Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Local Government

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Texas Titles
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A Guide to becoming a city official
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by Texas Municipal League.
Texas Municipal League.
2014.
Call number: KFT 5304 G85 |
County and special district law (Texas practice series)
by David B. Brooks.
Thomson West.
2002.
Call number: KFT 209 T4 v. 35-36A |
County powers and duties
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by Texas Attorney General's Office.
Texas Attorney General.
2009.
Call number: KFT 5330 C6 |
County subdivision regulation sourcebook: 2010
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by Paul Sugg.
Texas Association of Counties.
2010.
Call number: KFT 5698 C68 |
Employment law manual for Texas cities
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by Laura Mueller.
Texas Municipal League.
2010.
Call number: KFT 3319 M83 |
Financial disclosure for county officials in Texas
by Texas Association of Counties.
Texas Association of Counties.
2011.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 4568 F5 |
Guide to Texas laws for county officials
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by David B. Brooks.
Texas Association of Counties.
2014.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5330 T4G |
Handbook for mayors and councilmembers
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by Texas Municipal League.
Texas Municipal League.
2013.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5304 T6 |
How cities work
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by Texas Municipal League.
Texas Municipal League.
2013.
Call number: KFT 5304 H69 |
Municipal law and practice (Texas practice series)
by David B. Brooks.
Thomson West.
1999.
Call number: KFT 209 T4 v. 22-23A |
Open meetings handbook
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by Texas Attorney General.
Texas Attorney General.
2012.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5105.5 T4 |
Outline of official oath and bond requirements: 2008 update
by Texas Association of Counties.
Texas Association of Counties.
2008.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5330 028 |
Public finance handbook for Texas counties
by Thomas M. Pollan.
Texas Association of Counties.
2008.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 6740 P83 |
Public information handbook
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by Texas Attorney General.
Texas Attorney General.
2012.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5753 T4 |
Revenue manual for Texas cities
by Robert Bland.
Texas Municipal League.
2012.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5692 R38 |
Special and dedicated funds
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by Texas Association of Counties.
Texas Association of Counties.
2016.
Call number: KFT 6740 S64 |
Texas home rule charters
by Terrell Blodgett.
Texas Municipal League.
2010.
Call number: REF DESK KFT 5304 B6 |
Texas municipal law and procedure manual
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by Alan J. Bojorquez.
Texas Municipal Clerks Association.
2005.
Call number: KFT 5303 B6 |
Texas municipal procurement laws made easy
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by Julian Grant.
Texas Attorney General.
2010.
Call number: KFT 849 G73 |
Federal/General Titles
Title |
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Antieau on local government law
by Sandra Stevenson.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
1998.
Call number: KF 5300 A6 A52 |
From sprawl to sustainability: smart growth, new urbanism, green development, and renewable energy
by Robert H. Freilich.
American Bar Association.
2010.
Call number: KF 5692 F74 |
Greening local government : legal strategies for promoting sustainability, efficiency, and fiscal savings
by Keith Hirokawa.
American Bar Association.
2012.
Call number: KF 5305 G74 |
Law of municipal corporations
by Eugene McQuillin.
Thomson West.
2004.
Call number: KF 5303 M3 |
Social media and local governments: navigating the new public square
by Patricia Salkin.
American Bar Association.
2013.
Call number: KF 5300 S265 |
State and local government civil rights liability
by Ivan E. Bodensteiner; Rosalie Berger Levinson.
Thomson West.
1987.
Call number: KF 1325 C58 B6 |
State and local land use liability
by Michael A. Zizka.
Thomson West.
1997.
Call number: KF 5698 Z5 |