Safety Board, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
|
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Optometry Board, Self-evaluation report: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-10 |
|
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|
1979 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
|
|
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-10 |
|
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Board of Pardons and Paroles, Self-evaluation report,
1985 |
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[See Youth Commission for 1986 decision
sheets re: Board of Pardons and Paroles.] |
|
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Parks and Wildlife Department, Self-evaluation report,
1984 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-4 |
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Pension Review Board: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
|
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Board of Pharmacy, Self-evaluation report: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-10 |
|
|
|
1979 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
|
|
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-11 |
|
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State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners,
Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
|
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State Board of Plumbing Examiners, Self-evaluation
report,
1979 |
|
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State Board of Podiatry Examiners, Self-evaluation
report: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-11 |
|
|
|
1979 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
|
|
1991 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-11 |
|
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Board of Polygraph Examiners, Self-evaluation report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
|
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Board of Private Investigators and Private Security
Agencies: |
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Self-evaluation reports: |
|
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1979 |
|
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1985 |
|
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Decision material,
1987 |
|
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State Property Tax Board: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-11 |
|
|
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Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
|
|
|
Decision material,
1988 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
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Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Self-evaluation
report,
1991 |
|
|
|
Board of Public Accountancy: |
| Box |
| 2003/197-2 |
|
|
|
Self-evaluation report,
September
1989 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
|
|
|
Decision material,
February
1991 |
|
|
|
Public Utility Commission, Self-evaluation report:
|
| Box |
| 1998/028-11 |
|
|
|
1981 |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
|
|
|
1991 |
|
|
|
Public Utility Commission and Office of Public Utility
Counsel: |
|
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|
Hearing document,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Final commission action,
1992 |
|
|
|
Office of Public Utility Counsel, Self-evaluation
report,
1991 |
| Box |
| 2002/057-4 |
|
|
Purchasing and General Services Commission: |
|
|
|
|
Self-evaluation report,
1989 |
|
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/028-12 |
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Railroad Commission, Self evaluation report,
1981: |
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Parts I and II |
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Part III |
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Rehabilitation Commission: |
| Box |
| 2000/049-7 |
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Self-evaluation report,
1983: |
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Part I |
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Part II |
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Part II (Advisory Board of Occupational
Therapy) |
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Appendices
[folder 1 of 2] |
| Box |
| 2000/049-8 |
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Appendices
[folder 2 of 2] |
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Letter re: Commission for the Deaf functions,
1984 |
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Decision and vote sheets,
1984 |
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Rio Grande Compact Commission, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
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River Compact Commission, Pecos, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
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River Compact Commission, Red, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
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River Compact Commission, Sabine, Self-evaluation
report,
1983 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-12 |
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Savings and Loan Department, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
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School Land Board, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-13 |
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State Securities Board, Self-evaluation
report: |
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October 1981 |
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November
1981 |
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Seed and Plant Board, Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Soil and Water Conservation, Self-evaluation report,
1983 |
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Office of State-Federal Relations, Self-evaluation
report,
1981 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-13 |
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Office of State-Federal Relations, Self-evaluation
report,
1981 |
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Structural Pest Control Board, Self-evaluation report,
1977 |
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Surplus Property Agency: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Decision material,
1988 |
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Office of Multistate Tax Compact Commission for
Texas: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Decision material,
1989 |
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Teachers Professional Practices Commission,
Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Commission on Standards for the Teaching Profession,
Self-evaluation report,
1988 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-13 |
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Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in
Texas, Self-evaluation report,
1981 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-8 |
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Technology Training Board, Decision material,
1987 |
| Box |
| 1998/028-13 |
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State Textbook Committee, Self-evaluation report,
1987 |
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Turnpike Authority: |
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Self-evaluation report: |
| Box |
| 1998/028-14 |
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October
1977 |
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Supplement,
1977 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-8 |
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1989 |
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| 2000/049-9 |
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Decision material,
1991
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 1998/028-14 |
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Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners, Self-evaluation
report,
1979 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-9 |
