Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter B - STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITATION OF A MAJOR RESOURCE SYSTEM OF LIBRARIES IN THE TEXAS LIBRARY SYSTEM › Section 1.42 - Boundaries of System

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
External boundaries of a major resource system or regional
					 library system shall be coterminous with the boundaries of councils of
					 government, unless permission to vary is granted by the governor's office at
					 the request of the state librarian. The state shall be organized into 10
					 regions as follows.
(1) Big Country
				  Library System (32 counties): Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho,
				  Crockett, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, Knox, Mason,
				  McCulloch, Menard, Mitchell, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry,
				  Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom
				  Green.
(2) Texas Panhandle Library
				  System (26 counties): Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress,
				  Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley,
				  Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter,
				  Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler.
(3) Central Texas Library System (30
				  counties): Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell,
				  Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas,
				  Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San
				  Saba, Travis, Washington, Williamson.
(4) South Texas Library System (26 counties):
				  Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Duval, Goliad, Gonzales,
				  Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak,
				  McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Victoria, Webb, Willacy,
				  Zapata.
(5) Northeast Texas Library
				  System (33 counties): Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin, Cooke,
				  Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson,
				  Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red
				  River, Rockwall, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood.
(6) Texas Trans Pecos Library System (nine
				  counties): Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio,
				  Reeves, Terrell.
(7) North Texas
				  Library System (20 counties): Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Denton, Erath,
				  Foard, Hardeman, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell,
				  Tarrant, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young.
(8) Houston Area Library System (28
				  counties): Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend,
				  Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda,
				  Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San
				  Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, Wharton.
(9) West Texas Library System (29 counties):
				  Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Ector, Floyd,
				  Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hale, Hockley, Howard, King, Lamb, Loving, Lubbock,
				  Lynn, Martin, Midland, Motley, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum.
(10) San Antonio Area Library System (21
				  counties): Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie,
				  Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Medina, Real,
				  Uvalde, Val Verde, Wilson, Zavala.