Legislation authored by Joseph Washington Burkett, Jr.
Includes legislation with Joseph Washington Burkett, Jr. as the primary author for the 52nd through 56th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 56th Regular Session | |
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| HB 185 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of Kerrville State Home to Kerrville State Hospital and defining its purpose and use; fixing an effective date for the change. |
| HB 297 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to determine the amount of land in excess to the needs of the operation of the Kerrville State Home; to sell and convey same with all minerals reserved to the State of Texas. |
| HB 420 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by removing Gillespie and Kimble Counties from the Third Administrative Judicial District to the Sixth Administrative Judicial District. |
| HB 530 | Caption: Relating to changing the name and designation of the Second 38th Judicial District, composed of the Counties of Kerr, Bandera, Kendall, Kimble, and Gillespie to the 141st Judicial District. |
| HB 821 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Mental Health Code concerning the hospitalization, commitment, care, observation and treatment of the mentally ill, including persons of unsound mind, and their status. |
| HCR 72 | Caption: Granting Fritz Lukenbach permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| 56th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 66 | Caption: Relating to setting a bag limit on wild turkey in Kerr County; providing for penalties for violations. |
| HB 73 | Caption: Relating to declaring an open season on collared peccary or javelina in Kerr County, Texas; making it unlawful to possess collared peccary or javelina for the purpose of barter or sale, or to sell same; providing penalties for violations. |
| HCR 22 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider S. B. No. 13 at any time. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 170 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the recovery of civil damages from parents of minors due to the malicious or willful damage or destruction of property by minors under the age of 18 years living with the parents. |
| HB 247 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful, except under the provision of this Act, for any person to hunt, take, kill, or possess any game bird or game animal in Gillespie, Kerr, Bandera, Mason, Llano, Medina, Sutton, Edwards and Crockett Counties at any time; to take, kill or trap any fur-bearing animal in said counties; to take or attempt to take any fresh-water fish in said counties by any means or method; making it unlawful to provide a new license and providing a penalty therefor. |
| HB 322 | Caption: Relating to providing for County Juvenile Boards in each county comprising the Second 38th Judicial District. |
| HB 427 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Game and Fish Commission to publish information. |
| HB 428 | Caption: Relating to amending the law creating the Upper Guadalupe Authority with boundaries coextensive with Kerr County by providing that such district may acquire taxing power under certain conditions. |
| HB 471 | Caption: Relating to closing the season for hunting wild turkeys in Kimble County for a period of three years; providing a penalty. |
| HB 756 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by increasing the amount of funds that the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is authorized to expend from available plant funds for buildings and improvements at the adjunct of the College in Kimble County without specific authorization of the Legislature. |
| HB 906 | Caption: Relating to the trial and commitment to a State mental hospital of insane persons where insanity is raised as a defense or as a bar in a prosecution for a criminal offense. |
| HR 57 | Caption: In memory of Sam E. Thompson of Kerrville. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 17 | Caption: Relating to ratifying, confirming and validating the organization, establishment and creation of Menard County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and providing for the annexation of additional territory as provided by general law. |
| HB 59 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of Kerrville State Home to Kerrville State Hospital and defining its purpose and use; fixing an effective date for the change; stating the applicability of general laws to the institution, and of appropriations for and contracts in behalf of the institution under its former name. |
| HR 92 | Caption: In memory of T. L. Green. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 15 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by granting regulatory authority over wildlife resources in certain counties to the Game and Fish Commission; providing that such Act shall not apply to Kerr County, Texas; providing that the General Laws relating to the taking or killing of wildlife resources shall hereafter apply to Kerr County. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 155 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes by providing that an individual shall be disqualified for unemployment compensation benefits for any benefit period where his unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory, establishment or other premises (including a vessel) at which he is or was last employed; excepting, however, from such disqualification an unemployed claimant who shows that he is not participating in or financing or directly interested in the labor dispute which caused the stoppage of work. |
| HB 222 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes by providing standards of approval for Law Schools in Texas; approving existing Law Schools; Prohibiting delegation of authority granted the Supreme Court. |
| HB 230 | Caption: Relating to creating the elective Texas Water Commission, abolishing the Board of Water Engineers of Texas, transferring its present authority, powers and duties to said commission; and providing additional duties, powers and authority to be performed by the Commission in the conservation and distribution of the water resources of this State; and making legislative determinations and declarations of policies. |
