Legislation authored by R.H. 'Dick' Cory
Includes legislation with R.H. 'Dick' Cory as the primary author for the 54th through 61st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 61st Regular Session | |
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| HB 32 | Caption: Relating to declaring teaching to be a profession and providing for regulation of the conduct of persons engaged therein. |
| HB 53 | Caption: Relating to adopting Title I of the Family Code, a substantive revision of the statutes relating to husband and wife; relating to the record-keeping and information-providing function of the Bureau of Vital Statistics; providing an effective date. |
| HB 206 | Caption: Relating to amending various sections of the Texas Liquor Control Act, repealing certain sections, and adding certain sections, relating to: (1) notice of rules and regulations to permittees and licensees; (2) appearance before the Liquor Control Board by a member of the Legislature; (3) employment of minors to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages; (4) sales of alcoholic beverages to minors; (5) public access to certain board records and the privileged status of certain private records; (6) suspension or cancellation of a license or permit for certain acts or offenses relating to minors; (7) gambling on private club premises; (8) campaign contributions by permittees and licensees; (9) possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, related offenses, trial of minors, and records of convictions of minors; (10) disposition of seized alcoholic beverages and proceeds of sale; (11) suit for forfeiture of seized property and proceeds in escrow derived from the sale of seized alcoholic beverages and property; (12) gambling on licensed premises; providing for severability. |
| HB 351 | Caption: Relating to provide that the Commissioner of the General Land Office, on behalf of the State of Texas or any fund belonging thereto, is authorized to execute agreements that provide for the operation of areas as a unit for the exploration, development and production of sulphur and to commit to such agreements the royalty interests in sulphur reserved to or provided for the State or any fund thereof by law, in or in connection with any patent, award or mining claim, in any contract of sale, or under the terms of any lease lawfully made by an official, board, agent, agency or authority of the State; providing for the approval of such agreements by the School Land Board if the agreements commit royalty interests in lands set apart by the Constitution and laws of this State for the Permanent Free School Fund and the several asylum funds, in river beds, inland lakes, and channels, and the area within tidewater limits, including islands, lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, reefs, and the bed of the sea; providing for execution of such agreements by the owners of the soil if they cover lands leased for sulphur under Texas Statutes. |
| HB 497 | Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, and disposition of a documentary stamp tax; providing penalties for certain violations. |
| HB 745 | Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Marine Sanctuary; providing for a penalty for violations; authorizing injunctions. |
| HB 887 | Caption: Relating to the charging of certain fees at the public fishing pier in Calhoun County. |
| HB 919 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act relating to: (1) photographs on certain licenses and permits; (2) applications for certain licenses and permits; (3) notice of hearings to certain persons and the presence of certain persons at hearings; (4) grounds for denial of certain licenses and permits. |
| HB 981 | Caption: Relating to providing that the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System shall establish a master plan for certain institutions of higher learning and may contract for professional services and let contracts for construction of buildings and facilities at the institution; providing that the Board may issue revenue bonds and use the proceeds for providing financial assistance to certain institutions of higher learning. |
| HB 984 | Caption: Relating to building use fees charged to students enrolled in certain institutions of higher learning. |
| HB 1076 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing in the city of Victoria a coeducational institution of higher learning to be known as Victoria State University. |
| HB 1122 | Caption: Relating to statements regarding expenditure of support payments. |
| HB 1123 | Caption: Relating to the reporting by a state agent of certain facts constituting a misdemeanor or felony and the supplying of evidence to and cooperation with certain law enforcement officials; providing a penalty. |
| HB 1125 | Caption: Relating to the description of Espiritu Santo Bay. |
| HB 1126 | Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain bonds by cities having a population of 5,000 or more. |
| HB 1129 | Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of electricians and electrical inspectors. |
| HB 1130 | Caption: Relating to the closing of certain waters in Calhoun County to the taking or carrying away of marl, gravel, sand, shells, and mudshell. |
| HB 1131 | Caption: Relating to participation of employees in the Texas county and district retirement system. |
| HB 1137 | Caption: Relating to enabling counties to impose a tax on the severance of shell from the soil or waters of the county, and providing for administration and enforcement. |
| HB 1159 | Caption: Relating to enabling certain counties to impose a tax on the severance of shell from the soil or waters of the county, and providing for administration and enforcement. |