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Department of Water Resources, Self-evaluation report,
1983
[2 folders] |
| Box |
| 2006/359-2 |
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Texas Worker's Compensation Commission, Self-evaluation
report,
1993 |
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Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Texas Workers'
Compensation Insurance Fund, and Texas Workers' Compensation Research Center,
Decisions,
1994 |
| Box |
| 2000/049-9 |
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Youth Commission: |
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Self-evaluation report,
1985: |
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Part II
[2 folders] |
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Part II, Appendix
[2 folders] |
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Decision sheets,
1986 |
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[Also includes decision sheets for the
Juvenile Probation Commission, Adult Probation Commission, and Board of Pardons
and Paroles.] |
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Decision material,
1987 |
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Sunrise process files,
1982-1991,
bulk 1987-1989,
1 cubic ft. |
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Sunrise process files are created by the Sunset Advisory
Commission to oversee and maintain the sunrise process, which is a program to
ensure that the creation of unnecessary or overlapping regulatory agencies and
advisory committees is avoided. The sunrise process enables the Legislature to
use the commission's experience in considering the need for regulatory
agencies. Records are legislative bills, correspondence, memoranda, bill
analyses, notes, charts, newsletters, and reports, dating 1982-1991, bulk
1987-1989, concerning the sunrise process carried out by the Texas Sunset
Advisory Commission. In 1985, House Bill 1583, 69th Legislature, Regular
Session, was passed which required the commission to comment on the proposed
creation of regulatory agencies or advisory committees. In this sunrise
process, the commission reviews proposed legislation creating new agencies and
sends a written response to the bill's author and to the chair of the committee
hearing the bill. These files mainly cover bills proposed in the 70th and 71st
Legislatures. |
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Arrangement |
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General files are first followed by additional files are arranged
alphabetically by agency name as maintained by and received from the
agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Sunrise process files, Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2000/049 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on October 21, 1999. |
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Sunrise ATB's [across-the-board recommendations], 71st
session,
1989 |
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Bills not needing sunrise comment,
1989-1990 |
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Sunrise legislation, general information, 70th
Legislature,
1985, 1987 |
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Sunrise process, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Sunrise letters for the 72nd Legislature,
1991 |
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Agricultural Finance Authority, House Bill 1183, 70th
Legislature,
1987 |
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Barber and Cosmetologist Examiners, Board of, House Bill
2327, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Chemical Dependency Counselors, State Board of, House
Bill 1388, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Cogeneration Council, State, Senate Bill 744, 70th
Legislature,
1987 |
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Coordinating Committee on Toxic Substances, House Bill
902, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Electrician and Electrical Contractor Licensing Board:
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House Bill 865, 71st Legislature,
1989 |
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House Bill 252, 71st Legislature,
1982,
1986-1989 |
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House Bill 1086, 70th Legislature,
1985, 1987 |
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Senate Bill 1317, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Health, Department of: |
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Radiological Technologists, Senate Bill 32/House Bill
135, 70th Legislature,
1986-1987 |
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Medical Radiological Technology Advisory Board, Senate
Bill 32, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Asbestos Removal Advisory Committee, Senate Bill 931,
70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Advisory Council of Opticians Registry, House Bill
651, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Boarding Home Advisory Council, House Bill 763, 70th
Legislature,
1983-1987
[3 folders] |
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Insurance Research Center, Texas Compensation, House
Bill 2219, 70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Interagency Committee: |
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Groundwater Protection Fund, House Bill 1458, 71st
Legislature,
1989 |
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Aquaculture Executive Committee, House Bill 2339, 71st
Legislature,
1989 |
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Interior Design, State Board of, House Bill 1317, 70th
Legislature,
1987 |
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Labor and Standards, Department of: |
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Mechanical Contractors License Law, House Bill 1961,
70th Legislature,
1987 |
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Locksmithing Advisory Committee, House Bill 281, 70th
Legislature,
1987 |
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Lottery Commission, State: |
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Senate Bill 7, House Bills 11 and 12, 70th
Legislature,
1986-1987 |
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House Bills 11, 12, and 1267, 70th Legislature,
1986-1987 |
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Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal, House Bill 822,
70th Legislature,
1987 |
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State Election Commission, House Bill 761, 71st
Legislature,
1989 |
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Surveying, Board of Land, House Bill 1236, 70th
Legislature, Public surveyors,
1987 |
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| 2000/049-12 |
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Advisory committee
on protected river segments, House Bill 961, 71st Legislature,
1989 |
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Texas Real Estate Commission, House Bill 1212, 71st
Legislature,
1989 |
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Texas Strategic Fund, House Bill 263, 71st Legislature,
1988-1989 |
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Texas Water Commission: |
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Underground Storage Tank Advisory Committee, House
Bill 183, 71st Legislature,
1988-1989 |
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Petroleum Storage Tank Remediation Fund Review Board,
House Bill 1588, 71st Legislature,
1989 |
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Underground Storage Tank Advisory Committee, Senate
Bill 422, 71st Legislature,
1989 |
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Migratory birds, House Bill 141, 72nd Legislature,
1991 |
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Director's correspondence,
1985-1989,
1997-2001,
0.25 cubic ft. |
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Director's correspondence documents the outgoing communications of
the executive director of the agency, especially with the members of the Texas
Sunset Advisory Commission. These records are copies of outgoing correspondence
and memoranda including attachments of directors of the Sunset Advisory
Commission Bill Wells, dating 1985-1989, and Joey Longley, dating 1997-2001.
