Legislation authored by E.L. Short
Includes legislation with E.L. Short as the primary author for the 61st through 67th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 67th Regular Session | |
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| SB 12 |
Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to payment of court-appointed counsel by a county in certain criminal proceedings and by the state in capital cases; providing limitation periods for indictments of felonies. |
| SB 16 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to the allocation to and use by school districts of certain sales and use tax revenue. |
| SB 110 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to student fees for the university center at Texas Tech University. |
| SB 156 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an appropriation to Texas Tech University. |
| SB 201 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to compensation of members of the board of directors of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. |
| SB 233 |
Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to a program to research, develop and demonstrate the conversion of cellulose to alcohol; relating to the Energy Development Fund. |
| SB 319 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the definition of "mobile home" and "modular home." |
| SB 343 |
Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, and financing of the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program. |
| SB 373 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to possession and use of denatured sodium pentobarbital by humane societies and animal control agencies. |
| SB 451 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to qualification for property tax relief in the form of a residence homestead exemption or appraisal of property as agricultural land or timberland. |
| SB 463 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Pertaining to the family farm and ranch security loan program, clarifying certain provisions, validating the issuance of bonds by the Commissioner of Agriculture, amending the qualifications for loans, providing separate provisions for the use of investment earnings on the farm and ranch loan security fund to make payment adjustments, requiring the payment of such bonds as required by the Constitution, enacting certain provisions pertaining to the advisory council, and enacting other provisions relating to the subject. |
| SB 618 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the territory, powers, and financing of the Colorado River Municipal Water District, and the relationships of other persons and governmental entities with the district. |
| SB 815 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the qualifications for office of the Lubbock County criminal district attorney. |
| SB 921 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Relating to comprehensive retirement counseling for state employees. |
| SB 924 |
Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to part-time or temporary employment opportunities for older workers. |
| SCR 71 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Memorializing Congress to adpot H.R. 1645 terminating the Department of Energy. |
| SCR 107 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating the city of Odessa on its centennial celebrations. |
| SR 5 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Jerry Don Davis. |
| SR 194 | Caption: Extending congratulations to the Permian High School football team. |
| SR 225 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Alex K. Cooke. |
| SR 305 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Homer E. Hunt. |
| SR 347 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Monterey High School girls basketball team. |
| SR 362 | Caption: Honoring family farmers and ranchers of Texas on the occasion of Agriculture Day. |
| SR 396 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Gene Autry on his 50th Anniversary in show business. |
| SR 405 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Clifford H. Andrews. |
| SR 482 | Caption: Commending Dr. O. W. English on his many fine achievements. |
| SR 573 | Caption: Memorial resolution for J. D. McPhaul. |
| SR 605 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Don T. Durham. |
| SR 687 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Janie Hardy. |
| 67th 1st Called Session | |
| SR 60 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Dr. J. William Davis. |
| SR 61 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Donnell Echols. |
| SR 156 | Caption: Commending Jesse L. Owens. |
| SR 173 | Caption: Honoring A. H. "Jim" Hooser on his impressive achievements in the field of education. |
| 66th Regular Session | |
| SB 213 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Authorizing the board of regents of Texas Tech University to convey certain property; providing procedures for making the sale; and prescribing permissible use of the proceeds of sale. |
| SB 214 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to medical malpractice coverage for the medical staff and students of the Texas Tech University School of Medicine and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. |
| SB 271 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the disclosure of foreign investment in real property and providing a penalty. |
| SB 272 |
Last Action: Failure to suspend the rules Caption: Relating to payment of court appointed counsel by a county in certain criminal proceedings and by the state in capital cases. |
| SB 284 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the expulsion of certain foreign students from public institutions of higher education and defining a phrase. |
| SB 367 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the applicability of the state ethics and financial disclosure law to the judges of certain statutory courts. |
| SB 371 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. |
| SB 413 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the number of trustees of a school district which has been converted from common to independent status. |
| SB 420 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to compensation of the judges of the 70th, 161st, and 244th Judicial Districts. |
| SB 421 |
Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the duration and conditions of probation. |
| SB 436 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to requirements governing competitive bidding in certain political subdivisions. |
| SB 543 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to conditions for sale of certain public land. |
| SB 568 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to per diem and mileage expenses of soil and water conservation district directors or their alternates. |
| SB 585 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the allocation to and use by school districts of certain sales and use tax revenue. |
| SB 624 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Finance Caption: Relating to an exemption from inheritance tax for certain benefits to survivors of governmental employees. |
| SB 632 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority to create a municipal courts of record in the City of Lubbock; making provisions relating to the operation of such courts; and prescribing appeals from the municipal courts of record. |
| SB 685 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to sanctions against alcoholic beverage licensees and permittees convicted of offenses under antidiscrimination or civil rights laws or ordinances. |
| SB 686 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a student recreation fee at Texas Tech University. |
| SB 881 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to exemption of certain intangible property and automobiles from ad valorem taxation and to state payments to replace the lost local revenue. |
| SB 989 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to regulation of businesses engaged in selling, installing, or maintaining fire alarm or fire detection devices. |
| SB 1020 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Agriculture Caption: Relating to interstate compact on grain marketing. |
| SB 1021 |
Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Agriculture Caption: Relating to a study committee on grain marketing. |
| SB 1087 |
Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to regulation of the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids. |
| SB 1222 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the creation of a dental advisory committee to make recommendations to the Texas Board of Health; making the committee subject to the Texas Sunset Act. |