| HB 1177 | Caption: Relating to the issuance by the Central Education Agency of a class of certificates to be known as superintendents' certificates. |
| HCR 24 | Caption: Providing for the continuation of the Texas Surplus Property Agency in the fiscal years 1969-70 and 1970-71. |
| HCR 136 | Caption: In memory of Shelly Jordan of Victoria, Texas. |
| HCR 150 | Caption: Commending Charles Dunn, Legislative Intern, for his outstanding service to the Legislature and the House Committee on Rules. |
| HJR 3 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the obsolete, superfluous and unnecessary sections of the Constitution. |
| HJR 53 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of Texas by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System to establish the Coordinating Board Fund to be used to provide financial assistance to state institutions of higher learning. |
| HJR 60 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment amending, revising, and rearranging the Constitution of the State of Texas. |
| HR 10 | Caption: Providing for certain employees to be appointed by the speaker and making certain provisions for expenditures of members of the Regular Session of the 61st Legislature. |
| HR 315 | Caption: Naming Kristina Kay Pendleton as Mascot of the House. |
| HR 478 | Caption: Commending Charles DeWitt Dun, Clerk to the Committee on Rules and a Legislative Intern, for excellent fulfillment of his duties during the current Legislative Session. |
| HR 574 | Caption: Commending Gussie Evans, Journal Clerk, and her staff. |
| HR 577 | Caption: Commending the Pages of the House who served the Members and Committees with efficiency and courtesy. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| HB 29 | Caption: Relating to amending various provisions the Family Code; providing penalty for violations. |
| HB 31 | Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain bonds by cities having a population of 5,000 or more. |
| HB 42 | Caption: Relating to certain motor vehicle liability insurance policies involving vehicles owned or held for sale or repair by a person engaged in such business and the applicability of such policies to persons other than the named insured; amending the Texas Insurance Code. |
| HB 86 | Caption: Relating to requiring "caution" signs on certain motor vehicles tendering for retail sale certain food or drink preparations and requiring certain flashing devices to be installed and used on these vehicles; prescribing a penalty. |
| HR 18 | Caption: In memory of Paul Francis Correll, Sr., of Victoria, Texas. |
| 61st 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 45 | Caption: Relating to requiring reflective "caution" signs on certain motor vehicles tendering for retail sale certain food or drink preparations and requiring certain flashing devices to be installed and used on these vehicles; prescribing a penalty. |
| HB 46 | Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain bonds by cities having a population of 5,000 or more. |
| HB 47 | Caption: Relating to amending various provisions of the Family Code; penalty for violation by county clerk or deputy. |
| HB 49 | Caption: Relating to certain motor vehicle liability insurance policies involving vehicles owned or held for sale or repair by a person engaged in such business and the applicability of such policies to persons other than the named insured; amending the Texas Insurance Code. |
| HR 31 | Caption: Requesting the Senate to recall H.B. No. 4 for the purpose of making technical corrections. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| HB 5 | Caption: Relating to the creation of county traffic courts with original and appellate jurisdiction in certain traffic cases. |
| HB 6 | Caption: Relating to repealing Chapter 722, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, which relates to adoption of a Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| HB 7 | Caption: Relating amending certain statutes to reinstate the previous law relating to the licensing of distributing agents of cigarettes; providing that the distribution of cigarettes by a distributing agent to a distributor shall not constitute the first sale thereof. |
| HB 8 | Caption: Relating to the rights, duties, privileges, powers, and liabilities of spouses. |
| HB 102 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by the addition of a new section authorizing the Commissioners Court in each county of the State of Texas to increase the maximum compensation of each officer an additional amount not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the maximum sum authorized; providing that no such increase in compensation may be authorized except at a regular meeting of the Court after publication of notice. |
| HB 103 | Caption: To create Municipal Courts with original and appellate jurisdiction in certain cases in cities having a population of fifty thousand (50,000) or more. |
| HB 205 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory as a state agency under the jurisdiction and the supervision of the Board of Directors of Texas A&M University, such agency not to be any part or unit of any institution or system of higher education of the State. |
| HB 206 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government and providing for its powers, duties, and procedures. |
| HB 254 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping except in certain instances; providing criminal penalties and civil remedies. |
| HB 276 | Caption: Relating to planning; designating the Governor the Chief Planning Officer; providing Interagency Planning Councils; establishing a Division of Planning Coordination. |
