Legislation authored by Bob Armstrong
Includes legislation with Bob Armstrong as the primary author for the 58th through 61st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 61st Regular Session | |
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| HB 110 | Caption: Relating to exempting the homestead of an unmarried adult from attachment, execution, and every other species of forced sale. |
| HB 111 | Caption: Relating to creating a Texas State Board of Landscape Architects; prescribing penalties for violation. |
| HB 112 | Caption: Relating to days designated as legal holidays; setting an effective date. |
| HB 249 | Caption: Relating to protecting and preserving rights of employees of street transportation systems which have been and are acquired by cities, towns or municipalities. |
| HB 367 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the operation of slow-moving vehicles, as herein defined, on public streets and highways unless equipped with and displaying a "slow-moving-vehicle emblem" as herein defined; providing certain exceptions. |
| HB 409 | Caption: Relating to the practice of barbering in this state. |
| HB 477 | Caption: Relating to redefining powers of Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education to include authority to certify persons qualified to be peace officers and law enforcement instructors, and institution and facilities for peace officer training; adding to Commission the Commissioner of Higher Education of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System; setting penalty for acting as or appointing peace officer in violation of this Act. |
| HB 478 | Caption: Relating to providing that in all cases, except capital cases where the State is seeking the death penalty, the trial judge shall assess the penalty. |
| HB 479 | Caption: Relating to increasing the Texas Union Student fee at The University of Texas at Austin. |
| HB 480 | Caption: Relating to providing for the transfer of certain persons to the Texas Department of Corrections pending appeal from a felony conviction. |
| HB 679 | Caption: Relating to the issuance of drivers licenses and regulations pertaining thereto, to provide for the issuance of an occupational license; providing a penalty for violation. |
| HB 752 | Caption: Relating to revising the procedures relating to bail. |
| HB 788 | Caption: Relating to creating a Texas Parks Advisory Committee. |
| HB 789 | Caption: Relating to safety regulations for discharging pupils from a school bus that must cross a highway or street. |
| HB 790 | Caption: Relating to creating a Texas Conservation Foundation. |
| HB 845 | Caption: Relating to salaries of Assistant County Attorneys of certain counties. |
| HB 1144 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Criminal Justice Council to plan and conduct a research and demonstration study of probation; providing an appropriation. |
| HB 1145 | Caption: Relating to state grants of assistance for resident students at accredited schools of professional nursing. |
| HB 1207 | Caption: Relating to the composition of the State Board of Health. |
| HB 1213 | Caption: Relating to providing military service credits under certain conditions for members of the State Employees Retirement System. |
| HCR 12 | Caption: Designating an official State gemstone and a State mineral. |
| HCR 51 | Caption: Authorizing the Interagency Natural Resources Council to make a study of the State's submerged lands, beaches, islands, estuaries, and estuarine areas. |
| HCR 52 | Caption: Granting permission to the Boys Club of Austin to hold their 1969 Art Exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda. |
| HCR 109 | Caption: Commending the achievements of "Project Info". |
| HJR 6 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the benefits of homestead exemption be extended to unmarried adults, male and female. |
| HJR 10 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment permitting denial of bail to a person indicted for a felony committed while that person was admitted to bail on a prior felony indictment. |
| HR 290 | Caption: Recognizing the rights of students in Colleges and Universities in the State, to exercise their judgments in development of new ideas and programs. |
| HR 471 | Caption: Commending Emma Long of Austin, Texas, for her long and devoted service to the City of Austin. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| HR 101 | Caption: Congratulating all Members on their birthdays which do not fall during the Regular Sessions or Special Sessions. |
| 61st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 23 | Caption: Relating to providing that certain sales of property delivered to points outside of Texas or delivered to points within Texas constitute business attributable to this State for purposes of allocating capital taxable by this State under the franchise tax and to provide for certain limited tax credits; providing an effective date. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| HB 97 | Caption: Relating to mentally retarded persons and responsibility for their support and maintenance as students in State Schools. |
| HB 141 | Caption: Relating to amending certain articles of the Texas Penal Code relating to hunting on lands of the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
| HB 282 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the appointment, promotion and discharges of officers and employees of the Department of Public Safety so as to eliminate from the law the requirement of Texas residence at the time of application for employment. |
| HB 290 | Caption: Relating to creating a Texas State Board of Landscape Architects; providing penalties for violation. |
| HB 296 | Caption: Relating to protecting and preserving rights of employees of street transportation systems which have been and are acquired by cities, towns or municipalities. |
| HB 331 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by adding to the definition of peace officers; authorizing peace officers to require witnesses to identify themselves; providing that magistrates must warn arrested persons brought before them of their constitutional rights; providing for the jury to pass sentence in capital cases where the State seeks the death penalty; providing that the Department of Public Safety shall become the depository for fingerprint records of persons granted probation under the Misdemeanor Probation Act, etc. |
| HB 361 | Caption: Relating to requiring building permits for the building, erection or construction of any building or other structures, or for making improvements to any existing structure and for the moving of buildings; providing exceptions; providing for the issuance of permits by county tax collectors; providing a fee for permits; making the violation of this Act a misdemeanor and fixing penalties. |
| HB 378 | Caption: Relating to the State Judicial Qualifications Commission. |
