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28-509: The predecessor to the current comptroller's office started in 1846. The longest-serving Comptrollers in Texas history were Robert S. Calvert , who held the post for 26 consecutive years for an unprecedented twelve terms; George H. Sheppard , who served for 18 years over nine two-year terms; and Bob Bullock , who served for 16 years for four four-year terms and later was notable as one of the most powerful Lieutenant Governors in Texas history (and

56-490: A $ 20 million performance center at the high school in 2008. The high school started issuing laptop computers to each student in 2012. The elementary and middle-school campuses also began to issue iPad tablets to all students. Students are allowed to take the devices home, but must return them at the end of the school year. Due to increased enrollments, several construction projects began construction in 2013. New classrooms were added to all school campuses. A $ 53-million bond

84-470: A 0.2-mile trail alongside ponds with an overlook deck, benches, and an observation binocular stand. To attract events to the community, the county funded and built ACE Arena (a multipurpose arena), which opened in March 2007. A smaller outdoor arena was also constructed in 2012 adjacent to the indoor arena. The city approved a $ 2 million water park to replace the former city pool in 2013. The city relocated

112-592: A 14,000-acre (57 km ) site in Andrews County on the border with New Mexico. The company was awarded a license to dispose of radioactive waste by the TCEQ in 2009. The permit allows for disposal of radioactive materials such as uranium, plutonium and thorium from commercial power plants, academic institutions, and medical schools. The company finished construction on the project in 2011 and started disposing of waste in 2012. Two radioactive waste landfills are at

140-533: A Texas politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Andrews, Texas Andrews is the county seat of Andrews County in the Permian Basin of West Texas . Andrews sits to the far southwest within the Texas Panhandle 's plains, about 30 miles east of New Mexico. Andrews was incorporated on February 2, 1937. Both the city and county were named for Richard Andrews ,

168-546: A former employee, ran against Calvert. There was a run-off between Calvert and Wilson, in which Calvert won. In 1974, Bob Bullock announced that he would challenge the octogenarian comptroller and promised to reform operations of the office. Bullock was so aggressive that Calvert withdrew from the race, and Bullock was elected to the first of four terms. Calvert died in Austin in September 1981. This article about

196-409: A household in the city was $ 32,774, and for a family was $ 36,172. Males had a median income of $ 31,527 versus $ 22,266 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,101. About 15.3% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 22.5% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over. Andrews is a city built on oil and soil . After the first oil well

224-658: A member of the United States House of Representatives , filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1973, Calvert said in response, that Johnson was a "nigger woman who doesn't know what she is talking about." The EEOC ruled that racial discrimination could be inferred based on Calvert's response. In 1972, Randy Pendleton , a former legislator from Andrews in West Texas , and Jim Wilson,

252-560: The unclaimed property fund. As part of its fiscal management responsibilities, Article III, Section 49a of the Texas Constitution requires the comptroller to certify to the Texas Legislature the amount of available cash on hand and anticipated revenues for the next biennium (the two-year period beginning on September 1 of odd-numbered years). The Legislature is not permitted to appropriate any funds in excess of

280-545: The campus was completed in 2013 adding space for a registered nurse program. The Andrews County Veterans Memorial is a memorial in Andrews that was created in 2006 as a tribute to those Andrews County residents who served in the United States' armed forces . Soldiers from every major conflict in which America has participated are honored. The Andrews Bird Viewing Trail opened to the public in 2007. The park includes

308-520: The city was 75.65% White, 2.04% African American, 0.90% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 17.75% from other races, and 2.94% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 41.95% of the population. Of the 3,478 households, 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were not families. About 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who

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336-474: The company, which employs about 200 people. In 2011, the city opened Business Park South to provide more incentive options for attracting businesses. Energy Business Park was also opened by the city in 2014. The city completed more than $ 3 million in airport renovations. Voters approved bonds to construct a new $ 13 million loop around town, which opened in October 2013. A new $ 2 million fire station opened at

364-654: The comptroller's certified amounts (except in cases of emergency and then only with a four-fifths vote of both chambers), and absent the latter the comptroller is required to reject and return to the legislature any appropriation in violation of this requirement. Robert S. Calvert Robert Seale Calvert (April 27, 1892 – September 1, 1981) was the longest-serving Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts , serving for 26 years. From 1909 to 1910, Calvert attended Baptist -affiliated Howard Payne Junior College in Brownwood , Texas. On January 18, 1949, Calvert

392-471: The comptroller's office are to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas (this involves more than 60 different types of taxes from the sales tax -- the largest source of the state's tax revenue, since Texas does not have a personal income tax -- to minor items such as the "battery sales fee" -- a $ 2–$ 3 fee on sales of lead-acid batteries) and to maintain the official financial records for

