Legislation authored by Roy Truett Latimer
Includes legislation with Roy Truett Latimer as the primary author for the 53rd through 57th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 57th Regular Session | |
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| HB 23 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing that the Members of the State Board of Insurance shall devote full time to their duties, and that shall be paid an annual salary plus actual expenses. |
| HB 341 | Caption: Relating to amending Section 7 of Chapter 66, Acts of the 54th Legislature, relating to water permits of the West Central Texas Municipal Water Authority. |
| HB 342 | Caption: Relating to amending Subsection (g) of Section 12 of Chapter 66, Acts of the 54th Legislature; adding a new Section with reference to assessment, equalization and collection of taxes, the due date and the interest and penalties thereon. |
| HB 343 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to determine the amount of land excess to the needs of the operation of the Abilene State School. |
| HB 345 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to purchase automobiles to be paid for out of county funds, and to be used by the County Commissioners in the discharge of their official business. |
| HB 346 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code of the State of Texas providing for the compensation of certain residents agents in connection with group insurance plans written out of state. |
| HB 347 | Caption: Relating to amending Sections 9 and 15 of Senate Bill No. 145, Chapter 487, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955 (codified as Article 2919e-2, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), relating to the Texas Commission on Higher Education. |
| HB 417 | Caption: Relating to reorganizing the 32nd and the 104th Judicial Districts by removing Fisher County from the 104th Judicial District and adding Fisher County to the 32nd Judicial District and making certain other provisions relating thereto. |
| HB 603 | Caption: Relating to repealing Chapter 192, Acts of the 55th Legislature, which provides for the appointment of an assistant district attorney for the district attorneys of the 42nd and 104th Judicial Districts. |
| HB 604 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to interchangeable jurors in counties of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more inhabitants. |
| HB 653 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to making it an offense to knowingly make a false statements to obtain benefits under the employer's liability and workmen's compensation insurance laws and providing a penalty therefor. |
| HB 724 | Caption: Relating to providing for county wide elections in order for the majority of the electorate in certain counties to abolish the office of County Superintendent. |
| HB 882 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to bring or carry intoxicating beverages onto the boundaries of any State park; providing for the confiscation of such beverages and providing for a penalty for a violation hereof. |
| HB 907 | Caption: Relating to providing for a fifty percent (50%) reduction in the registration fee paid on trucks and trailers used exclusively in transportation of equipment engaged in conservation contracting. |
| HB 908 | Caption: Relating to providing that directors, employees and engineers of West Central Texas Municipal District shall have the same authority as is conferred upon the directors, employees and engineers of water control and improvement districts. |
| HB 909 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing county wide elections in order for the majority of the electorate in certain counties to abolish the office of County Superintendent; providing if an office is abolished the County Judge shall perform the duties thereof. |
| HB 1100 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to proration of natural gas by the Railroad Commission. |
| HCR 13 | Caption: Commending the Federal Power Commission for its plan to host a prehearing conference in Midland. |
| HCR 117 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature so either house may consider S. B. 192. |
| HJR 69 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that bills for raising revenue may originate in either the House of Representatives or in the Senate. |
| HJR 79 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to repeal certain obsolescent, superfluous or unnecessary Sections. |
| HJR 80 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that several amendments to the Constitution which amendments may deal with more than one (1) subject, may be submitted to the voters as one (1) proposition. |
| HR 129 | Caption: Electing children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 130 | Caption: Electing children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 507 | Caption: Congratulating the Abilene Christian College track team for setting new records at the Texas Relays. |
| HR 628 | Caption: Inviting the Hardin-Simmons University A Capella Choir to perform for the House. |
| HR 649 | Caption: Congratulating the Abilene High School track and field teams on winning the Class AAA State Championship. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 129 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to increase the rate of tax on beer. |
| HR 113 | Caption: In memory of Frank Grimes of Abilene. |
| HR 216 | Caption: Congratulating the Texas Baptist Student Union Choir for the success of their "Project Understanding" tour of Asia. |
