Handbook of Texas Music, an encyclopedia of the state's rich musical history and heritage in 2001. That same year, the TMO began its annual Capitol Salute to Texas Music, a reception during South by Southwest bringing together state legislators with music industry leaders to discuss music opportunities and to hear Texas legends such as Johnny Gimble, W.C. Clark, Junior Brown, Randy Garibay, Reckless Kelly, Ryan Bingham, and Hayes Carll. In 2002, the TMO created the Texas Music History Tour, an online guide to the large number of classic Texas music venues and historical music sites. The Texas Legislature passed a bill authored by former Sam Lightnin' Hopkins' bassist Rep. Ron Wilson (D-Houston) creating an Enjoy Texas Music special license plate, which Governor Rick Perry signed into law in 2003. $22 of the $30 extra fee goes into a TMO-administered fund that awards grants to schools to purchase musical instruments and lesson from Texas retailers and instructors. In 2005, the TMO worked with Austin attorney Cindi Lazzari to expand to musicians the protections enjoyed by visual artists during bankruptcy proceedings. With the assistance of Texas Women for the Arts and the Texas Cultural Trust, the TMO created the Intermediate Masters Program in 2007 benefiting a Texas music student's graduate studies. Present Day The TMO now serves the Texas music industry primarily through its Business Referral Network: Texas Music Industry Directory (86,609 Texas music businesses in 96 music business categories); 690 Texas Music Events; Texas Talent Register (7,200 recording artists); 824 Texas Radio Stations; US Music Contacts; Classical Texas (detailed information for all classical music organizations in Texas); and International (1,569 foreign businesses interested in Texas music), and business guides. EnjoyTexasMusic.com, the TMO's official website, contains 19,234 business, band or event listings totaling 3,669 printed pages. In 2010, it attracted 231,998 unique visitors resulting in 514,789 page views. See also Office of the Governor of Texas Texas Film Commission List of Texas state agencies References Further reading Texas Music Office History Texas Music Industry Directory External links Texas Music Office EnjoyTexasMusic.com Music of Texas State agencies of Texas