Legislation authored by Robert Reeves Patterson

Includes legislation with Robert Reeves Patterson as the primary author for the 54th through 55th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

55th Regular Session
HB 55 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by eliminating the requirement for separate and privy acknowledgment of conveyances by a married woman.
HB 198 Caption: Relating to increasing the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges and Commissioners of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Justices of the Courts of Civil Appeals, and the Judges of the District Courts and Criminal District Courts of this State.
HB 212 Caption: Relating to providing for a universal jury wheel in each county regardless of population, or number of district courts holding session therein.
HB 264 Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure by increasing attorney fees for representation of indigents accused of felony offenses.
HB 377 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to exempt machinery used solely for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and repairing public roads and highways from the provisions of said Act.
HB 378 Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season in Scurry County upon quail until April 30, 1963; providing a penalty.
HB 379 Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season in Borden County upon quail until April 30, 1963; providing a penalty.
HB 468 Caption: Relating to creating a Conservation and Reclamation District comprising the territory contained within the Cities of Spur, Crosbyton, Ralls and Post, to be known as "White River Municipal Water District" and abolishing White River Water Control and Improvement 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 528 Caption: Relating to creating the County Court at Law of Scurry County.
HJR 32 Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas increasing the jurisdiction of the county courts, concurrent with the district courts from One Thousand Dollars to Three Thousand Dollars and conferring probate jurisdiction on all county courts at law.
55th 1st Called Session
HB 39 Caption: Relating to the establishment of junior colleges, amending certain Acts.
55th 2nd Called Session
HCR 28 Caption: Providing for the Legislature to adjourn sine die on Wednesday, November 27, 1957, at 4 o'clock p.m.
HR 29 Caption: Commending citizens of Kent County for their service to their community.
54th Regular Session
HB 295 Caption: Relating to amending Statutes so as to provide that the selection of jurors in each county of the State shall be by the jury wheel method; providing that counties now selecting jurors by the jury commission method shall continue to select jurors under the present law until September 1, 1955.
HB 611 Caption: Relating to validainge certain orders and resolutions of County Boards of Trustees relating to county-line school districts, county-line rural high school districts, and county-line independent school districts; validating the boundaries of such districts and all other districts redefined by order or resolution of County Boards of Trustees; authorizing the levy, assessment and collection of taxes; providing a saving clause.
HB 708 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes eliminating the requirement for separate and privy acknowledgment of conveyances by a married woman.
HB 712 Caption: Relating to regulating the practice of professional engineering in this State; revising certain provisions, deleting certain provisions, and adding certain provisions relating to the subject matter of this Act.
HR 224 Caption: Welcoming the students of Snyder High School to the State Capitol.