Legislation authored by Kenneth McCalla
Includes legislation with Kenneth McCalla as the primary author for the 44th through 44th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
Please note author information is not complete for the 43rd through 45th Legislatures or for sessions prior to the 30th.
| 44th Regular Session | |
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| HB 157 | Caption: Relating to providing that constables shall be made responsible for the official acts of their deputies. |
| HB 202 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of Penal Code of the State of Texas; penalties for pool selling or bookmaking on horse races outside enclosures licensed by the Racing Commission of Texas. |
| HB 219 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; defining penalties for assault with intent to murder. |
| HB 295 | Caption: Relating to creating and making it a misdemeanor for any person who shall willfully or wantonly kill, maim, wound, disfigure, or poison any horse, ass, mule, cattle, sheep, goat, swine, dog, or other domesticated animal; prescribing a penalty therefor. |
| HB 296 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; operating a cotton gin without a license. |
| HB 297 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; exceptions for the lawful carrying of arms. |
| HB 298 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; legal status of certain Bond Systems such as the Guaranty Fund System or Bond Security System. |
| HB 299 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; bills of sale in trials of persons charged with theft of an animal. |
| HB 300 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; providing that any officer or member of a credit union organized under the laws of this State who embezzles or misapplies any money or funds belonging to such credit union shall be confined to the penitentiary not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) years. |
| HB 301 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; appointment and bonds of deputy tax assessors and collectors. |
| HB 302 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; tax levies by Boards of Trustees. |
| HB 463 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Section of the Acts of the 43rd Legislature (2nd C.S.); declaring the policy of the Legislature to provide for the general welfare by cooperation with the Federal Government in making effective the provisions of the National Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Recovery Act within the State of Texas with reference to producers, distributors, and processors of milk and milk products; providing a penalty for violation of this Act. |
| HB 510 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that the County Auditor in certain counties shall prescribe the system, forms, and reports to be used in connection with the receipt and disbursement of county revenues, funds, fees, and moneys received and disbursed by county and precinct officers so as to include the District Clerk and District Attorney. |
| HB 530 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; inventory of assets and claims of Insolvent Banks. |
| HB 531 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; service of citation on executors and administrations. |
| HB 532 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; appellants entitled to execution for cost in causes reversed by Courts of Civil Appeals. |
| HB 533 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; liability of drawer or endorser of negotiable instruments and time and manner of filing suit thereon. |
| HB 534 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; drawer of bill of exchange not accepted becomes immediately liable. |
| HB 535 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; suits on official bonds of state, county, and precinct officers. |
| HB 536 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; marking cotton by ginners. |
| HB 537 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; service of citation by publication in certain probate cases. |
| HB 538 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; personal service of heirs in probate cases. |
| HB 539 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; prescribing rules for disposing of docket in probate court. |
| HB 540 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; mode of service of citation or notice. |
| HB 541 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; service of citation by posting. |
| HB 542 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; requiring copy of pleadings to be furnished to adverse parties. |
| HB 543 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the Texas Penal Code; providing that no occupation tax or license taken out by a merchant of a lower class shall be a protection against a prosecution for knowingly pursuing that of a higher class and failing to pay the occupation tax due therefor. |
| HB 587 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; authorizing county boards of trustees in certain counties to rearrange and subdivide school districts. |
| HB 642 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; purchase of property and compromise of claims by administrators or executors, prescribing form of order entered and additional bond requirements. |
| HB 643 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; orders and sale of property of estates by adding thereto a provision that where the sale of real estate is made to the owner or holder of a secured claim in full payment, liquidation, and satisfaction thereof no bond shall be required except for the amount of cash actually received by such executor or administrator in excess of the amount necessary to pay, liquidate, and satisfy such claim in full. |
| HB 644 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that where the sale of real estate is made, or to be made, to the owner or holder of a secured claim in full payment, liquidation, and satisfaction thereof, no bond shall be required except for the amount of cash, if any, actually received by such guardian in excess of the amount necessary to pay, liquidate, and satisfy such claim in full. |
| HB 645 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; filing accounts by executors or administrators. |
| HB 646 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; citation for return of additional inventory to executor or administrator. |
| HB 647 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; the new appraisement of estates. |
| HB 648 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; the calling of probate and claim dockets. |
| HB 649 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; defining "docket" and "minutes" of probate courts. |
| HB 650 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; allowance for support of widow and minor children from estate. |
| HB 651 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; return on citations served by posting. |
| HB 652 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; requiring copies of notices be posted on the courthouse not less than ten days before the return day thereof. |
| HB 653 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; citation of sureties upon filing application by guardian for removal of business to another county. |
| HB 654 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; service of citation to ward on filing of final account. |
| HB 700 | Caption: Relating to providing that any person on trial for violating certain statute defining the offense of receiving or concealing stolen property, may be convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. |
| HB 701 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that the Secretary of State shall furnish a printed list of the county brands to the county clerks of this State. |
| HB 875 | Caption: Relating to imposing an occupation tax on every person, firm or corporation engaging in the business of selling, leasing, bartering, exchanging, or otherwise dealing in or disposing of pistols. |
| HB 876 | Caption: Relating to requiring all corporations, domestic and foreign, to file certified copies of their charters in all counties in Texas in which said corporations maintain an office or place of business. |
| HB 877 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; regulations pertaining to who may enjoin a suit for wrongful manufacture or counterfeit. |
| HB 878 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that County Superintendents, County Judges and all school officers shall take the official oath. |
| HB 879 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that in State, district, county, precinct, or municipal offices, the certificate of nomination issued by the president or chairman of the nominating convention or chairman of the county or city executive committee shall be subject to review, upon charges of fraud or illegality, by any district court of the county in which the contestee resides. |
| HB 880 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; requiring any National bank or State bank or banking association of Texas to keep an available cash fund, of not less than fifteen percent of its assets, on hand or on deposit, and payable on demand. |
| HB 881 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Article of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; providing that the Commissioner of Agriculture shall be an ex-officio member of the board of directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State. |
| HCR 21 | Caption: Requesting the Interscholastic League of Texas to include the subject of the heroes of the Confederacy and the State of Texas in their declamation and essay contests. |
| HJR 46 | Caption: Proposing an Amendment to Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Texas so as to authorize courts having original criminal jurisdiction to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place the defendant on probation, under such regulations as the Legislature may prescribe. |
| HR 73 | Caption: Providing for the creation of the Committee on Corrective and Uncontested Bills. |
| HR 121 | Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate the conditions at Retrieve State Farm and report their findings. |
| HR 128 | Caption: Granting the committee appointed to investigate the Retrieve State Farm permission to hold executive sessions with witnesses. |
| 44th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 8 | Caption: Relating to empowering the Courts of the State of Texas having original jurisdiction of criminal actions to suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and to place defendants on probation under certain conditions; specifying conditions of probation which, among others, may be imposed; excepting the offense of murder from the provisions of this Act. |
| HR 38 | Caption: In memory of Jacob F. Wolters of Houston, Texas. |
| 44th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 49 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation out of the General Fund of the State of Texas for the Attorney General's Department for the balance of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1936. |
| HB 60 | Caption: Relating to the compensation of district, certain designated county and precinct officers in counties having a population in excess of one hundred and ninety (190,000) thousand inhabitants, according to the last preceding Federal Census; providing that this Act shall become effective on and after January 1, 1936. |
| HB 82 | Caption: Relating to defining the term "open saloon"; regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, transportation and possession of alcoholic liquors; prescribing rules and regulations and the right of local option. |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to submit a certain subject for consideration of the second called session. |
| 44th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 53 | Caption: Requesting the Governor state his intent for H.B. No. 26. |