| HB 320 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by authorizing the use of electro-trawls by Commercial Gulf Shrimp Boats in certain waters of the Gulf of Mexico; providing a repealing clause; providing a saving clause. |
| HB 520 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to make a certain chapter applicable to any conservation and reclamation district heretofore or hereafter created by act of the Legislature and designated by name as a river authority. |
| HB 551 | Caption: Relating to requiring proof of the date of birth and thumbprints or index fingerprints on an original application for an operator's, commercial operator's, or chauffeur's license; providing for a color photograph on licenses; providing for correction of licenses when there is a change of pertinent information; providing for expiration of all licenses on the anniversary of the birth date of the applicant. |
| HB 577 | Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain independent school districts. |
| HB 755 | Caption: Relating to enabling the State of Texas to enter into and participate in the Compact for Education; providing for Texas membership to the Educational Commission of the States; providing an effective date. |
| HB 756 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Bill relating to the local sales and use tax. |
| HB 814 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government and providing for its powers, duties, and procedures. |
| HB 815 | Caption: Relating to specific taxes and administration of those taxes; repealing certain Acts; providing for an effective date. |
| HB 852 | Caption: Relating to credit under the Employees Retirement System for military service. |
| HB 1034 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Parks and Wildlife Department to purchase or receive by gift certain land in Calhoun County; providing for the creation of a state park and for its development, operation, and maintenance. |
| HB 1035 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to transporting cigarettes and tax on stolen or lost cigarettes. |
| HB 1036 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code to permit investment of life insurance company funds in bonds issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the Inter-American Development Bank and bonds of the $100 million Development Issue of State of Israel Bonds, March 30, 1966; permitting investment of the permanent university fund, the permanent school fund, and the fund of the teacher's retirement system, the employees' retirement system, and the municipal retirement system in bonds issued, assumed, or guaranteed by the Inter-American Development Bank. |
| HB 1037 | Caption: Relating to the retrospective effect of certain tax rulings by the comptroller. |
| HB 1038 | Caption: Relating to creating the constitutional office of Criminal District Attorney for Victoria County, Texas. |
| HB 1039 | Caption: Relating to enacting the Regional Sewage Disposal Act, authorizing public agencies to purchase, construct, improve, repair, operate and maintain sewage disposal systems and to condemn property therefor. |
| HB 1189 | Caption: Relating to declaring the public policy of the state in regard to federal programs of assistance to cities, counties, school districts, hospital districts and other political subdivisions of the state and political subdivisions of the county; declaring the duty of the Governor of the State of Texas, or any state agency designated by the governor or by law to coordinate the actions of any city, county, school district, hospital district or any other political subdivision of the state or political subdivision of the county participating in any grant program established pursuant to an act of Congress or administrative ruling pursuant thereto. |
| HB 1296 | Caption: Relating to the terms of appointment of members of the Governor's Committee on Public School Education. |
| HB 1320 | Caption: Relating to an appropriation to the Constitutional Revision Commission for the biennium beginning August 1, 1967. |
| HCR 34 | Caption: Providing for creation of a Constitutional Revision Commission. |
| HCR 60 | Caption: Directing the creation of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. |
| HCR 97 | Caption: Directing the Governor to re-designate the Texas Surplus Property Agency for a two-fiscal-year period. |
| HCR 160 | Caption: Granting Frank S. Buhler permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HR 59 | Caption: Honoring L. K. Barry's life of public service in preparation for his retirement from the Surplus Property Agency. |
| HR 277 | Caption: Directing the creation of an Interim Committee on Marketing and Pricing Practices. |
| HR 389 | Caption: Relating to amending the House Rules. |
| HR 397 | Caption: In memory of C. A. "Charlie" Brown of Bloomington. |
| HR 418 | Caption: Honoring the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament on the centennial anniversary of the founding of Nazareth Academy in Victoria. |
| HR 429 | Caption: Directing the creation of a Constitutional Revision Commission. |
| HR 442 | Caption: Commending Suzanne Heath Philips for her invaluable assistance to the House Committee on State Affairs. |
| HR 452 | Caption: Commending Orea Guffin and her staff for their service during the Session. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 8 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act. |
| HCR 9 | Caption: Directing State-supported Colleges an Universities to suspend classes in the week prior to final examinations to allow time to study. |
| HCR 26 | Caption: Requesting the U. S. Corps of Engineers give assistance to the victims of flooding along the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers. |
