Legislation authored by Lester Francis Clark

Includes legislation with Lester Francis Clark as the primary author for the 46th through 48th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

48th Regular Session
HB 97 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relative to expenses of County Commissioners in certain counties.
HB 129 Caption: Relating to providing that it shall be unlawful to buy or sell any fish caught in the rivers, lakes, or waters of Stephen County; any person found guilty of violation of the Act shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5) more more than One Hundred Dollars ($100).
HB 180 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts concerning the expense of certain County Commissioners.
HB 203 Caption: Relating to providing for the execution of an agreement to extend the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas.
HB 260 Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in each County in this State having a population of not less than eighteen thousand, four hundred and forty-four (18,444) and not more than eighteen thousand, five hundred (18,500), and Counties having a population of not less than twelve thousand, three hundred and forty-four (12,344) nor more than twelve thousand, four hundred (12,400), and Counties having a population of not less than six thousand, two hundred and five (6,205) and not more than six thousand, two hundred and fifteen (6,215), according to the last preceding Federal Census, to allow each County Commissioner certain expenses for traveling and in connection with the use of his automobile on official business only and/or in overseeing the constriction and maintenance of the public roads of the County, to be paid out of the Road and Bridge Fund of the respective Commissioner's precinct.
HB 261 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the prohibition of waste; the consolidation or unitization of separately owned properties in any oil pool, when approved by the Attorney General of Texas, and providing that any such agreement shall be binding upon the parties thereto and the enforcement thereof in any action for specific performance.
HB 281 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts prohibiting the transportation of minnows of any and all species out of the counties wherein such minnows are caught, seined, or taken; providing a penalty.
HB 317 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for certain provisions to be inserted in group life insurance policies.
HB 318 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for certain provisions to be inserted in industrial life insurance policies.
HB 481 Caption: Relating to validating the action of the Commissioners' Court of Stephens County in purchasing and maintaining an automobile used in the construction and maintenance of the public roads of said County.
HR 188 Caption:
47th Regular Session
HB 31 Caption: Relating to providing that in all suits on account of the defalcation of, or misapplication or misappropriation of money by, any public officer in this State the official bond or bonds of such officers executed after this Act takes effect shall inure to the benefit of the persons aggrieved by such.
HB 32 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful and a felony for any person to steal any mercury used in a gas meter or measuring device or regulating device; providing a penalty.
HB 217 Caption: Relating to declaring it unlawful to take, hunt, trap, ensnare, kill, or attempt to kill by any means whatsoever any wild deer, buck, doe, fawn, or wild turkey in Stephens and Palo Pinto Counties for a certain period; providing certain penalties.
HB 259 Caption: Relating to amending the General and Special Laws relative to fixing the maximum rate of tax to be levied for school purposes in certain independent school districts; providing for election authorizing issuance of bonds.
HB 266 Caption: Relating to amending the General and Special Laws relative to giving compensation to the members of the Board of Equalization of the Mineral Wells Independent School District.
HB 493 Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to allow each County Commissioner certain expenses for traveling and in connection with the use of his automobile on official business only and/or in overseeing the construction and maintenance of the public roads of the count, to be paid out of Road and Bridge Fund of the respective Commissioner's precinct.
HB 677 Caption: Relating to granting aid to certain school districts in Palo Pinto County and Stephens County, Texas, made necessary by the inundation of taxable land by the damming of the Brazos River with the Possum Kingdom Dam in Palo Pinto County limiting the number of years for said grant for said school districts; granting and donating for a period of years to said school districts of the State ad valorem taxes levied and collected on property in said counties in accordance with taxes lost through inundation of taxable property.
HB 885 Caption: Relating to the acquisition of real and personal property by Conservation and Reclamation District and authorities established under Article 16 of the Constitution to which State Ad Valorem taxes have been granted for a period of years.
HB 916 Caption: Relating to providing that it shall be unlawful to buy or sell certain fish caught in Stephens County; providing for certain penalty.
HB 927 Caption: Relating to providing an open season for mourning doves in Palo Pinto County from September 1st to October 31st of each year; fixing a penalty for violation of this Act.
HB 942 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing that the Railroad Commission of Texas shall limit production of crude petroleum oil in this State to the reasonable market demand therefor.
HB 948 Caption: Relating to creating Eolian Common School District No. 4 wholly established in Stephens County, Texas.
HB 1045 Caption: Relating to providing that it shall be unlawful to buy or sell any fish caught in Possum Kingdom Lake located in certain Counties or in any of the backwaters; providing certain penalties.
HB 1049 Caption: Relating to providing necessary regulations for the taking or possession of fish, or use of fishing tackle or gear, from the body of water impounded by Possum Kingdom Dam; providing a suitable penalty for violation of any provision of this Act.
HCR 48 Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk of the House to make corrections in H.B. No. 266.
HCR 74 Caption: Authorizing the State Highway Department of Texas to loan a quantity discarded guard wire to several schools in Stephens County.
HCR 96 Caption: Authorizing the State Highway Department of Texas to lend to the City of Mineral Wells sufficient quantities of discarded wire to protect the fish life of Lake Mineral Wells.
HR 73 Caption: Requesting full hearings to all bills from the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation.
46th Regular Session
HB 147 Caption: Relating to declaring it unlawful to take, hunt, trap, ensnare, kill, or attempt to kill by any means whatsoever any wild deer, buck, doe, fawn, or wild turkey in Palo Pinto County for a period of four (4) years from and after the passage of this Act; providing a penalty therefor.
HB 188 Caption: Relating to creating and establishing what shall be known as an "escheat fund" in the office of the State Treasurer.
HB 347 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute to transfer Young County from the Thirtieth to the Ninetieth Jurisdiction.
HB 491 Caption: Relating to prescribing procedure for the collection of claims for bodily injury and/or property damage, stating parties thereto, making certain evidence admissible in trials for such causes.
HB 599 Caption: Relating to diminishing the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the County Court of Stephens County, Texas, and to conform the jurisdiction of the District Court of such County to such change.
HB 1061 Caption: Relating to providing amount of payment to the Executive Committee in order to have the name placed on official ballot for Representative and Flotorial Representative and Flotorial Representative No. 2 in certain counties.
HB 1102 Caption: Relating to validating all elections, election orders, election proceedings, affidavits and city ordinances, annexing adjacent territory, or extending and prescribing the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town incorporated and functioning under general law of Texas under Commission form of government, such validating Act to apply only to cities or towns in certain counties.
HCR 190 Caption: Granting Mrs. V.E. Howard permission to sue the State of Texas.
HR 313 Caption: Inviting members of the House to the Third Annual Health Festival of Texas.
HR 335 Caption: Expressing appreciation toward Wanda Waltrip for her assistance to the House.