El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99B, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1984 Page: 13 of 42
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K1 Campo Leader News, El Campo, TX, Wed., May 30, 1984 Page 13-A
Aggressive Managing Helps
Fiscal Crisis, Says Mauro
Testifying before the
House Committee on
Environmental Affairs,
Texas Land Com-
missioner Garry Mauro
said that “aggressive
management of our
public lands by the
General Land Office can
provide a partial solution
to the fiscal crisis facing
the state.”
Mauro said the new
policies implemented by
his agency has raised an
additional $11.4 million in
revenue for the state
during his first year in
office.
“The additional $11.4
million we have iden-
tified and collected ex-
ceeds the General Land
Office’s entire budget for
fiscal 114 by $3 6 million,”
he noted
Calling the General
Land Office “the second
largest revenue producer
for the state and the only
agency that produces
significant revenue
without taxing or
regulating Texans,"
Mauro stated that the
Permanent School Fund
will exceed $4 3 billion in
19114 and that investment
income from it will
“provide $130 annually
for each of the 2.7 million
children in Texas public
schools.”
Mauro said his office
had identified and ex-
pects to collect an ad-
ditional $410 million in
revenue for the state w ith
$345 million of this
coming from bonuses and
interest awarded to the
state in a March court
settlement over in-
terpretation of the Outer
Continental Shelf Act.
The case is expected to be
appealed by the
Department of the
Interior.
The $345 million set-
tlement was achieved, he
said, by the “aggressive
Webb Recognized
At State Meeting
Viola Webb of El Cam-
po was one of 16 citizens
honored for 20 years of
service as members of
county hitorical commis-
sions at the Texas
Historical Commission’s
annual Historic Preser-
vation conference May
3-5 in Lubbock.
Certificates were
presented to the honorees
during an awards
ceremony on May 5.
The Texas Historical
Commission sponsors
these and other annual
awards to encourage the
work of local historical
organizations and to
increase public
awareness of heritage
conservation activities in
Texas.
The Historic Preser-
vation Conference is an
annual reunion of county
commission members
from across the state and
other Texans interested
in preserving the
historical relics of their
towns, counties and state
The Texas Historical
Social Security
protects you.
HOW YOUR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
DOLLARS FIGHT CANCER IN TEXAS
1984
$1.00 = $108
M Ml
This 108% expenditure reflects
increased research allocations to
Texas by our National Society
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AMERICAN
WCANCER
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pursuit of fair and
equitable royalties for
the state” by the General
Land Office, the
Governor’s office and the
Attorney General
“Yet to be resolved in
this suit is the division of
royalties on tracts in-
cluded in the suit and the
division of revenues from
federal lease sales,"
Mauro explained. "This
could result in as much as
$150 million in additional
revenue for the state
“Should the pending
appeal be settled this
year,” Mauro said, “at
least $130 million in in-
terest would immediately
become available for
public education through
the Available School
Fund.
Mauro told the com-
mittee the remainder of
the $410 million included
an anticipated $57 million
in revenue from the
pending sale of the state’s
interest in 14,720 cases of
Relinquishment Act land
on the Duval County
Ranch in South Texas.
The state’s royalty will
also increase from one-
eighth to one-fourth on
future production after
the sale.
In addition, Mauro
provided details on the
success of a $200,000 pilot
field audit program he
initiated on 47 of the
state's 11,000 leases. The
field audits have iden-
tified over $7.8 million in
royalties and penalties
owed to the state.
"If all additional
royalties and penalties
are collected,” Mauro
said, “the return on the
$200,000 appropriated will
be $39.05 for each dollar
we received. I think
that’s a pretty good
return on the state’s
investment.”
Best Of The Best
l.-N Pholo b> Cynthia Miller
Valedictorian Randle Havens addresses prospective 1984 graduates dur-
ing commencement ceremonies Friday night, but some students seem to
have their eyes on the diplomas in the foreground. Havens was head of
one of the best classes El Campo High School has seen, according to prin-
cipal Leonel Gar/a.
Commission’s
educational and con-
sulting programs include
workshops, publications,
and other services in the
areas of preservation,
restoration, archaeology,
downtown revitalization,
and museology The THC
is also Texas’ liaison
office with federal
agencies on projects
involving preservation
Whatever your
time of life...
ELECT
IRVIN
COUNTY JUDGE
WHARTON COUNTY
Saturday, June 2, 1984
% COMMON SENSE ★ LEADERSHIP % MANAGEMENT
★ COURTESY ★ FULL TIME
The County Judge:
, . . Raised farm property TAXES when a $3.7 million SURPLUS WAS
AVAILABLE TO LOWER TAXES.
. . . Ha* no short or long term plan* for managing, spending or informing
the public on what their tax dollars are going to be used for.
. . . By his own admission, continued a low practice after closing his private
law office.
. . By his own published ad. spends 60% of his time on legal matters and
only 30% of his time managing county tax money and business.
I.J. Irvin, Jr. Believes . . .
. . . Home owners and businesses alike must have TAX RELIEF
• • • GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT creating new jobs and reducing our tax
burden must be promoted
. . . Rules & Regulations are important but must be combined with CQM-
MQN SENSE and SOUND JUDGEMENT
. . . County Government is one of the biggest businesses in the county and
should be un in a COURTEOUS, CONSERVATIVE, BUSINESS LIKE MANNER
. . . Law enforcement officers and organiiations such as Crime Stoppers
must be supported by the County Judge in order to insure LAW AND
ORDER
. . . County Judge must toke on active roll in CURBING pRPQ ANP
alcohol abuse
COUNTY GOVERNMENT MUST BE
COURTEOUS. PRUDENT, BUSINESS
AM* Petl •#* • / 1 • 0 ft j» I) !•#*# T#«
Did You Know That:
. . 80°o of the counties in Texas hove County Judges who
ore not lawyers.
. . Colorado. Jackson and Magaroda counties have Coun-
ty Judges who ore not lawyer and do not have county
courts-at-law.
. . Lawyers are trained to either defend or to prosecute,
legal bios has no place in making court decisions. Deci-
sions must be based on evidence and by using common
sense.
. . County court tries misdemanor cases and civil suits
under $1 000
. . 98% or higher of all coses are either guilty pleas or
otherwise settled out of court.
. . Contested probate coses must be tried in District
Court.
The county ottorney is the elected laywer in the coun-
ty-
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99B, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1984, newspaper, May 30, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017424/m1/13/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.