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Texas Legislature opens with tax risk and school reform drive
The 64th Texas Legislature opens with a heavy agenda and a $1 billion revenue surplus, facing taxes to fund a $2.7 billion school finance overhaul. Gov. Briscoe seeks $394 million emergency pay raises and stopgap school aid as lawmakers set 140 days for constitutional revision public utilities, elections and fiscal reforms amid a stalled utility commission debate.
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Austin
Bill Clayton
Springlake
House
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Senate Consumer Affairs
Betty Andujar
Fort Worth
Bill Meier
Euless
Ron Clower
Garland
Lloyd Doggett
Clower
Doggett
Briscoe
Norman ‘L. Utter
Corpus Christi
Gerald Alton
Lufkin
Herman Smith
Hurst
Dorothy Davidson
Texas Education Agency
Department of General Education
Atty
John Hill
James R. Meyers
Huntsville
Hill
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Carrasco
Meyers’ Court
Texas Supreme Court
Brewster County
Third Court of Civil Appeals
al Hays
Price Daniel Jr
Bill Patman
Canada
Patman
Texas
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
el Paso
Bob Bul