| 57th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 12 | Caption: Congratulating Horace C. Stanley on his selection for the Distinguished Service Award from the National County Agricultural Agents Association. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 50 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the validation of the incorporation, boundaries and governmental procedures of certain cities and towns; making the provisions of a certain Act inapplicable to certain cities and towns. |
| HB 51 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the validation of the incorporation, boundaries and governmental procedures of certain cities and towns; making the provisions of a certain Act inapplicable to certain cities and towns. |
| 56th Regular Session | |
| HB 79 | Caption: Relating to requiring all meetings of all boards, commissions, committees of the Legislature, and all other agencies of the State, City, County or other political subdivision of the State to be open, with certain exceptions; making it unlawful to hold or participate in a closed meeting; providing for removal of officers from office; prescribing a penalty. |
| HB 95 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts defining the duties and responsibilities of the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools. |
| HB 153 | Caption: Relating to requiring veterinarians to report certain contagious and infectious diseases of animals and domestic fowl to the Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas and to inform the owner or caretaker of livestock or fowl which have died of anthrax or ornithosis to burn such animals or fowl as provided by law; providing a penalty for violation. |
| HB 203 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by authorizing the Railroad Commission to consider the amount of crude petroleum oil transported into this State in determining the reasonable market demand of the State and to reasonably limit the amount of production of any person, association or persons or corporation using an excessive amount of such crude petroleum oil to hinder the determination in favor of its own production as against the production of any other person or producer; authorizing the Railroad Commission to reduce the production of any common purchaser imposing pipeline or purchaser prorationing. |
| HB 291 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act so as to prohibit the sale of beer at any time on Sunday or after 10:00 o'clock, p.m., on any other day. |
| HB 563 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code to provide that agents licenses shall expire one year from the date of issue, and that an insurance company appointment of such agent will continue in effect until withdrawn and terminated by the company; providing that an insurance company appointment or a legal reserve life insurance agent shall continue in effect until terminated and withdrawn by the company; providing that local recording agents and solicitors licenses shall expire one year from date of issue, and providing for appointment of local recording agents by companies. |
| HB 662 | Caption: Relating to the number of working hours per week for certain state employees; fixing the effective date of this act. |
| HB 886 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Youth Council to accept gifts, grants, and donations of money, personal property, real property, or anything of value from any source, public or private, acceptable to the Texas Youth Council, subject to the approval of the Governor, for the purpose of locating new facilities and institutions or of improving and expanding existing institutions and facilities. |
| HB 910 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code so as to provide that the members of the State Board of Insurance shall devote full time to their duties; providing for the removal of State Board of Insurance offices. |
| HB 984 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful except under the provisions of this Act for any person to hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill or possess, any game bird or game animal in Taylor County at any time; to take, kill or trap or attempt to take, kill or trap any fur-bearing animal in said County or to take, or attempt to take any fish or other aquatic life or marine animals from said County by any means or method; providing a penalty. |
| HCR 49 | Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to make a study of the Texas Insurance Code. |
| HCR 87 | Caption: Authorizing the Legislative Council and the Citizens Advisory Committee to continue their study of possible revisions to the State Constitution. |
| HCR 107 | Caption: Expressing the intent of the Legislature to no longer use funds for the purchase of State Department vehicles to be used for "luxury model" vehicles. |
| HR 511 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 616 | Caption: Requesting State Agencies to hold their expenditures for the last quarter of the current biennium within the level of such expenditures for the preceding quarter. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 11 | Caption: Relating to broadening the purposes for which the Operator's and Chauffeur's License Fund may be used and providing for transfer of surplus funds to the General Revenue Fund. |
| HCR 14 | Caption: Expressing the intent of the Legislature to no longer use funds for the purchase of State Department vehicles to be used for "luxury model" vehicles. |
| HR 38 | Caption: Proposing certain amendments to the House Rules. |
| 56th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 57 | Caption: Relating to validating Taylor County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. |
