Legislation authored by Joseph Clinton Humphrey
Includes legislation with Joseph Clinton Humphrey as the primary author for the 47th through 49th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
49th Regular Session | |
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HB 42 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and bring about increased efficiently in the service of all departments and agencies of the State Department by establishing effective budget control and more effective long range budget planning to the end that the funds of the State shall not be expended except in strict compliance with law and as authorized by the Legislature. |
HB 62 | Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of a Legislative Council and prescribing its powers and duties; making an appropriation therefor. |
HB 274 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing formulas to be used by the State Board of Education in estimating the necessary amount to operate the schools for a period of not less than six (6) months. |
HB 275 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing a formula for calculating the ad valorem rate of taxes to be collected for public free school purposes. |
HB 786 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and to bring about increased efficiency in the service of all State departments, agencies and institutions of the State government by the establishment of a merit system of appointing employees. |
HCR 30 | Caption: Providing cities and towns with the inauguration of shrub and flower planting programs. |
HCR 32 | Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, March 1, 1954, and ending on Monday, March 5, 1945. |
HCR 51 | Caption: Granting adjournment Sine Die. |
HCR 52 | Caption: Suspending certain Joint Rule to consider biennial appropriation bill. |
HCR 82 | Caption: Relating to per diem of Members of the Legislature. |
HCR 106 | Caption: Commending Interstate Commerce Commission for decision in regard to freight rates. |
HJR 60 | Caption: Relating to providing for a Constitutional Convention to be assembled in the City of Austin for the purpose of framing a new constitution;specifying the number of delegates and prescribing the qualifications of electors and the manner of conducting the election; authorizing the Governor to issue the proclamation convening the elected delegates, authorizing the Governor to issue his proclamation ordering said election, and making an appropriation to defray the expense of said convention. |
HJR 61 | Caption: Proposing an amendment providing for the recall of public officers; providing for an election on the question of the adoption or rejection of such amendment and making an appropriation therefor; providing for the proclamation and publication therefor, and prescribing the form of ballot. |
HR 3 | Caption: Providing for mailing of House Journals. |
HR 70 | Caption: Inviting Gilbert Sandefer to address the House of Representatives. |
HR 74 | Caption: Electing the children of House members to the office of mascot. |
HR 155 | Caption: In memory of Henry J. Bass of Abilene. |
HR 165 | Caption: Congratulating Claud H. Gilmer for his work as Speaker of the House. |
HR 185 | Caption: Congratulating Dr. Rupert N. Richardson and J.D. Sandefer, Jr. for their accomplishments within Hardin-Simmons University. |
HR 250 | Caption: Commending Read Granberry for his service as parliamentarian of the House of Representatives. |
HR 266 | Caption: Commending the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. |
HR 273 | Caption: Expressing desire of the House of Representatives that the State of Texas does not purchase Tribune Building. |
48th Regular Session | |
HB 7 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and to bring about increased efficiency in the service of all State departments, agencies and institutions of the State; prescribing penalties for violations of provisions of the act. |
HB 77 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and to bring about increased efficiency in the service of all State departments, agencies and institutions of the State by providing a unified, comprehensive code of procedures for financial administration, including financial planning and budgeting, accounting and financial control, continuous post-auditing and pre-auditing of receivables, receipts and expenditures, purchasing and property control, management of general government buildings, and a merit system of appointing employees; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith; prescribing penalties for violations and provisions of this Act. |
HB 90 | Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of a Legislative Council and prescribing its powers and duties; making an appropriation therefor. |
HB 152 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and to bring about increased efficiency in the service of all State departments, agencies and institutions of the State government by the establishment of a merit system of appointing employees; prescribing penalties and aid thereof; making an appropriation. |
