It’s been a while since we had a Latest & Greatest post where we highlight some of the resources we have here at the Harris County Law Library. Today, we want to draw your attention to the 2020 Texas Municipal Guide. The Guide is a handy directory in which users can find the names and contact information for county and city officials, including county judges, mayors, and sheriffs. Those listings are organized alphabetically by county with the information for the municipalities within that county listed below. For instance, under the heading of Harris County, users can find the contact information not only for County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez but also for the mayors of nearby cities, such as Baytown, Bellaire, Houston, Katy, Pasadena, Tomball, and many more. There are also listings for state and regional agencies and commissions, including the Department of Criminal Justice, Health and Human Services Commission, and Workforce Commission, as well as regional river authorities like the Brazos River Authority and the Sabine River Authority. If you need the contact information for members of the state House of Representatives and Senate or for congressional and senate members representing the State of Texas in Washington, D.C., you can find that information in the guide, too, arranged by district.
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Ex Libris Juris - HCLL Blog
What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.