| HB 69 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of Taylor County to purchase, build, construct, and equip buildings and other permanent improvements to be used as a coliseum and auditorium. |
| HCR 29 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider H. B. No. 69 at any time. |
| 56th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 46 | Caption: Relating to creating a special court for Taylor County, Texas, to be known as the Taylor County Court of Domestic Relations, and fixing its jurisdiction. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 77 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for organized driver education for pupils in the public free schools of Texas who have attained a certain age and the inclusion of allocations for professional driver education teacher units in the Foundation School Program Act. |
| HB 158 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation of eighty-nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as my be necessary, to the State Board of Water Engineers for the purpose of financing research in reservoir evaporation control. |
| HB 324 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by giving county school trustees power to annex one or more rural high school districts having less than two hundred and fifty scholastic population to a common school district having four hundred or more scholastic population or to an independent school district having two hundred and fifty or more scholastic population. |
| HB 465 | Caption: Relating to promoting the educational facilities of the people of the State of Texas by establishing an additional alternative method of financing the construction and improvement of public school buildings and their equipment and furnishings through the creation of the State Public School Building Authority. |
| HB 800 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to the number of working hours per week for certain state employees. |
| HB 801 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Board of Control to sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of certain specified real estate owned by the State of Texas in the City of Austin in such manner as may be most advantageous to the interests of the state. |
| HB 820 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the appointment of an assistant district attorney for the district attorneys of the 42nd Judicial District, and the 104th District, respectively. |
| HB 919 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for hospitalization and medical and surgical care for members of the military forces of this State who shall be wounded, disabled, or injured, or who shall contract disease or illness in line of duty while in the service of this State. |
| HB 953 | Caption: Relating to making a remission of State ad valorem school taxes to Commissioners Precinct No. 1 of Taylor County. |
| HCR 13 | Caption: Requesting the Texas Legislative Council to study the Texas Constitution and make recommendations concerning revision and providing for the appointment of a citizens advisory commission on the Constitution. |
| HCR 35 | Caption: Requesting the Texas Congressional Delegation to oppose bills now under consideration which would ;provide Federal financial aid to school districts for building construction, teachers' salaries; etc. |
| HCR 122 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to return H. J. R. No. 1 to the House for corrections. |
| HJR 1 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas so as to provide for annual Sessions of the Legislature. |
| HJR 40 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide for the establishment of a State Public School Building Authority created for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining and operating public school buildings and facilities and furnishing and equipping the same for use as public schools as a part of the public school system of the State. |
| HJR 46 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas changing the provisions relative to division of counties into commissioners precincts by providing that the commissioners court of each county shall make the division in such manner as may be prescribed by law. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 18 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts; creating West Central Texas Municipal Water District by correcting the name. |
| HB 34 | Caption: Relating to the purchasing of departmental supplies for state schools, eleemosynary institutions and departments by the Board of Control. |
| HCR 17 | Caption: Directing the State Board of Control to not accept any bids of crude oil product needs that will be imported into the United States. |
| HCR 52 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in S. B. No. 1. |
| HR 141 | Caption: In memory of Dallas Scarborough of Abilene. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 68 | Caption: In memory of J. T. McKissick of Abilene. |
| HR 76 | Caption: In memory of Emery E. Alling of Abilene. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 68 | Caption: Relating to defining and regulating the activities of a "Life Insurance Counselor"; providing exceptions; to provide that contracts between a Life Insurance Counselor and any person, firm or corporation shall be in writing for enforceability; to provide a penalty for violation of the Act. |
| HB 407 | Caption: Relating to creating a conservation and reclamation district comprising the territory contained within the Cities of Abilene, Albany, Anson, and Breckenridge, to be known as the "West Central Texas Municipal Water District," for the purpose of providing a source of water supply for municipal, domestic, industrial, and mining uses and processing and transporting the same. |