| HB 387 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful and a felony for any person who shall enter upon any premises or public utility right-of-way with intent to steal or carry away without consent of the owner or assist in stealing or so carrying away any copper wire or copper cable; providing that any person illegally transporting more than a certain amount of copper wire or copper cable shall be guilty of a felony; providing penalties for violations for the terms of the Act; providing certain defenses. |
| HB 434 | Caption: Relating to requiring secondhand metal dealers to maintain certain records and make certain reports with respect to certain purchases and sales of copper and brass materials; prescribing a penalty. |
| HB 1197 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to insanity as a defense or as a bar in criminal cases. |
| HB 1332 | Caption: Relating to receipt of benefits from the Teachers' Retirement System of Texas by certain persons in this state. |
| HCR 57 | Caption: Authorizing the State Building Commission to execute agreements for the vacation of city streets and alleys and for relocation of traffic arteries in the Capitol Complex. |
| HCR 79 | Caption: Honoring Dr. Addison E. Lee for his public service as an educator. |
| HCR 107 | Caption: In memory of Jerome Sneed Jr. of Austin. |
| HCR 154 | Caption: Granting McCarty-Connally Company permission to sue the University of Texas. |
| HJR 19 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas relating to denial of bail to a person indicted for a felony committed while that person was admitted to bail on a prior felony indictment. |
| HJR 20 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas providing for the investment of the Permanent University Fund by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System in certain types of securities within the prudent man rule. |
| HR 8 | Caption: Directing the creation of Committees to notify the Governor and the Senate of the Organization of the House. |
| HR 185 | Caption: Commending the students of Highland Park School in Austin on their interest in State Government. |
| HR 210 | Caption: Commending the students of Burnet High School for their interest in State Government. |
| HR 220 | Caption: Commending the students of Anderson High School for their interest in State Government. |
| HR 242 | Caption: Commending the students of Pflugerville High School for their interest in State Government. |
| HR 329 | Caption: Directing the creation of a Commission on Law Enforcement Procedures to create a manual for law enforcement officers. |
| HR 337 | Caption: Congratulating State Representative Franklin Ace Pickens for his appointment as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy Reserve. |
| HR 344 | Caption: Congratulating Miss Ann Scott for being named "Duchess of Austin" at the 19th Annual Neches River Festival. |
| HR 377 | Caption: Commending Leon Black of Martin's Mill for his coaching of the Texas Legislature Basketball team in their victory over the Oklahoma Legislature. |
| HR 457 | Caption: Commending Meechai Ruchuphuntu, the Assistant to the House Parliamentarian, for his invaluable service during the Session. |
| HR 469 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to study the relationship between the professions of architecture, engineering, and landscape architecture. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 28 | Caption: Directing the creation of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Physical Fitness. |
| HR 68 | Caption: In memory of Virgil C. Lott of Austin. |
| HR 86 | Caption: Commending Wayne Jennings and Tom Martine and al others who participated in the Legislative Softball Game. |
| 59th Regular Session | |
| HB 101 | Caption: Relating to warning devices on public streets and highways; providing a penalty. |
| HB 377 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts and transferring to the State Board of Education all lands, funds, and property belonging to or purchased for the Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphan School. |
| HB 419 | Caption: Relating to increasing per diem paid members attending regular and called meetings of the Veterans Affairs Commission. |
| HB 477 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code by providing that the annual meeting of stockholders of insurance companies be held on or before March 31 of each year. |
| HB 478 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code by providing that directors of life, health, or accident insurance companies need not be stockholders unless so required by the articles of incorporation or bylaws. |
| HB 499 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code by providing that the first annual meeting of all of the policyholders of each mutual life insurance company insuring the lives of individuals on the mutual level premium, legal reserve plan, be changed. |
| HB 500 | Caption: Relating to conferring upon the Board of Regents of The University of Texas the power of eminent domain to acquire land for the use of The University of Texas System. |
| HB 677 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts to provide for an annual exceptional children transportation cost allotment to school districts operating approved exceptional children programs determinable on a prescribed per capita pupil basis and/or formula and subject to certain limitations. |
| HB 678 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to authorize and provide for supervisor professional unit allotments for school district exceptional children education programs, constituting same a part of the Foundation School Program Act and cost thereof. |
| HB 722 | Caption: Relating to creating a Texas State Board of Landscape Architects; providing penalties. |
| HB 794 | Caption: Relating to defining and establishing a preferred lien for all taxes due the State of Texas by virtue of a certain Title except as to motor vehicle liens duly recorded under the Texas Certificate of Title Act. |
| HB 803 | Caption: Relating to placing the wildlife resources of Travis County under the regulatory authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission; providing an exception relating to archery hunting. |
| HB 970 | Caption: Relating to motor fuel tax refunds to persons selling motor fuel at retail. |
| HCR 8 | Caption: Expressing appreciation to the City of Austin for more than a century of service as a capital. |
| HCR 62 | Caption: Congratulating Buck Owens on winning the Triple Crown of Country Music Awards for 1964. |
| HCR 168 | Caption: Providing for an interim committee to make study relating to rights of representatives of news media to report information relating to certain accused persons. |
| HR 56 | Caption: Granting the Boy Scouts permission to use the Hall of the House on February 16, 1965. |
| HR 207 | Caption: Commending Terry Todd on setting a new U.S. and world record in powerlifting. |
| HR 216 | Caption: Commending Mr. Walter E. Long and his daughter, Mrs. Russell Fish, for their outstanding public service. |
| HR 435 | Caption: Congratulating members of the Bolivia Petroleum Workers Team on being chosen for a tour sponsored by the Bureau of International Labor Affairs. |
| HR 557 | Caption: Congratulating Dr. Caroline Crowell on her retirement. |