Legislation authored by Gus Mutscher

Includes legislation with Gus Mutscher as the primary author for the 57th through 62nd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

62nd Regular Session
HR 108	Caption: Congratulating the Brenham baseball teams.
HR 109	Caption: In memory of Robert Lange.
HR 112	Caption: Requesting the President to do all in his power to arrange for release or exchange of American Prisoners of War.
HR 116	Caption: Congratulating Paul Schwenke.
HR 206	Caption: Commending the Senior Government Students at Katy High School.
HR 316	Caption: In memory of Mrs. Frank J. Becker.
HR 335	Caption: Commending Mrs. Beulah Hodge.
HR 340	Caption: In memory of M. B. Holleman.
HR 412	Caption: Commending 15 Texas industries for outstanding records of achievement.
HR 470	Caption: Congratulating Ricky Burk upon achieving the rank of Salutatorian of Pflugerville High School Class.
HR 533	Caption: In memory of Adolph F. Wiede.
HR 546	Caption: In memory of Caesar (Dutch) Hohn.
HR 557	Caption: In memory of Melvin Henry Ehlert.
62nd 1st Called Session
HR 47	Caption: Creating an interim committee to study the legislative process of the House.
HR 48	Caption: Congratulating Sammy Dierschke.
62nd 3rd Called Session
HR 19	Caption: In memory of County Judge Adolph Mikeska.
62nd 4th Called Session
HR 26	Caption: In memory of Miles Langehennig.
HR 61	Caption: Commending the Reverend R. J. Weber.
61st Regular Session
HCR 1	Caption: In memory of the Honorable Scott P. Sayers.
HCR 13	Caption: In memory of Frank Russ.
HCR 81	Caption: In memory of Maurice Angly Sr. of Brenham, Texas.
HCR 145	Caption: Congratulating Herbert Edward Roensch on the celebration of "Dr. Herbert Edward Roensch Day" by the citizens of Bellville, Texas.
HR 47	Caption: Congratulating Rep. Jack Ogg, named "Outstanding Young Man of Houston for 1968".
HR 123	Caption: Commending The Living Bank and and its friends and financiers.
HR 126	Caption: Congratulating Jimmie Hahn, Jr. of Brenham, on being elected a State Director of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.
HR 127	Caption: Commending Arthur "Bubba" Schomberg of Brenham, for his contribution to the preservation of our Western heritage.
HR 162	Caption: Congratulating the Snook High School Bluejays on winning the 1969 Class B State High School Basketball Championship.
HR 171	Caption: Welcoming the government classes and their teacher Theodore Lammert of Katy High School, Harris, Ft. Bend, and Waller Counties Texas, on their visit to the Capitol.
HR 195	Caption: Urging the President and Congress to provide sufficient funds to the All-American Space Team in sustaining a continuing space program.
HR 222	Caption: Welcoming the students of Burton Jr. High School of Burton, Texas to the State Capitol.
HR 242	Caption: Welcoming the Senior Class of Bellville High School, Bellville, Texas to the State Capitol.
HR 244	Caption: Congratulating Monroe Hannes, of Giddings, Texas, on his selection as "Man of the Month" for the March, 1969 issue of East Texas Magazine.
HR 245	Caption: Congratulating Chaplain of the House, Reverend Clinton Kersey on his achievements.
HR 258	Caption: Commending Bo Byers, Austin Bureau Chief of the Houston Chronicle, on being cited by the League of Woman Voters for outstanding service "in the field of advancing good government".
HR 259	Caption: Commending William H. (Bill) Gardner, Political Affairs Editor of the Houston Post, on being given an award of merit by the League of Women Voters for outstanding service "in the field of advancing good government".
HR 263	Caption: In memory of Christine Stern of Robstown, Texas.
HR 283	Caption: Welcoming the 1969 Economic Mission of Japan to the Southern United States.
HR 353	Caption: Congratulating Rene Pederson, the ninth winner of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Collegiate Journalism Writing Contest.
HR 407	Caption: Commending David Wendell Fentress Guion for his many musical accomplishments and as a writer and lecturer on western and southern folk music.
HR 408	Caption: Commending D. Harold Byrd, of Dallas, Texas, for the full measure of citizen dedication, patriotic responsibility, and personal enterprise that he has demonstrated during his distinguished career.
HR 497	Caption: In memory of John S. Simmang of Giddings, Texas, former district judge of the 21st Judicial District.
61st 1st Called Session
HR 32	Caption: Commending Frank W. Sharp of Houston, Texas on being named "Founder" of the Jesuit Order by the Catholic Chruch.
HR 84	Caption: Congratulating Edith Thompson on her retirement as Chief Telephone Operator for the Capitol.
61st 2nd Called Session
HR 55	Caption: Commending Shirley Carlton and the personnel of the Staff Services Division of the Legislative Council.
HR 58	Caption: Commending John "Jack" Hospers of Dallas, Texas.
60th Regular Session
HB 98	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Trust Act relating to the allocation of dividends and share rights.
