Title: Texas House of Representatives Committee on Saving Taxes public hearing recordings
Description: The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Saving Taxes, appointed during the 56th and 57th Texas Legislature, was given the charge to investigate ways to reduce costs and waste in state government and to devise operational plans for all state departments, agencies, and institutions to provide economical and efficient services to the public. The committees held public hearings during 1959-1960 and 1962, at which primarily state agency personnel testified. Each agency's staff was asked questions concerning the agency's operations, current expenditures and revenue generated by the agency, and what cost-saving measures could be implemented at the agency itself and throughout state government. Digital copies of the audiotape recordings of these public hearings, created by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission with grant funding provided by the Library Services and Technology Act, Institute of Museum and Library Services, are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection: Texas House of Representatives Committee on Saving Taxes public hearing recordings
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Saving Taxes.
Date of creation: 1962
Date range of creation: 1959 to 1960
Geographic coverage: Texas
Subject: Sam Houston State University
Subject: Texas Commission on Higher Education
Subject: Texas Prison System
Subject: Texas. Comptroller's Office
Subject: Texas. Game and Fish Commission
Subject: Texas. Highway Department
Subject: Texas. Treasury Department
Subject: Texas. State Board of Control
Subject: Texas. State Building Commission
Subject: Texas. State Department of Public Welfare
Subject: Finance, Public
Subject: Government spending policy
Subject: Governmental investigations
Subject: Taxation
Subject: Appropriations and expenditures
Type: Sound recordings
Citation information: (Identify the item and cite the series). Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement: The records are organized into two series, the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Saving Taxes (56th Legislature) public hearing recordings, 1959-1960, and the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Saving Taxes (57th Legislature) public hearing recordings, 1962.
Copyright information: The use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising is prohibited (Texas Government Code, Section 306.005). In addition, commercial use of legislatively produced audio or visual material is limited (Texas Government Code, Section 306.006).
Copyright information: Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Size or duration: 25.75 GB (20 files)
TARO URL: http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/70061/tsl-70061.html
Technical requirements: None.
