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Texas leaders confront hiring rules and budget pressures
Texas lawmakers face an attorney general opinion banning relatives on state payrolls, spurring swift orders from Lt. Gov. Barnes and House leadership. The piece notes 40 legislators with relatives on the payroll, total salaries over 120000 since 1967, plus calls for tighter expense rules as Gov. Smith vows to veto tax hikes in 1973 while revenue sharing may aid cities and counties.
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House
Rayford Price
David Ratliff
Stamford
Senate
Martin
Ben Barnes
House Administration Committee
Lawmackers
Smith
Preston Smith
U. S
Ways and Means
Texas
Redhnmond Commission
Commission
Byron Tunmell
Texas Employment Commission