| SB 1242 |
Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the compensation of the judge of the 106th Judicial District. |
| SJR 38 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of state sales taxes for public primary and secondary education and requiring state funding of new primary and secondary education programs. |
| SR 80 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Roy Bass. |
| SR 87 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Asher Thompson. |
| SR 190 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Ervin Paul Looney. |
| SR 323 | Caption: Extending congratulations to the Slaton High School girls' basketball team. |
| SR 330 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Preston Johnston. |
| SR 374 | Caption: Extending congratulations to the Seminole High School basketball team. |
| SR 378 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Kenneth H. Haggard. |
| 64th Regular Session | |
| HB 506 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Labor Caption: Relating to the contributions of certain employers covered by the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. |
| HB 680 |
Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to the sale of certain agricultural seeds for sowing purposes. |
| HB 783 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to abandoned mineral estates; declaring the policy and intent of the legislature and setting forth the purpose of the Act; defining terms; relating to the prima facie evidence of abandonment of a fee estate in minerals by a person other than the owner of the surface and the vesting of title to abandoned mineral estates; providing for a suit for declaratory judgment to declare the fee estate abandoned; providing for the rebuttal of prima facie evidence by the recording of notice of nonabandonment of the interest claimed; specifying nonapplication of the Act. |
| HB 1040 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to payment to the royalty owner by the purchaser or producer of crude oil, gas, or casinghead gas. |
| HB 1089 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to issuance of weather modification permits. |
| HB 1181 |
Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to an increase in the membership on the Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. |
| HB 1183 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to requirements for certain instruments recorded with a county clerk. |
| HB 1529 |
Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to payment of court appointed counsel by the state. |
| HB 1530 |
Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the annexation by a city of property within its extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
| HB 1531 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the validity of certain references made in documents that transfer the title to an interest in real estate. |
| HB 1654 |
Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to the use of State monies; prohibiting the expenditure of such monies for use in the influencing of the outcome of any election or use in the influencing of the passage or defeat of any legislative matter; providing for exemption of State employees or officials in certain instances. |
| HB 1655 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the towing of vehicles by certain motor vehicles. |
| HCR 60 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Endorsing the investigation by the Railroad Commission into deaths caused by hydrogen sulfide. |
| HR 47 | Caption: Relating to the creation of an interim study committee to investigate blood donation and distribution in Texas. |
| HR 123 | Caption: Congratulating Cindy Sue Mitchell. |
| 63rd Regular Session | |
| HB 191 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the abolition of the county school superintendent and the board of school trustees in Terry County; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 192 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to abolition of the county board of school trustees of Lynn County; amending Chapter 453, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2688bb, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by adding Section 2a; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 420 |
Last Action: Committee hearing notice posted Caption: Relating to the abolition of the county school superintendent and board of school trustees in Garza county; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1158 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as amended Caption: Authorizing the commissioners court of a county to adopt a county manager plan of government. |
| HB 1159 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to appointment, authority, and duty of receivers for certain mineral interests owned by nonresidents or unknown owners. |
| HB 1320 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the use of State monies; prohibiting the expenditure of such monies for use in the influencing of the outcome of any election or use in the influencing of the passage or defeat of any legislative matter; providing for exemption of State employees or officials in certain instances; providing penalties; providing for the repeal of laws in conflict herewith. |
| HB 1358 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the abolition of the county school superintendent and the board of trustees in Terry County, Garza County, Dawson County, Angelina County and Henderson County. |
| HB 1503 |
Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to venue of suits for breach of warranty by manufacturer. |
| HB 1504 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to lease all or portions of the county hospital. |
| HB 1594 |
Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to abolition of the county board of school trustees of Lynn County; amending Chapter 453, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 2688bb, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), by adding Section 2a; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1609 |
Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the abolition of the county school superintendent and board of school trustees in Garza County; and declaring an emergency. |
| HB 1668 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Relating to appointment, authority, and duty of receivers for certain mineral interests owned by nonresidents or unknown owners; smending Sections 1 and 3, Chapter 281, Acts of the 49th Legislature, 1945, as amended (Article 2320b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency. |
| HCR 167 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Creating a joint interim study committee to investigate policies of Texas blood banks and related matters. |
| HJR 57 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to provide four-year terms for members of the house of representatives. |
| HR 143 | Caption: Requesting State Affairs Committee to conduct a study of all state departments, agencies, etc. |
| 62nd Regular Session | |
| HB 184 | Caption: Relating to providing a procedure by which a person convicted of possession of narcotics may have certain disabilities of conviction removed under certain circumstances. |
| HB 185 | Caption: Relating to not requiring registration of certain farm vehicles and implements of husbandry when used for certain purposes. |
| HB 653 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the county judge of certain counties to appoint a county industrial commission. |
| HB 772 | Caption: Relating to abandoned mineral estates. |
| HB 1044 | Caption: Relating to ad valorem taxes. |
| HB 1678 | Caption: Relating to abolishing the office of county school superintendent in certain counties. |
| HB 1688 | Caption: Relating to the salary of juvenile officer of Dawson County. |
| HCR 47 | Caption: Encouraging the State Highway Department to preserve the utility of natural collection points for surface water along highway right-of-way. |
| HCR 125 | Caption: Creating a special committee to make a study of severed mineral estates in Texas. |
| HR 72 | Caption: Commending Judge Truett Smith. |
| HR 343 | Caption: Commending Miss Elda Cruce, Miss Cotton of Texas of 1971. |
| 62nd 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 39 | Caption: Congratulating Miss Debbie Wright, National Maid of Cotton. |
| 62nd 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 64 | Caption: Congratulating Robin Kral of Lamesa, National Spelling Bee Champion for 1972. |
| 62nd 4th Called Session | |
| HR 66 | Caption: Commending Todd Jeffrey Johnston. |