HB 448	Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas Water Quality Board, prescribing its powers, duties, functions, and procedures and providing for the establishment and control of the quality of the waters in the state and the control, prevention, and abatement of pollution.
HB 496	Caption: Relating to providing for the protection, safety and welfare of students and employees of the respective governing boards and for the protection and policing of the buildings and grounds of the State institutions of higher education of this State.
HB 581	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code relative to title insurance companies.
HB 593	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relative to the Brookshire-Katy Drainage District so as to provide for an increase in the tax rate.
HB 773	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act so as to change the method of collecting the tax on ale and malt liquor to a reporting system under bond instead of the stamp system currently in use; providing an effective date of the Act of September 1, 1967.
HB 795	Caption: Relating to amending the Traffic Regulations Act of 1959 relating to state travel regulations.
HB 825	Caption: Relating to the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity to, and the regulation of, air carriers by the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Texas Aeronautics Commission.
HB 826	Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to provide services for widows of Confederate soldiers and sailors in licensed nursing homes.
HB 827	Caption: Relating to providing the opening date of deer season in Washington County.
HB 938	Caption: Relating to amending the Business & Commerce Code so as to eliminate the requirement of describing the land on which crops are growing or to be grown when the crops are collateral.
HB 939	Caption: Relating to directing the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife to transfer control and custody of the Washington-on-the-Brazos Museum Building and its contents.
HB 940	Caption: Relating to amending the Uniform Commercial Code so as to eliminate the requirement of describing the land on which crops are growing or to be grown when crops are collateral.
HB 941	Caption: Relating to providing that certain terms in a statute describing or creating a junior college mean the governing body of the junior college being described or created in the statute.
HB 960	Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to authorize the issuance of "stop-sale" orders in connection with violations; authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate rules and regulation.
HB 962	Caption: Relating to conferring on the Parks and Wildlife Commission the responsibility of regulating the harvest of wildlife resources in Austin County; providing a penalty for violation.
HB 963	Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Representative Districts; making the Act effective for all representatives from the places herein specified and described for the 61st Legislature; and continuing in effect thereafter for succeeding Legislatures.
HB 964	Caption: Relating to conferring on the Parks and Wildlife Commission the responsibility of regulating the harvest of wildlife resources in Waller County; providing a penalty for violation.
HB 1023	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to rural high schools and the scholastic population for annexation.
HB 1121	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act.
HB 1145	Caption: Relating to creating the Interagency Council for Mental Retardation.
HJR 17	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to authorize an increase in the total amount of bonds or obligations that may be issued by the Veterans' Land Board to Four Hundred Million Dollars.
HR 51	Caption: In memory of J. Lee Dittert of Bellville.
HR 72	Caption: In memory of Clyde R. Welch, of Sommerville.
HR 146	Caption: Congratulating State Representative Maurice S. Pipkin on his birthday.
HR 147	Caption: Congratulating the Prairie View A Capella Choir for their successful tour.
60th 1st Called Session
HCR 11	Caption: Inviting President Lyndon Baines Johnson to address a Joint Session of the Legislature.
HCR 13	Caption: Commending Frank C. Erwin, Jr. for his service to the State in the field of Higher Education.
HR 1	Caption: Directing the Committee appointed to study the Texas Liquor Control Act to continue it's study.
HR 18	Caption: Congratulating Representative William S. "Bill" Heatly, Jr. on receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from Howard Payne College at Brownwood.
HR 45	Caption: Commending the Blinn College, in Brenham, baseball team for their excellence.
HR 101	Caption: Commending Mrs. Edith Thomson and the Telephone Switch Board Operators for their invaluable assistance during the session.
HR 110	Caption: In memory of Mrs. Ruby Lois Maddox of Austin County.
59th Regular Session
HB 7	Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by providing an allocation of ten million dollars each year for five years from the Omnibus Tax Clearance Fund to the Higher Education Building Fund; providing an effective date.
HB 24	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes respecting certain ratemaking procedures for carriers under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
HB 82	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act by providing that hereafter ale and malt liquor shall be treated as beer is treated by Manufacturers and Distributors, with certain exceptions.
HB 314	Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes to authorize all incorporated cities, towns, and villages to regulate certain properties within their corporate limits for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the inhabitants of said cities, towns and villages.
HB 413	Caption: Relating to the annexation of territory by junior college districts in certain counties.
HB 641	Caption: Relating to providing for transfer of moneys now on deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of certain Special Revenue Fund and Special Fee Accounts.
HB 785	Caption: Relating to amending the State Water Pollution Control Board Act, to clarify the duties, responsibilities and authority of designated personal representatives of Board members to provide for Board membership; to clarify the responsibilities of the Railroad Commission.
HB 817	Caption: Relating to the salary of the official shorthand reporter of the 21st Judicial District.
HB 818	Caption: Relating to wild turkey in Austin County.
HB 819	Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts regulating the taking of white-tailed deer in Austin County.
HB 820	Caption: Relating to the salary of the assistants to the county superintendent in certain counties.