| HCR 29 | Caption: Requesting the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the US Secretary of Commerce implement with dispatch the program authorized by Presidential Proclamation No. 3823, relating to petroleum imports. |
| HR 64 | Caption: Amending H. R. No. 64 of the Regular Session of the 60th Legislature. |
| HR 105 | Caption: Directing the creation of committees to inform the Senate and the Governor that the House is prepared to adjourn Sine Die. |
| 59th Regular Session | |
| HB 1 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts reconstituting the Texas Commission on Higher Education as the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. |
| HB 97 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. |
| HB 123 | Caption: Relating to engineers and the practice of engineering (Texas Engineering Practice Act). |
| HB 136 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to designate May 30 (Memorial Day) a legal holiday in Texas and to further provide that said date shall be a legal holiday for banking purposes. |
| HB 137 | Caption: Relating to the territorial waters of the State of Texas; prohibiting the licensing of certain alien-owned commercial fishing or shrimping vessels; providing for enforcement of this act; providing penalties. |
| HB 138 | Caption: Relating to uniform reciprocal enforcement of support. |
| HB 139 | Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Congressional Districts. |
| HB 140 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to authorize the Commissioners Court in each county in the State of Texas to increase the maximum compensation of each officer enumerated, in an additional amount not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the maximum sum authorized. |
| HB 141 | Caption: Relating to granting the commissioners court of Victoria County authority to condemn the right-of-way and roadbed of a railway company for the purpose of opening a public road and pedestrian crossing over said railway company's tracks. |
| HB 142 | Caption: Relating to the election of school trustees in certain counties. |
| HB 143 | Caption: Relating to the wildlife resources of Calhoun and Victoria counties. |
| HB 144 | Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and composition of the 135th Judicial District; amending certain Acts. |
| HB 167 | Caption: Relating to the business of giving bail in criminal and quasi-criminal cases. |
| HB 168 | Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Senatorial Districts. |
| HB 194 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale of shellfish, authorizing the State Commissioner of Health to declare polluted areas from which shellfish may not be taken for the purpose of sale and to establish rules and regulations fixing standards of sanitation in the handling of shellfish. |
| HB 195 | Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Representative Districts. |
| HB 196 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to rates of interest allowed in certain written agreements and prohibiting the plea or defense of usury in certain instances. |
| HB 197 | Caption: Relating to creating county traffic courts with original and appellate jurisdiction in certain traffic cases. |
| HB 198 | Caption: Relating to creating Municipal Courts with original and appellate jurisdiction in certain cases in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more. |
| HB 204 | Caption: Relating to creating the County Court at Law of Victoria County and making necessary provisions relating to its judge, jurisdiction, terms, powers, procedures, officers, and personnel. |
| HB 509 | Caption: Relating to assenting to the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 approved May 20,1964. |
| HB 530 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to authorize the Commissioners Court in certain counties in the State of Texas to increase the maximum compensation of certain officials. |
| HB 619 | Caption: Relating to authorizing additional compensation for certain Justices of the Peace. |
| HB 729 | Caption: Relating to vacant school land. |
| HB 749 | Caption: Relating to the duties of the Victoria County Attorney; amending certain Acts. |
| HB 750 | Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the maintenance of public roads and highways in Victoria County by authorizing the County to issue certificates of indebtedness for the purpose of acquiring rights-of-way for designated State Highways, including Farm-to-Market Highways, or for Federal Highways, or for acquiring rights-of-way for County Roads, or for the construction, maintenance or improvement of the County Roads, in Victoria County, Texas. |
| HB 808 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing a more reasonable reclassification as to salary authorization of county officials in the present lowest population bracket, etc. |
| HB 926 | Caption: Relating to automatic data processing systems for state agencies. |
| HB 927 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting solicitation of names by salesmen in certain instances. |
| HB 963 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relative to The Calhoun County Navigation District. |
| HB 1047 | Caption: Relating to certain vehicles; providing for the issuance of temporary permits and the conditions relating thereto; defining an offense and prescribing a penalty. |
| HB 1086 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to the exemption of certain persons from regulation as an engineer. |
| HB 1104 | Caption: Relating to the organization, powers, and functions of the Calhoun County Navigation District. |
| HCR 12 | Caption: Providing for the continuation of the Texas Surplus Property Agency. |
| HCR 34 | Caption: Requesting that the Texas Legislative Council study the Water Pollution Control Act. |
