Laws, Codes, and Statutes

Links to the Appropriations Bills Act for the 2008-2009 Biennium, an online Bill Search, campaign finance, the legislative process, the Texas Administrative Code, the Texas Constitution, the Texas Juvenile Law, the Texas Register weekly publication, and Texas statutes database.

Resources

  • Appropriations Bills Act for the 2008-2009 Biennium

    Find budgetary information for Texas Agencies and more...

  • Bill Search

    With this feature, you can search for bills by author/sponsor, coauthor/cosponsor, bill number, committee, subjects, committee status, action taken, and related subjects.

  • Campaign Finance

    This site provides links to campaign finance, contribution, expenditure, and cash on hand reports, and to political committee lists.

  • The Legislative Process

    This site displays the sequential flow of a bill from the time it is introduced in the House of Representatives or Senate to final passage and transmittal to the Governor.

  • Lobbying in Texas

    A guide to how the Texas Ethics Commission administers and enforces the Texas Lobby Law.

  • Texas Administrative Code

    The Texas Administrative Code is a compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. There are 16 titles in the TAC. Each title represents a category and relating agencies are assigned to the appropriate title.

  • Texas Constitution

    Download the Texas Constitution or link to the 17 different sections.

  • Texas Juvenile Law, 7th Edition

    Purchase the Texas Juvenile Law, 7th Edition produced and distributed by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.

  • Texas Register

    A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the notice bulletin of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals.

  • Texas Statutes

    Texas Statutes is a statutory database. Based on past history, the statutes are updated with the changes enacted in the most recent legislative session by spring of the next year.