HB 245 | Caption: Relating to granting permission to Eunita Mae Adams, a minor, to bring suit against the State of Texas and/or Highway Department of Texas in a court of competent jurisdiction in Jones County, Texas, for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her while riding in an automobile with her father, Lyle Adams, who was driving said automobile, which said automobile was run into and struck by another automobile owned by the State of Texas and being driven by an employee of the State of Texas, to wit, W.A. Haynes, on or about the eleventh day of July, 1941, at the intersection of two (2) lateral highways in Jones County, Texas, known as the McChristian Road and the road known as the Compress Road, while the said Haynes was in the discharge of his duties as an highway road overseer and engaged at said time in his capacity as road overseer and employed by the Highway Department of Texas on the State road running from the City of Stamford to the City of Anson in Jones County, Texas. |
HB 256 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that no ad valorem rate for school purposes shall exceed the amount required to produce a total available school fund to pay an apportionment in excess of the amount prescribed in Article 2665, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, limiting the amount of the apportionment not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25). |
HB 257 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing formulas to be used by the State Board of Education in estimating the necessary amount to operate the schools for a period of not less than six (6) months. |
HB 272 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that the county clerk shall not issue a marriage license between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any day. |
HB 287 | Caption: Relating to amending certain article of the Revised Civil Statutes in regard to the adoption of textbook on Journalism. |
HB 340 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the State of Texas to invest certain funds in Defense Bonds or other obligations of the Unites States of America, and authorizing any political subdivision of the State of Texas which heretofore has issued and sold bonds and is unable to obtain labor and materials to carry out the purpose for which the bonds were issued may invest the proceeds now on hand in Defense Bonds or other obligations of the United States of America. |
HB 730 | Caption: Relating to granting permission to J.R. Williamson to bring suit against the State of Texas and/or Highway Department of Texas in a Court of competent jurisdiction in Callahan County, Texas, for damages alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the loss of crops and damages to sixteen (16) acres of land located in Callahan County, Texas. |
HB 761 | Caption: Relating to granting consent to Austin Road Company and Austin Construction Company, respectively, to bring suit against the State of Texas on claims made by them against the Highway Department in connection with the performance of certain contracts for highway construction in Lynn and Hemphill Counties, Texas. |
HCR 40 | Caption: Granting the Legislature permission to adjourn from Friday, February 19, 1943, until Tuesday, February 23, 1943. |
HCR 114 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to consider certain bills at a certain time. |
HR 42 | Caption: Providing for the printing of the Legislative Manual. |
HR 72 | Caption: Designating Emily Johanna Fitzgerald as a Mascot of the House. |
HR 149 | Caption: In memory of Walter R. Chapman, former Judge of the 104th District Court. |
HR 168 | Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate the work of the School Census Department. |
HR 196 | Caption: Providing for the disbandment of the House Census Department. |
HR 226 | Caption: Congratulating Rupert Narval Richardson on publishing the history, "Texas, The Lone-Star State". |
HR 295 | Caption: Congratulating the participants in the Interscholastic League Meet of 1943. |
HR 305 | Caption: Congratulating Representative H.S. Fitzgerald and his wife on the birth of their son, James Gordon Fitzgerald. |
47th Regular Session | |
HB 42 | Caption: Relating to providing a unified, comprehensive code of procedures for financial administration, including financial planning and budgeting, accounting and financial control, continuous pre-auditing of receivables, receipts, and expenditures, purchasing and property control, and management of general government buildings; prescribing penalties for violations of provisions of this Act. |
HB 571 | Caption: Relating to furthering the general welfare and governmental economy and to bring about increased efficiency in the service of all State departments, agencies and institutions of the State government by the establishing of a merit system of appointing employees; creating of a State Civil Service Commission; prescribing its powers and duties; prescribing penalties; making an appropriation. |
HB 743 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Revised Civil Statutes authorizing the Textbook Commission to select and adopt a uniform system of textbooks to be used in the public free school of Texas. |
HB 933 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use in Fort Phantom Hill Lake of Jones and Taylor Counties of certain devices for catching fish; to limit the size and number of fish to be caught; to prohibit the taking of fresh-water fish for certain months; providing a penalty. |
HCR 64 | Caption: Granting J. H. Ferrel, permission to sue the State of Texas. |
HCR 142 | Caption: Suspending Joint Rules to consider H.B. No. 42. |
HR 80 | Caption: Commending the motion picture industry and the theaters of Texas for their contribution to the Nation's war emergency welfare work. |
HR 151 | Caption: Congratulating the annual Interscholastic League basketball tournament. |
47th 1st Called Session | |
HR 17 | Caption: Commending Harold E. Stassen, Governor of Minnesota. |