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Texas lawmakers close to biennial budget and tax plan
The 61st Texas Legislature adopted a $2.8 billion one year budget for 1970 and eyed a special session to finish 1971 appropriations and craft a major tax bill. Gov. Preston Smith favored biannual budgeting while Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher warned the next session could yield a smaller tax bill if timing shifted. The session set records for volume and spending, with gains in education, new medical and nursing schools, and a master water plan, while debating enforcement and constitutional changes. A State Criminal Justice Council proposed a $1.1 million law enforcement plan awaiting federal funding. Supreme Court rulings and legislative actions touched unions, labor disputes, public education, and various appointments.
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Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Preston Smith
Laredo
Mutscher
State Criminal Justice Council
Smith
U. S. Department of Justice
Council
Congress
Qluz
Midland District Court
Texaco
Port Arthur
State Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Austin
Clyde Durbin Jr
University of Texas
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Decker Lake
Senate
University of Texas At San Antonio
Permian Basin
Midland-Odessa
University of South Texas At
Corpus Christi
UT At
Dallas
Houston
Lubbock
UT Regents
San Antonio
el Paso
Liquor Control Board
Advisory Council For
State Board of Education
John Guemple
James Connally Technical Institute
Waco
John Connally
Price Daniel
Allan Shivers
Wardrow W. Lane
123Rd
Meade Griffin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leon Douglas
Douglas
David W. McElwreth
Combes
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
City Electrical Examining and Supervising Board
Committee On
Big Spring