| HB 231 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act by providing for the payment of benefits; providing benefit eligibility conditions; providing disqualification for benefits; providing for an effective date of this Act and its sections; providing for the repeal of all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith; providing for the separability of provisions. |
| HB 257 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the State Board of Water Engineers from issuing permanent water permits for a period of two years; authorizing the issuance of temporary permits for this period of time. |
| HB 283 | Caption: Relating to regulating fishing in public fresh waters in Kimble and Menard Counties; regulating the possession of certain fish for the purpose of sale in Kimble and Menard Counties; regulating the transportation of minnows taken from the public waters of Kimble and Menard Counties; regulating the possession and use of fishing tackle or gear; providing for the confiscation of illegal tackle or gear being used in violation of this Act; providing penalties; providing severability clause. |
| HB 509 | Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Crockett County and the District Court in Crockett County. |
| HB 593 | Caption: Relating to creating the Second Thirty-eighth Judicial District, to be composed of Kerr, Bandera, Kendall, Kimble, and Gillespie Counties; reorganizing the 33rd, 38th and 112th Judicial Districts. |
| HB 652 | Caption: Relating to amending the Safety Responsibility Law of the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; providing that no security shall be required and no license of any operator of a motor vehicle shall be suspended and no registration of an owner of a motor vehicle shall be suspended until a determination of the responsibility of the person so charged, shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; requiring proof of financial responsibility for the future; repealing all laws in conflict therewith. |
| HB 907 | Caption: Relating to making additional appropriations to certain officers, agencies, and departments of the State. |
| HB 948 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and directing the execution and delivery by the Board of Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools, acting through the Executive Director thereof, of a right-of-way easement in certain lands in Kerr County, Texas, to the County of Kerr for road purposes. |
| HR 386 | Caption: Commending the Board of Insurance Commissioners for their assistance to the Legislature during the Session. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| HB 68 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to transfer tuberculosis patients from the Weaver H. Baker Tuberculosis Sanatorium to the San Antonio State Tuberculosis Hospital and the Legion Sanatorium, a part of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kerrville, Texas. |
| HB 267 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful, except under the provisions of this Act, for any person to hunt, take, kill, or possess any game bird or game animal in Gillespie, Kerr, or Mason Counties at any time; making it unlawful to provide a new license and providing a penalty therefor; defining wildlife resources. |
| HB 572 | Caption: Relating to reorganizing the 38th Judicial District; prescribing its jurisdiction and conforming the jurisdiction of the 33rd, 49th and 119th Judicial Districts; creating the 139th Judicial District and prescribing its jurisdiction; providing an effective date. |
| HB 588 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts in so far as such limit the jurisdiction of the County Court of Bandera County; providing for the transfer of certain cases upon the docket of the District Court having jurisdiction in Bandera County to the County Court. |
| HB 636 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; providing that no security shall be required and no license of any operator of a motor vehicle shall be suspended and no registration of an owner of a motor vehicle shall be suspended until a determination of the responsibility of the person so charged, shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; requiring proof of financial responsibility for the future. |
| HB 637 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain article which authorizes acquirement and improvement of park sites payable from revenues of the parks. |
| HB 638 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain articles and sections of the Foundation School Program Act, and amending certain other articles and sections thereof; providing for the payment by the State of a sum annually to the school districts of the State, to be apportioned on the basis of average daily attendance; making an appropriation for the biennium ending August 31, 1955; directing the manner of payment to the school districts; providing for the deposit in the General Revenue Fund of certain funds now being deposited in the State Available School Fund. |
| HB 703 | Caption: Relating to amending 'The Real Estate License Act', providing for the licensing and regulation of dealers in real estate, prohibiting the unlawful practice of law; providing penalties for violation of this Act. |
| HCR 1 | Caption: Inviting the Governor to address a Joint Session of the 53rd Legislature. |
| HCR 43 | Caption: Granting Marvel M. Johnson permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HR 243 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 245 | Caption: In memory of Russell G. Walker of Kerrville. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 13 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain articles and sections of the Foundation School Program Act, and amending certain other articles and sections thereof; providing for the payment by the State of a sum annually to the school districts of the State, to be apportioned on the basis of average daily attendance. |
| HR 132 | Caption: In memory of Florence Butt of Kerrville. |