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| In Harris
County we are working every day to provide services more
efficiently and make them more accessible to citizens through
the use of technology. This brochure outlines current services
that can be accessed on-line and the technology we are
using to save you time and money. |
Tax
Assessor –
www.hctax.net or www.hcvoter.net or www.hcauto.net
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Renew
your vehicle registration. |
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Pay
your taxes on-line. |
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Search
tax refund database. |
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Access
property tax appraisals.
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District
Clerk –
www.hcdistrictclerk.com
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Reschedule
jury duty appearances using the web site or phone, 24 hours a
day. |
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Check
child support payments and access a child’s complete payment
history via web site. |
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Retrieve
public records through touch screen computers. |
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County Clerk –
www.co.harris.tx.us/cclerk
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Increasing customer service and
producing greater efficiency in the courts by imaging documents
for quick retrieval. |
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Offering 24 hour voter information
line.
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Transportation/Emergency
Management
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Coordinating
emergency and traffic management with the City of
Houston, TXDOT and Metro under one roof at our TranStar
location. |
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Using
Intelligent Transportation System technology, such
as cameras and signalization, to relieve congestion. |
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Offering
Immediate notification of school closings on Emergency
Management web site (http://www.hcoem.org/). |
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Providing
all schools in Harris County with weather radios
for immediate notification of threatening weather
conditions and emergencies.
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Clean
Air
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Harris County is
initiating new monitoring systems to insure compliance with federal
and state regulations, funding computer modeling to base our
clean air decisions on the best information possible and searching
for the newest and most cost effective technologies to clean
our air. |
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The County established
an ozone notification system so that children, the elderly and
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can be alerted to high levels of ozone as soon as possible.
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Safe
Neighborhoods
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Our
radio communications system allows over
70 police agencies to communicate with
each other in an emergency.
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Mobile
Data Terminals in our police cars allow
officers to check outstanding warrants
on the spot and to make police reports
electronically.
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Our
crime victim notification system (VINE)
allows crime victims to be notified when
the criminal’s status has changed,
such as being released on bond.
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Video
conferencing in the Criminal Justice
Center minimizes transport of defendants. |
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Where
we are going...
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Computer Aided
Dispatch (CAD) allowing police agencies county-wide to coordinate
dispatching activities, getting help to victims of crime as soon
as possible. |
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Voter registration
on-line – making participation in our democracy as easy
as possible. |
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New electronic
voting system – making sure that when you vote it is as
easy as possible and that the results are secure and accurate. |
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Expanding video
conferencing county-wide – saving taxpayers time and money. |
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