Essays on Texas Legislature

2016 is a general election year. One person will be chosen as the next president of the United States, and several others will be elected to the U.S Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. It is the first time in the history of the United States that a woman has been nominated for the highest office in the land. Many issues have come to the forefront of this election year, and several will be considered in the coming months by all states. Texas is no exception. This paper will explain the system of the Texas legislature, the issues ...

The 1876 Texas Constitution is among the most detailed state constitutions within the United States. There have been a significantly high number of proposed constitutional amendments since the document became operational on 15 February 1876 (Ericson). From the outset, it is important to note that the high number of amendments to the Texas Constitution is because it is highly restrictive given that the State of Texas can only exercise powers derived from the its Constitution. The Texas Constitution is similar to the other State constitutions because it provides for the separation of powers, but also includes some provisions that ...

How is the Texas Constitution Changed?

What Proposed Amendments did Texas legislators agree to place before voters this year? The 10 amendments the legislators agreed to put before voters this year most often have to do with raising money by using bonds to take care of problems ranging from water management to student loans. The general reason is to update the Constitution by adding the amendments (Brown, 2011).

Below are listed the ten joint resolutions approved in the 2011 Regular session which propose the 10 amendments be added to the Constitution by the 82nd Texas Legislature. The voters now have a chance to support or oppose ...

Introduction

The Texas executive order RP67 entails a decision by Rick Perry the Texas governor to change the structure of the Higher Education funding. The governor aims at developing a funding program that will reward students and institutional outcomes that are in line with the expectations of the state. He lays a structure that will oversee the success of the project. The committee will have one public member who is appointed by the governor, the presiding officer of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the commissioner of higher education (Perry 01). The governor will be the general overseer of the project.

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Aquifers are the underground layer of water-bearing permeable rocks like gravel, sand and silt. Groundwater is extracted from aquifers through water wells. The study on aquifers and ground water are part of the field of hydrogeology. One of the aquifers that are present on Earth is Edwards aquifer. It is noted to be one of the most prolific artesian aquifer in the world. Artesian aquifers are considered to be confined aquifers because its groundwater content is under positive pressure. Edwards aquifer is on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau in Texas, where its name is derived. It ...

The issue of illegal immigration has long been a complex and nuanced one, particularly in relation to the border between the American South and Mexico. Texas has been especially vocal both politically and legislatively against the allowance of illegal immigrants into the country on their borders. This is particularly true of late, given the Texas GOP legislature’s problems with unaccompanied children crossing the border into America from Mexico. Because of the comparative lack of infrastructure and inability to address the immigration problem, immigration reform is cited as a particularly urgent need in Texas. Texas’s immigration policy has been relatively ...