Law/Legal Information: State
Legal guides, rules/regulations, codes, and legislative and judicial information.
Legal Collection
- Texas State Law Library Digital CollectionProvides remote access to legal databases that offer a variety of resources including scholarly journal articles, government documents, historical statutes, and e-books. These resources are available for free to anyone in Texas who registers for a library account available through the website at http://www.sll.texas.gov/about-us/get-a-library-card/.
Judicial/Legislative
- Legislative Reference Library of Texas: Texas Legislative Sessions and YearsProvides access to selected materials from the 1st Session in 1846 to the present including Texas House and Texas Senate Journals and Reports.
- Texas Legislature Online Bill LookupUse when you already know the number of a Texas bill.
- Texas Legislature Online Bill SearchSearch for Texas bills by author, sponsor, subject, committee, or actions from1989 to the present. Provides a broader search than that available from the Legislative Reference Library, but only from 1989 (73rd Session) to the present.
- Texas Legislature Online Text SearchUse when you do not know a Texas bill number, but know content.
Laws and Regulations
- Code of Ordinances, City of Houston, TexasOnline resource displaying a current version and supplements of Houston's Code of Ordinances. Access through the Harris County Law Library legal research sources page or the Houston Public Library catalog.
- Texas Administrative Code Online This link opens in a new windowContains the administrative regulations of the State of Texas.
- Texas Constitutions Digitization ProjectUT Austin Tarleton Law Library site containing versions of the Texas Constitutions (1824-1876) along with supporting convention materials.
- Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis/ George D. Braden, et al.Texas State Law Library site providing "factual information regarding the origins, historical development, and contemporary meaning of each section of the Texas Constitution."
- Texas RegisterPart of the Texas Secretary of State's website, the weekly published Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas.
- Municipal Laws and Ordinances/ Texas State Law LibraryHelp for finding ordinances for Texas municipal codes and nationally.
- Law & Legislation/ Texas State Law LibraryGood starting point for locating laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, administrative rules, attorney general opinions, etc. Includes Texas, Federal, and other states.
Texas and Other States
- Building Codes/ Texas State Law LibraryLinks to some of the codes that have been adopted in the Texas statutes and in the Texas Administrative Code. Local governments can adopt updated editions of these codes and make some amendments to the codes. Codes are usually available to review at the city clerk's office and at some public libraries.
- State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States This link opens in a new window
- State and Local Bar Disability Entities DirectoryProvided by the American Bar Association's Commission on Disability Rights to "help lawyers find local information regarding disability rights and disability law."
- State and Local Government on the NET: State Court SitesLinks to judicial web sites for the 50 states.
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