Attachments to Wells' correspondence include a few incoming letters, copies of
legislation, recommendations, memoranda, a manual, and suggested remarks on
higher education. The series mainly contains correspondence signed by the
director and sent to the agency's ten member policy-making body regarding the
sunset review process. Some of the correspondence with the commissioners
concerns routine administrative matters such as setting meetings and providing
copies of reports and updates on the biennial process, but other is
policy-related, concerning the sunset review process in general or dealing with
specific agencies. Issues receiving more than routine mention in the
correspondence include the sunset review of the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation, the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation,
higher education, and community corrections. Correspondents include the
lieutenant governor, commission members, and other state senators and
representatives on committees overseeing agencies that are under sunset
review. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically by legislative session
as maintained by and received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item) Director's correspondence, Texas Sunset
Advisory Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 2002/057, 2006/359 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on October 30, 2001 and May 8, 2006. |
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70th Legislature: |
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November 1985-October
1986 |
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November
1986 |
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December 1986-August
1987 |
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71st Legislature: |
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September-December
1987 |
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March-April
1988 |
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June 1988 |
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August-October
1988 |
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November
1988 |
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December
1988 |
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January and June
1989 |
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| 2006/359-2 |
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1997 |
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1998 |
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1999 |
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Commission appointments,
1983-2005,
fractional |
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Commission appointment records notify the commission director and
the public of appointments to the Sunset Advisory Commission. Materials are
letters and press releases, 1983-2005, concerning appointments to the Texas
Sunset Advisory Commission. The commission is composed of four state senators
and one public member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and four state
representatives and one public member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. Letters from the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker notify the
appointees and director of the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission of new
commission members. Press releases from the offices of the Lieutenant Governor
and Speaker provide the information to the media and the public. |
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Arrangement |
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Records are in reverse chronological order within each folder as
maintained by and received from the agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Commission appointments, Texas Sunset
Advisory Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2000/049, 2002/073, 2006/359, 2006/373 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on October 21, 1999; November 8, 2001; May 8,
2006; and June 6, 2006. |
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Commission appointments: |
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1983-1996 |
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1995-1997 |
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| 2006/359-2 |
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1997, 1999,
2001 |
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October 2003-February
2005 |
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Budget requests,
1993-1994,
1996,
fractional |
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Biennial budget requests present the proposed budget and request
appropriations from the Legislature. The records are budget requests, dated
January 1993, November 1994, and 1996, from the Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission, consisting of one-page statements submitted biennially to the
Legislative Budget Board. Previously, appropriations for the Sunset Advisory
Commission had been included in the overall appropriations for the Legislature.
The one-page budget request consists of types of expenses and then columns of
figures for the funds expended during the past two or three years, budgeted
funds for the current year, and requested funds for the next two years.
Expenses include salary requirements, professional fees, travel, operating
expenses, master lease purchase, and capital outlay. There is no narrative
description of agency programs or justification given for the amounts
requested. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically as received from the
agency. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Budget requests, Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2000/066, 2002/073, 2006/373 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on November 9, 1999; November 8, 2001; and
June 6, 2006. |
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Tonia J. Wood, November 1999, January 2002, June 2006 |
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| 2000/049-12 |
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Biennial budget requests,
1993-1994 |
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| 2006/359-2 |
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Biennial budget request,
1996 |
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Special legislative projects-final report,
1989,
fractional |
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This special legislative project final report was created to
summarize the work and the recommendations of the Task Force on Public Utility
Regulation and to fulfill its executive order in presenting a final written
report to the governor and legislature. The Sunset Advisory Commission kept a
copy of the report because the commission provided administrative support to
the task force outside the scope of its statutory duties. This record consists
of a copy of one report: Task Force on Public Utility
Regulation - Final Report to the Governor and Legislature issued in
1989. This report includes an overview of the Task Force on Public Utility
Regulation's actions, its recommendations, a list of the witnesses at the
public hearings, and a detailed summary of issues and comments from these
hearings. The task force's recommendations were divided into six general areas:
jurisdiction of cities, structure of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and
its staff, operation of the agency, the Office of Public Utility Counsel and
the PUC general counsel, staffing and funding, and other general