420-539: The correct meridian. New Mexico's draft constitution in 1910 stated that the border is on the 103rd meridian as intended. The disputed strip, hundreds of miles long, includes parts of valuable oilfields of the Permian Basin . A bill was passed in the New Mexico Senate to fund and file a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court to recover the strip from Texas, but the bill did not become law. Today, land in

448-549: The end of 2013. A new $ 60 million hospital opened in 2015. Stores in the town began to sell alcohol for the first time on December 19, 2013. A $ 28-million jail broke ground in April 2019. A $ 5-million expansion of city hall and new food bank were also started. Students are served by the Andrews Independent School District . The school opened two new $ 18.5 million elementary school campuses and

476-533: The first Texan soldier to die in the Texas Revolution . The population was 13,487 as of 2020. The city has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18 km ), all land. According to the Köppen climate classification , Andrews has a semiarid climate , BSk on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Andrews was 113 °F (45.0 °C) on June 27, 1994, while the coldest temperature recorded

504-457: The namesake for the state's official history museum). Duties currently performed by the comptroller's office were previously divided between it and the office of Texas State Treasurer ; however, over time the Texas Legislature transferred most of the Treasurer's functions to the comptroller's office. The last State Treasurer, Martha Whitehead , successfully campaigned for office in 1994 on

532-464: The premise of abolishing the position and transferring its few remaining duties to the comptroller's office; upon winning she successfully campaigned the legislature for a Constitutional amendment in 1995 to formally abolish the Treasurer's office which was approved by voters in November of that year. By 1996, the comptroller had taken over the Treasurer's few remaining duties. The primary duties of

560-569: The site. The 30-acre compact site is owned and regulated by the State of Texas for use by Texas, Vermont, and up to 36 other states. The 90-acre federal site is owned by the United States federal government and is used for Department of Energy and other federal waste. The company employs 130 people or about 1% of the total labor force in Andrews. For years, a dispute has been simmering concerning to which state these waste sites belong: Texas or New Mexico? The straight north–south border between

588-529: The state. As Texas uses a unified collection system for sales taxes assessed by both state and local governments, the comptroller's office is responsible for collecting and remitting the local portion of this tax revenue to the various cities, counties, and special districts throughout the state. The comptroller's office also operates the various prepaid college tuition funds operated by the state through its Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board, provides reports on fiscal management and economic forecasts, and manages

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616-473: The strip is included in by the way in Texas land surveys and the waste sites for all purposes are taxed and governed by Texas. The city was set to be the location of the now defunct $ 400 million HT3R project. In 1972, Andrews became the site of the first Kirby Company vacuum cleaner factory outside of the original location in Ohio. It is often referred to as "Kirby West" to signify the westward expansion of

644-465: The two states was originally defined as the 103rd meridian, but the 1859 survey that was supposed to mark that boundary mistakenly set the border between 2.29 and 3.77 miles too far west of that line, making the waste sites, along with the current towns of Farwell , Texline , and part of Glenrio , appear to be within the State of Texas . New Mexico's short border with Oklahoma, in contrast, was surveyed on

672-415: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75, and the average family size was 3.26. In the city, the age distribution was 31.5% under 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males. The median income for

700-493: Was appointed by Governor Beauford Jester to the position of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts following the death of his predecessor, George H. Sheppard , who died in office. He was elected to a full term in 1950 and re-elected in 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972, serving for twenty-six years. When the African American then State Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson , later

728-643: Was drilled (1929) by Deep Rock Oil Company on Missourian Charles E. Ogden's property, Andrews County became one of the major oil-producing counties in Texas, having produced in excess of 1 billion barrels (160,000,000 m ) of oil. The cyclical nature of the oil business (as well as diminishing production on existing wells), though, has caused the community to look into new means of economic development , such as waste disposal, which in some areas has caused controversy. Waste Control Specialists (WCS), owned by Harold Simmons and headquartered in Dallas, Texas , operates

756-536: Was passed in 2018 for new construction due to growth. A $ 156.7-million bond was passed in 2023 for new construction and renovation of the high school complex. The Andrews Business and Technology Center was completed in January 2006, in conjunction with Odessa College and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin . The school focuses on technology and is a hub for distance learning. A $ 1 million expansion of

784-454: Was −1 °F (−18.3 °C) on February 2, 1985. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 13,487 people, 4,512 households, and 3,536 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, 9,652 people, 3,478 households, and 2,598 were families residing in the city. The population density was 2,017.5 inhabitants per square mile (779.0/km ). The 4,047 housing units averaged 845.9 per square mile (326.9/km ). The racial makeup of

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