| HB 466 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to sell certain land located near Abilene State Hospital in Taylor County, Texas, for cash at public sale under certain conditions; providing that said land shall be sold with a reservation of one-half (1/2) of the minerals; authorizing the Executive Director of said Board to execute and deliver the necessary conveyance to be approved by the Attorney General; providing the proceeds from each sale to go the General Revenue Fund. |
| HB 716 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code by raising the maximum penalty for simple assault or for assault and battery from Twenty-five Dollars to One Hundred Dollars. |
| HB 717 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of the State of Texas by raising the maximum penalty for simple assault or for assault and battery from Twenty-five Dollars ($25) to One Hundred Dollars ($100). |
| HB 768 | Caption: Relating to creating the County Court at Law of Taylor County; providing for the adoption of the provisions of this Act by the Commissioners Court of Taylor County; defining the jurisdiction of said court; regulating practice therein; prescribing the terms of said court; providing for a clerk thereof; providing for transfer of cases pending in the County Court of said court and limiting the jurisdiction of the County Court; creating the office of Judge of the County Court at Law of Taylor County; providing for the selection of the Judge of said court; prescribing his qualifications; fixing his compensation; providing for the appointment and compensation of a secretary and a reporter for said court; making certain other provisions relating to said court. |
| HB 785 | Caption: Relating to an act applicable only to Lytle Lake, Taylor County, Texas, providing for a closed season on trotline fishing; limiting the number of hooks used on each pole and line or line to two; providing a penalty. |
| HB 823 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by limiting the types of actions which may be appealed to the Commissioner of Education. |
| HB 842 | Caption: Relating to repealing Chapter 17 of the Insurance code, pertaining to county mutual insurance companies, and providing for the conversion of existing county mutual insurance companies within ten years into mutual insurance companies organized under Chapter 15 of the Insurance Code; authorizing the Board of Insurance Commissioners to make rules and regulations with respect to such conversion; providing for forfeiture of charters of companies failing to comply with this Act. |
| HB 911 | Caption: Relating to amending the Act creating the West Central Texas Municipal Water District; adding a section providing for severability. |
| HCR 60 | Caption: Granting the West Texas Utilities Company permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 61 | Caption: Granting Bryce McCandless permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 87 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to return H. B. No. 407 to the House in order to make certain corrections. |
| HCR 121 | Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to make a study of the feasibility of holding annual sessions of the Legislature. |
| HR 95 | Caption: Congratulating the Abilene High School football team for winning the state championship. |
| HR 393 | Caption: Congratulating Sammy Baugh for being hired as Hardin-Simmons University's football coach. |
| HR 446 | Caption: Congratulating Howard P. Rice for his record military service. |
| HR 447 | Caption: Commending George Hine Jr. of Abilene for his contributions to the community. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| HB 464 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and directing the execution and delivery by the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools, acting by the Executive Director thereof, of a right-of-way easement to certain land in Taylor County, Texas, to the State Highway Commission of the State of Texas, for the construction and maintenance of Farm-to-Market Road No. 1750. |
| HB 486 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts and authorizing the Chairman of the State Highway Commission to convey title to or interest in land acquired by the State for highway purposes where after the acquisition thereof such land or interest in land is no longer needed for highway purposes; authorizing the Chairman of the State Highway Commission to exchange such property or interest for other property or interest needed by the State for highway purposes; providing a priority system for the disquisition of such lands. |
| HB 687 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to the powers and duties of the Commissioners Courts in determining the value of property for tax purposes in such Counties, and in making contracts with persons, firms or corporations to compile taxation data. |
| HB 688 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control act so as to make it unlawful for any person to consume any alcoholic beverage, in any public place in any dry area or for any person to possess any alcoholic beverage in any public place in any dry area for the purpose of consuming same in such public place. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 126 | Caption: Relating to creating the County Court at Law of Taylor County, defining the jurisdiction of said Court. |
| HR 111 | Caption: In memory of Thomas Franklin Grisham of Abilene. |
| HR 116 | Caption: In memory of E. T. Brooks of Abilene. |