recommendations. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Special legislative projects-final report,
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission records. Archives and Information Services
Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 1997/083 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on February 21, 1997. |
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Paul Beck, February 1998 |
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| 1997/083 |
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Task Force on Public Utility Regulation, Final Report to
the Governor and Legislature,
1989 |
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Ad Hoc Study Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate
Recovery minutes,
1986-1988,
bulk 1988,
0.2 cubic ft. |
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The Ad Hoc Committee on Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery was
appointed March 24, 1988 by Representative Jack Vowell, chair of the Sunset
Advisory Commission, to examine the estate recovery policy for Medicaid
expenditures laid out in Senate Bill 298, 70th Legislature, 1987 (enacted in
response to Sunset staff recommendations in 1986), to determine whether it was
good public policy and benefited the state, and to develop specific
recommendations for rules or implementation for use by the Texas Department of
Human Services. The committee reported to the Sunset Advisory Commission in
June 1988. Records include memoranda, agenda, reports, schedules, legislation
(including other states'), rules, laws, correspondence, information on Senate
Bill 298, minutes, clippings, testimony, and related materials, dating
1986-1988, bulk 1988, created or gathered by the Ad Hoc Committee concerning
the need for Medicaid-supported nursing home care in Texas and the use of liens
to recover expenditures from estates of nursing home Medicaid recipients. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically by meeting date as
bound by the Legislative Reference Library. A separate folder contains two
items not bound with the bulk of the records. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Ad Hoc Study Committee on Medicaid Liens and
Estate Recovery minutes, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission records. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession numbers: 2002/149, 2004/167 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002 and June 10, 2004. |
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Tonia J. Wood, June 2006 |
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| 2002/149 |
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Sunset Ad Hoc Medicaid Liens Committee minutes,
1986-1988
[bound volume] |
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| 2006/359-2 |
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Agenda and memo,
April 5-6,
1988 |
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Transcripts,
1978,
1980,
0.2 cubic ft. |
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Sunset Advisory Commission members heard testimony from members of
the public and staff of agencies under review during the sunset review process.
Records are transcripts from meetings of the commission, 1978 and 1980.
Agencies discussed in the transcripts include the Board of Dental Examiners,
Social Psychotherapy Board, Board for Licensure for Nursing Home
Administrators, Board of County and District Road Indebtedness, Board of
Registration for Public Surveyors, Board of Examiners of Licensed State Land
Surveyors, Private Employment Regulatory Board, Board of Architectural
Examiners, Burial Association Rate Board, Board of Landscape Architects, and
Battleship Texas Commission. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged chronologically by meeting date as
received from the Legislative Reference Library. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Transcripts, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2002/149 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002. |
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Commission meeting,
March 23-24,
1978 |
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[Concerns the Board of County and District
Road Indebtedness, Board of Registration for Public Surveyors, Board of
Examiners of Licensed State Land Surveyors, Private Employment Regulatory
Board, Board of Architectural Examiners, Burial Association Rate Board, Board
of Landscape Architects, and Battleship Texas Commission.] |
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Senator Doggett - Mr. Lawrence,
June 23,
1978 |
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[Concerns the Texas Board for Licensure
for Nursing Home Administrators.] |
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Public testimony on Social Psychotherapy Board,
May 22,
1980 |
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Board of Dental Examiners hearing,
August 28-29,
1980 |
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Press releases,
1980-1995,
fractional |
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Press releases publicize meetings and other activities of the
Texas Sunset Advisory Commission. Records are press releases, 1980-1995, the
bulk providing notification of commission and Ad Hoc Committee on Medicaid
Liens and Estate Recovery meetings. One release lists commission members and a
proposed schedule (1983); another provides information on a pension increase
proposal for retired teachers (1995). |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in reverse chronological order as
received from the Legislative Reference Library. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Press releases, Texas Sunset Advisory
Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2002/149 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002. |
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Tonia J. Wood, June 2006 |
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Across-the-board recommendations,
1983,
fractional |
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The Sunset Advisory Commission uses across-the-board
recommendations to improve consistency among agencies' enabling statutes.
Records are proposed new across-the-board (ATB) recommendations and revisions
to existing ATBs for inclusion in sunset legislation, dating August and October
1983. |
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Arrangement |
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These records are arranged in reverse chronological order as
received from the Legislative Reference Library. |
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Preferred Citation |
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(Identify the item), Across-the-board recommendations, Texas
Sunset Advisory Commission records. Archives and Information Services Division,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
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Accession Information |
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Accession number: 2002/149 |
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These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Legislative Reference Library on July 15, 2002. |
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Tonia J. Wood, June 2006 |
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Sunset changes to SAC across-the-board recommendations,
August, October
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