| HCR 148 | Caption: Making H. B. No. 808 effective immediately. |
| HCR 167 | Caption: Commending the Members of the Texas Commission on Higher Education for their service. |
| HCR 185 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider H. B. No. 196. |
| HR 118 | Caption: Congratulating Velda S. Stout on her twentieth anniversary of her service as a Home Demonstration Agent of Victory County. |
| HR 210 | Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Kathryn Stoner O'Connor on receiving the Award for Meritorious Service in Historic Preservation. |
| HR 515 | Caption: Congratulating Miss Claudia Eckel and the Victoria Stingarettes on their performance. |
| HR 525 | Caption: In memory of Annie A. Witte of Victoria. |
| HR 567 | Caption: Congratulating the interns of the Texas Legislative Internship Programs. |
| 58th Regular Session | |
| HB 8 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government and providing for its powers, duties and procedures. |
| HB 187 | Caption: Relating to defining and regulating the business of giving bail in criminal and quasi-criminal cases, actions or proceedings; providing for the licensing of persons, firms and corporations, who engage in that business in any county; providing certain penalties. |
| HB 188 | Caption: Relating to uniform reciprocal enforcement of support. |
| HB 189 | Caption: Relating to designating May 30 (Memorial Day) a legal holiday in Texas and to further provide that said date shall be a legal holiday for banking purposes. |
| HB 190 | Caption: Relating to taxes; amending Statutes relative to Optional Reporting Methods for Retail Grocers. |
| HB 294 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the West Side Calhoun County Navigation District to sell certain water supply facilities and appurtenances to Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. |
| HB 356 | Caption: Relating to the purchase of commodities by competitive bidding by public agencies or political subdivisions of this State. |
| HB 358 | Caption: Relating to countersigning of policies by local recording agents and exceptions therefrom, to exempt bid bonds issued in connection with any public or private contract. |
| HB 408 | Caption: Relating to providing additional compensation, to be determined by valuations as well as population, for county officials of certain counties having a valuation of in excess of Fifty Million Dollars, according to the last preceding Federal Census. |
| HB 439 | Caption: Relating to regulating the sale of shellfish; authorizing the State Commissioner of Health to declare polluted areas from which shellfish may not be taken for the purpose of sale and to establish rules and regulations fixing standards of sanitation in the handling of shellfish; establishing an effective date; fixing penalties for violation. |
| HB 444 | Caption: Relating to defining "scholastic population" for laws pertaining to apportionment of the State Available School Fund; providing for the annual apportionment, distribution and transfers of such Fund, beginning in 1962, on an average daily attendance determination or basis; providing for a scholastic census each five years in lieu of an annual census heretofore required for State Available Fund distribution on a basis other than herein provided. |
| HB 565 | Caption: Relating to providing for temporary emergency interim succession to State and local public offices, except those of Governor, the Judiciary and Members of the Legislature, in order to assure continuity of government in periods of emergency caused by attack upon the United States. |
| HB 601 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to provide that a surviving spouse, and children, if any, may under certain circumstances share in the profits of a local recording agent. |
| HB 602 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful in the County of Victoria, except under the provisions of this Act, for any person to hunt take, kill or attempt to kill or possess, any game animal in said county at any time; providing a penalty. |
| HB 603 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to redefine the term "net assets" by including certain equipment and labor-saving machines and devices as part of the "net assets" of a life insurance company. |
| HB 632 | Caption: Relating to permitting examination and copying of original instruments filed for record. |
| HB 679 | Caption: Relating to providing that it shall be lawful (as to length) to operate over the highways and roads a combination of vehicles designed and used exclusively for the transportation of automobiles, trucks and buses where the length of such combinations does not exceed sixty (60) feet and no trailer or semi-trailer in such combination exceeds the length of forty (40) feet. |
| HB 689 | Caption: Relating to refunding bonds. |
| HB 697 | Caption: Relating to authorizing district judges to draw a warrant on the appropriate county fund, in certain instances, to cover the cost of bringing meals into the jury room so that juries may be kept together for deliberation. |
| HB 739 | Caption: Relating to providing for the abolishment of the offices of the Ex-Officio County School Superintendent and the County Board of Education in all counties of this state which now have or may hereafter have no Common School District and only one Independent School District. |
| HB 797 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas so as to state clearly that the trial judge may set any criminal case for a pretrial hearing for the purpose of disposing of certain preliminary matters before the case is set for trial upon its merits. |
