Legislation authored by Rawleigh Portue Smyth

Includes legislation with Rawleigh Portue Smyth as the primary author for the 30th through 40th 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.

40th Regular Session
HB 217 Caption: Relating to creating a more efficient road system for Lamb county.
HB 238 Caption: Relating to providing for the creation and establishment of independent School Districts in the State.
HB 291 Caption: Relating to amending certain articles relating to the manner of service of citation on application for the probate of wills; validating the service of citation and the probating of wills.
HB 323 Caption: Relating to providing for the creation, organization, maintenance, government, operation, authority, functions and duties of the Military Establishment of the State of Texas; adopting the National Defense Act enacted and amended by the Congress of the United States relating to the National Guard.
HB 398 Caption: Relating to providing for the designing, purchase and installation of a memorial tablet in the Texas Memorial Stadium commemorating the services of Texas men and women who served in the World War; making an appropriation.
HB 474 Caption: Relating to repealing certain laws relating to exempting officers in counties having a certain population from making reports of fees.
HB 589 Caption: Relating to amending an article of the Revised Civil Statutes so as to place Briscoe County under the provisions thereof.
HB 627 Caption: Relating to validating the City of Sudan, Lamb County Texas, incorporated under the general laws of Texas at an election held on the 28th day of September, 1925 under previsions of the Revised Civil Statutes of 1911, as amended.
HB 637 Caption: Relating to establishing and maintaining an agricultural experiment station in the shallow water section of the South Plains extending across the northern part of Floyd, Hale and Lamb counties; making an appropriation.
HB 647 Caption: Relating to changing the time of holding district court in Bailey County in the 64th Judicial District of Texas.
HB 649 Caption: Relating to creating, defining and establishing Road District No. 5 in Briscoe county, Texas, for the purposes of constructing, maintaining and operating macadamized, graveled or paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof.
HCR 12 Caption: Authorizing the Governor to receive funds from the US Secretary of War for the benefit of the Texas National Guard.
40th 1st Called Session
HR 43 Caption: Extending appreciation of the House to notary public Bess Odell Beeman.
39th Regular Session
HB 99 Caption: Relating to the creation of the Baileyboro Independent School District of Bailey County; validating an issue of bonds and the election and assumption of the pro rata portion of bond taxes.
HB 118 Caption: Relating to creating the Amherst Independent School District in Lamb County, Texas.
HB 131 Caption: Relating to creating the Liberty Independent School District in Bailey County, Texas, now comprising Common School District No. 3, of Bailey County, as heretofore created by the county board of trustees therefor.
HB 160 Caption: Relating to creating Muleshoe Independent School District in Bailey County, Texas.
HB 404 Caption: Relating to creating the Oklahoma Independent School District in Parmer County, Texas, out of territory now comprising Common School District No. 10, of Parmer County, as heretofore created by the county board of trustees therefor; vesting said independent school district and board of trustees with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties conferred upon independent school districts incorporated under the general laws of Texas.
HB 537 Caption: Relating to providing for the vocational rehabilitation and placement of physically disabled persons.
HB 545 Caption: Relating to creating the Flynt Independent School District in Swisher County, Texas.
HB 561 Caption: Relating to creating the Halfway Independent School District, situated in Hale County, Texas; defining its metes and bounds; vesting it with rights, powers, duties and privileges of independent districts incorporated for school purposes only under the general laws.
HB 563 Caption: Relating to creating and incorporating the Runningwater Independent School District of Hale County, Texas, for free school purposes only; defining its boundaries; vesting it with all the rights, powers, duties and privileges of independent school districts under the general laws of Texas pertaining thereto.
HB 568 Caption: Relating to providing for the creation and establishment of school districts in the State of Texas and authorizing the County Board of Education to create school districts.
HB 589 Caption: Relating to creating Friona Independent School District in Parmer County, Texas.
HB 611 Caption: Relating to creating the Salem Independent School District in Swisher county, Texas.
HB 620 Caption: Relating to validating Common School District No. 9, Bailey county, Texas.
HB 621 Caption: Relating to validating Common School District No. 2, Bailey county, Texas.
HB 622 Caption: Relating to creating the Longview Independent School District in Bailey county, Texas.
HB 623 Caption: Relating to validating Common School District No. 1 of Bailey County, Texas, and defining its boundaries.
HB 624 Caption: Relating to creating the West Camp Independent School District in Bailey County, Texas, out of territory now compromising Common School District No. 4 of Bailey County, as heretofore created by the county board of education therefor.
HB 625 Caption: Relating to creating the Bula Independent School District in Bailey County, Texas, out of territory now compromising Common School District No. 11, of Bailey County, as heretofore created by the county board of education therefor.
HB 627 Caption: Relating to validating Common School District No. 12, Bailey county, Texas.
HB 642 Caption: Relating to validating the incorporation of the City of Littlefield, as adopted by the qualified voters of said city at an election held on the 9th day of August, 1924.
HJR 9 Caption: Proposing an amendment eliminating the authorizing of the Legislature to create special districts; permitting the majority of property tax payers of a county to vote a school tax, and making an appropriation therefor.
39th 1st Called Session
HB 156 Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number One (1), in Lamb County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district.
HB 157 Caption: Relating to the creation of Road District No. 7 in Briscoe County.
HB 158 Caption: Relating to the creation of Road District No. 8 in Briscoe county.
HB 256 Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number 7, in Briscoe County, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district.
HB 257 Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Eight (8), in Briscoe County, Texas, Texas, validating and approving all orders made by the commissioners' court of said county, in respect to the organization of said district.
HB 336 Caption: Relating to amending statute relating to stock law elections so as to include Bailey and Parmer Counties within the provisions of said statute.
HB 369 Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to the service of citation for probation of wills.
HB 377 Caption: Relating to creating the Lockney Independent School District in Floyd County, Texas, including therein the present Lockney Independent School District and the following common school districts in said county.