HB 898	Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to authorize State academic colleges and universities to enter into cooperative agreements with one another without the prior approval of the Board of Control.
HB 951	Caption: Relating to providing an exemption from the motor vehicle retail sales and use tax for certain sales and uses.
HB 952	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act; providing a saving clause.
HB 1068	Caption: Relating to the regulatory authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission over the taking of the wildlife resources of the Somerville Reservoir, located in Burleson, Lee, and Washington Counties.
HCR 111	Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider H. B. No. 67.
HCR 196	Caption: Directing the enrolling and engrossing clerk to make certain corrections to the Conference Committee Report on H. B. No. 67.
HJR 5	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas so as to authorize an increase in the total amount of bonds or obligations that may be issued by the Veterans' Land Board to Four Hundred Million Dollars.
HR 289	Caption: Congratulating the Honorable R. H. "Dick" Cory on the occasion of his birthday.
HR 574	Caption: In memory of Charles W. Holtkamp of Brenham.
59th 1st Called Session
HCR 9	Caption: Directing the State Board of Control, in cooperation with the State Building Commission and the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, to erect two Confederate Memorial Information Markers on the "Texas Secession Convention" and "Confederate Texas Legislatures" at suitable locations on the Capitol grounds.
HR 43	Caption: Commending the Honorable L. DeWitt Hale for his leadership.
HR 72	Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Jack Crain on his retirement from the Texas Legislature.
HR 82	Caption: Commending Members of the Fifty-ninth Legislature in support of the reapportionment law.
58th Regular Session
HB 25	Caption: Relating to increasing the rate of the retail sales tax and of the use tax on motor vehicles.
HB 33	Caption: Relating to redefining the term "Sale for Resale."
HB 306	Caption: Relating to providing for the issuance of patents on certain headright, homestead, preemption and scrip surveys.
HB 620	Caption: Relating to the Texas Liquor Control Act; relating to making plain the intent of those seeking local option elections and providing for a remaining local option status quo in an area where an attempt to legalize or prohibit has failed.
HB 621	Caption: Relating to providing that Commissioners Courts may contract with private libraries in certain cases to furnish county free library services in areas not adequately served by the county free library.
HB 703	Caption: Relating to authorizing counties, cities and hospital districts to contract with the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools in aid of community mental health services programs.
HB 754	Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of electricity-producing apparatus to shock fish, to increase the fine and provide a jail sentence for violations.
HB 804	Caption: Relating to directing payment of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments out of the sum appropriated for that purpose in the General Appropriation Bill.
HB 887	Caption: Relating to directing certain construction and repairs in the Old Baylor Park at Independence, Texas, out of funds appropriated by the General Appropriations Act of the 58th Legislature.
HB 950	Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay miscellaneous claims out of the General Revenue Fund, or such other funds as may be designated herein for each item, not otherwise appropriated.
HB 951	Caption: Relating to conferring on the Game and Fishing Commission regulatory responsibility over the taking of wild white-tailed deer in Austin County; providing an effective date.
HR 17	Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules.
HR 26	Caption: In memory of Henry Tiemann of Bellville.
HR 42	Caption: In memory of H. A. Schramm of Industry.
HR 352	Caption: Congratulating the Prairie View College A Capella Choir for their success.
HR 368	Caption: Congratulating State Representative Richard Henry "Dick" Cory on his 45th birthday.
HR 393	Caption: Wishing success for the annual Brehnam Indian Festival.
HR 589	Caption: Commending State Representative Homer L. Koliba, Sr. for his 10 years of service in the Legislature.
57th Regular Session
HB 498	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act providing for the issuance of Agents' Beer Licenses to certain agents, representatives, and employees of Manufacturers and Distributors.
HB 637	Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the regulatory authority of the Game and Fish Commission over the wildlife resources of Williamson, Washington, and Archer Counties.
HB 820	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act, Articles 666 and 667, Vernon's Penal Code.
HB 821	Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act by adding a provision and requirement for a Non-resident Brewer's Permit and Nonresident Manufacturer's License.
HB 1081	Caption: Relating to regulating the hunting, taking or killing of wild turkey gobblers in Austin County; providing penalties.
HCR 136	Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in H. B. No. 821.
HR 236	Caption: In memory of H. O. Fisher of Bellville.
HR 303	Caption: In memory of Mr. B. M. Woltman of Houston.
HR 500	Caption: Commending the city of Brenham for hosting the annual Brenham Indian Festival.
HR 551	Caption: Congratulating Mr. J. A. Ahlhorn on his retirement after 55 years of teaching in Fayette and Austin Counties.
HR 766	Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to study the condition of the facilities at Washington State Park at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
57th 1st Called Session
HR 42	Caption: In memory of William A. Stuckert of Brenham.
57th 3rd Called Session
HB 97	Caption: Relating to appropriating funds out of the General Revenue Fund to Prairie View A and M College for repair or replacement of property losses from fire.
HR 87	Caption: Congratulating carol Lynn Voelkel for her athletic accomplishments.