| HB 798 | Caption: Relating to providing for transfers of certain cases in juvenile courts from the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to the jurisdiction of other courts in this state; providing that certain delinquent children shall be subject to the penal laws and criminal prosecution the same as if they were adults. |
| HB 799 | Caption: Relating to the formation of the jury in capital cases by providing that the jury shall be selected as in ordinary felony cases when the death penalty is not sought by the state. |
| HB 800 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas of 1925, enumerating reasons for challenge for cause, and providing for a challenge because of conscientious scruples in regard to the infliction of the punishment of death for crime, only in a case where the State is seeking a death penalty. |
| HB 888 | Caption: Relating to providing for the appointment of a bailiff for the 24th and 135th Judicial Districts; providing for salary limitation. |
| HB 894 | Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and composition of the 135th Judicial District; limiting the jurisdiction of the District Attorney for the 24th Judicial District. |
| HB 927 | Caption: Relating to granting the commissioners court of Victoria County authority to condemn the right-of-way and roadbed of a railway company for the purpose of opening a public road and pedestrian crossing over said railway company's tracks. |
| HB 928 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to permit the licensing of corporations as agents or solicitors. |
| HB 1065 | Caption: Relating to the salary, and fixing minimum and maximum salary limits of the official shorthand reporters for certain judicial districts. |
| HB 1078 | Caption: Relating to the territorial waters of the State of Texas; prohibiting the licensing of certain alien-owned commercial fishing or shrimping vessels; making certain operations unlawful when conducted by such vessels in Texas waters; providing for enforcement of this Act; providing penalties. |
| HCR 77 | Caption: Authorizing certain corrections to House Bill No. 565. |
| HJR 5 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment by repealing certain sections of certain Articles, which sections have been determined by the 57th Legislature to be obsolescent, superfluous or unnecessary, and, therefore, no longer need be included in the Constitution of the State of Texas. |
| HR 189 | Caption: Congratulating Joseph Vincent Hopkins for being awarded the Salvation Army's Distinguished Service Award. |
| HR 209 | Caption: Congratulating Mrs. James Chase for her selection as the Outstanding Citizen of the Year for Calhoun County. |
| 57th Regular Session | |
| HB 12 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to promote economy, efficiency and improved services in the transaction of the public business. |
| HB 20 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act designating May 30 (Memorial Day) a legal holiday in Texas instead of the 12th day of October, and to further provide that said date shall be a legal holiday for banking purposes. |
| HB 47 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting offers to sell and sales of merchandise below cost for the purpose of injuring competitors or destroying competition; providing a criminal penalty for violation. |
| HB 127 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Act concerning uniform reciprocal enforcement of support. |
| HB 128 | Caption: Relating to setting up health standards for milk produced outside the State and imported to points within; providing penalties. |
| HB 129 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute removing the necessity to notarize claims for motor fuel tax refund. |
| HB 130 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Statute of the Penal Code establishing a State Water Pollution Control Board, and to provide for the control, prevention and abatement of pollution of the surface and underground waters of the State; effective January 1, 1962. |
| HB 165 | Caption: Relating to the conservation of game and fish resources of Calhoun County. |
| HB 173 | Caption: Relating to authorizing State agencies, departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, and institutions of higher education to prohibit or limit the use of, by any person, firm, or corporation, any construction materials processed, manufactured, or fabricated outside the continental limits of the United States of America. |
| HB 379 | Caption: Relating to defining and regulating the business of giving bail in criminal and quasi-criminal cases, actions or proceedings; providing for the licensing of persons, firms and corporations, who engage in that business in any county; providing certain penalties. |
| HB 381 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Articles of the Code of Criminal Procedure providing that a defendant in the justice court may plead nolo contendere in addition to guilty or not guilty and providing that pleading in the justice court may be oral. |
| HB 433 | Caption: Relating to validating Calhoun County Drainage District No. 11 and declaring the same to be converted into a validly existing Conservation and Reclamation District. |
| HB 541 | Caption: Relating to selling certain State-owned submerged lands to the City of Seadrift, providing for a mineral reservation with right of ingress and egress, for a reversion, providing land shall revert to the State under certain conditions and that such conditions can not be waived. |
| HB 631 | Caption: Relating to defining and regulating the business of lending in amounts of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) or less; to provide penalties. |
| HB 747 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code providing for more effective merger and consolidation of insurance companies; providing for the consolidation of two ore more insurance companies engaged in the same line of business. |
