Legislation authored by William C. Carpenter
Includes legislation with William C. Carpenter as the primary author for the 37th through 42nd 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.
| 42nd Regular Session | |
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| HB 266 | Caption: Relating to validating the surveys of all lands heretofore and hereafter made and returned to the general land office which surveys are located in whole or in part within the corporate limits of any city, town or village within this State. |
| HB 275 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code by redefining the offense of attempt at arson. |
| HB 477 | Caption: Relating to amending the Livestock Law in Matagorda and Wharton Counties so as to include Wharton County. |
| HB 587 | Caption: Relating to providing for the formation of Consolidated County-Wide Independent School Districts in certain Counties upon majority vote of the qualified voters of such counties. |
| HB 730 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws by providing for payment of taxes on State Prison Property to all road, drainage, school and other taxing districts. |
| HB 818 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners' Courts of all counties adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico to issue time warrants bearing interest not exceeding eight per cent (8%) per annum to be used in the payment either by outright purchase, or after condemnation proceedings, of lands for right of way and dumping ground purposes for an Intra-coastal canal. |
| HB 852 | Caption: Relating to authorizing persons owing taxes to any legally organized district of this State to pay same with the written evidences of indebtedness of such district. |
| 42nd 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 66 | Caption: Relating to declaring a closed season on the killing of prairie chickens in Brazoria and Matagorda Counties for a period of five years. |
| HCR 18 | Caption: Relating to maps of Brazoria County. |
| HCR 35 | Caption: Amending the caption of H.B No. 66. |
| 42nd 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 36 | Caption: Relating to providing relief for the West Columbia Independent School District, Brazoria County, Texas, to aid in rebuilding its property and equipment destroyed by the great hurricane which swept over the district on August 13, 1932; making an appropriation. |
| HB 37 | Caption: Relating to providing for the relief of Brazoria Independent School District of Brazoria County, Texas in order to aid in rebuilding and repairing its schools destroyed by the hurricane on August 13, 1932; making an appropriation. |
| 41st Regular Session | |
| HB 99 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute fixing the compensation of County Treasurers. |
| HB 218 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute by creating the sand, grave and shell fund, and appropriating the same; providing for refund or taxes paid on marl, gravel, shell or mudshell by any county, city or town, or State Highway Commission, and providing for the enforcement of the provisions of the sand, shell and grave law. |
| HB 254 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to pensions for Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows; providing that the word widow as used in this statute shall not apply to women born since the year 1881. |
| HB 285 | Caption: Relating to providing for the re-recording of all marks and brands for stock, and providing for notice of the passage of this law and for payment for the publication of such notice, and providing for the discontinuance of the right to use such marks and brands not so re-recorded. |
| HB 386 | Caption: Relating to providing that all citations issued by the county clerk be returnable to the court from which issued within a certain period; amending certain articles. |
| HB 442 | Caption: Relating to providing the commissioners' court in certain counties may authorize the county treasurer to employ an assistant treasurer at a salary not to exceed $75.00 per month, to be paid out of the general fund of the county, and providing that upon exhaustion of said road bond funds no authority to employ the assistant treasurer shall exist. |
| HB 635 | Caption: Relating to changing the provisions relative to the width of first class roads. |
| 41st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 36 | Caption: Relating to providing that all citations and notices issued by the County Clerk on certain applications shall be returnable to the court from which issued on the first Monday after the service is perfected, and said returnable date shall constitute the term of the probate court for action on said applications; amending a certain Statute. |
| HB 225 | Caption: Relating to the creation of Brazoria County Drainage District Number Five (5) in Brazoria County, Texas. |
| 41st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 141 | Caption: Relating to providing for the employment of an Assistant County Treasurer in certain counties. |
| 41st 5th Called Session | |
| HB 90 | Caption: Relating to amending Articles 6202, 6221 and 6227 of Title 109 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas relating to annual pensions for indigent or disabled Confederate Soldiers. |
| 38th Regular Session | |
| HB 68 | Caption: Relating to providing rule as to notice of claim for damages, and adding thereto a provision changing the time in which suit may be filed; and dispensing with the necessity for notice in certain cases to conform to the Federal Interstate Commerce Act and the Federal Transportation Act of 1920. |
| HB 69 | Caption: Relating to providing that carriers cannot limit their responsibility as it exists at common law by adding thereto a provision making the carrier liable for the full, actual loss, damage or injury, and defining status of notice or knowledge of the purpose for which goods are being shipped. |
| HB 70 | Caption: Relating to making attorneys' fees recoverable in certain cases, by adding a provision making attorneys' fees recoverable in certain suits for loss or damage to express shipments. |
| HB 72 | Caption: Relating to aiding Matagorda County Levee District No. 1 of Matagorda county, Texas, in repairing its protection levee, and constructing such other necessary works. |
| HB 75 | Caption: Relating to creating the Freeport Independent School District in Brazoria County, Texas. |
| HB 124 | Caption: Relating to amending statutes relating to the inspection of hides and animal by adding to the exempt counties the county of Matagorda, and repealing all laws in conflict herewith. |
| HB 231 | Caption: Relating to aiding and relieving the town of Matagorda (which borders on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico) and the citizens and taxpayers thereof from the devastating Gulf storms and tidal waves of the Gulf of Mexico by the construction of sea-walls, breakwater, revetments and share and harbor protection, and in maintaining the same. |
| HB 394 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and compelling the commissioners courts of the various counties of the State of Texas, various counties of the State of Texas, upon application of the owner, or owners, of lands that have been subdivided into town lots and blocks or small subdivisions, canceling and annulling such lots, blocks and subdivisions, provided such action does not interfere with established rights. |
| HB 414 | Caption: Relating to aiding and relieving the City of Palacios in Matagorda County, Texas, (which borders on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,) and the citizens and taxpayers thereof, from the devastating gulf storms and tidal waves of the Gulf of Mexico, by the construction of sea-walls, break-waters, revetments and shore and harbor protection, and in maintaining the same. |
| HB 513 | Caption: Relating to amending legislation creating the office of Game, Fish & Oyster Commissioner by changing certain penalties therein and making necessary changes in regulations. |
| 38th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 108 | Caption: Relating to creating the West Columbia Independent School District in Brazoria county, Texas; defining it boundaries, including the present Common School District No. 16, in Brazoria county, Texas. |
| 37th Regular Session | |
| HB 99 | Caption: Relating to the protection of wild game, birds, etc; and prohibiting the hunting deer with dogs. |
| HB 119 | Caption: Relating to a certain Act regarding suits for land against the estates of descendants. |
| HB 168 | Caption: Relating to amend a certain Act regarding the fixing of salaries of county commissioners of Brazoria county as road supervisors. |
| HB 195 | Caption: Relating to a certain Act providing for a survey of the coast line of Texas within tide water limits. |
| HB 319 | Caption: Relating to changing the time of holding court in the Twenty-third Judicial District. |
| HB 451 | Caption: Relating to aiding the city of Palacios in improving harbor, etc. |
| HB 473 | Caption: Relating to granting aid to the town of Matagorda. |
| HB 547 | Caption: Relating to amend a certain Act regarding the inspection of hides and animals. |
| HR 53 | Caption: Providing for copies to be made of evidence in the Neinast case. |