| HB 761 | Caption: Relating to provide that the District Attorney of the 24th Judicial District shall be compensated not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000); providing that the Stenographer of such Judicial District shall be compensated not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000). |
| HB 792 | Caption: Relating to granting commissioners courts authority to condemn the right-of-way and roadbed of a railway company for the purpose of opening a public road and pedestrian crossing over said railway company's tracks. |
| HB 798 | Caption: Relating to amending Chapter 4, Title 7, Article 543, Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas, entitled First Application for Continuance by Defendant. |
| HB 799 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of Texas making clear that certain defects in the indictment or errors made in the trial need not necessarily be grounds for reversal. |
| HB 866 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act eliminating certain words, phrases and definitions; to add certain words, phrases and definitions; to make certain acts legal; to make certain acts illegal; to regulate the selling and disposition of certain shrimp. |
| HB 898 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for the trial and commitment to a State mental hospital of insane persons where insanity is raised as a defense or as a bar in a prosecution for a criminal offense, and clarifying the trial procedure where the question of insanity is raised as a defense or bar to a criminal prosecution; relating to the credit of time spent in confinement in a State mental hospital; relating to the appointment of counsel. |
| HB 905 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to rates of interest allowed in certain written agreements; prohibiting the plea or defense of usury in certain instances. |
| HB 1045 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful, except under the provisions of this Act, for any person to hunt, take, kill, or possess any game animal or fur-bearing animal on that portion of Matagorda Island lying to the North and East of the Northeast line of the Powers and Hewitson Grant No.2 as recorded in the State General Land Office, Austin, Texas, and is shown on the map entitled "San Antonio Bay and vicinity," Aransas and Calhoun Counties, August 1, 1948; requiring the Commission to provide an open season or period of time when it shall be lawful to take a portion of the wildlife resources of said lands; providing a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act; providing for the forfeiture of licenses; making it unlawful to provide a new license and providing a penalty therefor; providing for the effective date of this Act. |
| HB 1119 | Caption: Relating to selling certain State owned submerged lands to the City of Port Lavaca, providing for a mineral reservation with right of ingress and egress, for a reversion. |
| HR 225 | Caption: Commending Preston O. Romer of Port Lavaca for his 50 years of service to the realm of Pharmacy. |
| HR 226 | Caption: In memory of W. D. Stevens of Long Mott. |
| HR 539 | Caption: Urging Congress to send aid to the anti-Communist forces in Cuba fighting against Fidel Castro. |
| HR 716 | Caption: Congratulating Monsignor Frederick O. Beck of Victoria for serving 40 years in the ministry. |
| HR 776 | Caption: Congratulating KGUL on being the first radio station in Calhoun County. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 24 | Caption: Relating to repealing a certain Statute and the Penal Code of Texas to establish a State Water Pollution Control Board, and to provide for the control, prevention and abatement of pollution of the surface and underground waters of the State; effective November 1, 1962. |
| HB 45 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to promote economy, efficiency, and improved services in the transaction of the public business. |
| HB 57 | Caption: Relating to transferring a certain causeway located in Calhoun County, Texas, from the State Highway Department to the Texas State Parks Board in order to facilitate the construction and maintenance of a public fishing pier. |
| HB 125 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act that the School Land Board to lease the surface estate in State-owned islands and submerged lands for the propagation, protection and conservation of birds and bird life to any organization organized for that purpose; authorizing the littoral owner to lease State-owned lands for his own use, with certain conditions. |
| HR 26 | Caption: In memory of Robert C. Wood. |
| HR 28 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Eddie B. Thompson of Port Lavaca. |
| HR 165 | Caption: In memory of Fannie E. DeCloudt Bierman. |
| 57th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 11 | Caption: In memory of Arthur Middleton Green of Victoria. |
| HR 32 | Caption: In memory of Patrick Weber of Victoria. |
| HR 34 | Caption: In memory of M. O. Simon. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 65 | Caption: Directing the State Department of Public Safety and the Texas Highway Department to investigate a certain railroad crossing. |
| HR 171 | Caption: In memory of Doris David Boyd of Port Lavaca. |
| HR 196 | Caption: In memory of Hans L. Weigand of Victoria. |
| 56th Regular Session | |
| HB 29 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to promote economy, efficiency, and improved services in the transaction of the public business. |
| HB 146 | Caption: Relating to the enrichment of corn meal and corn grits by the addition of certain vitamins and minerals thereto; providing a penalty for violation. |
| HB 515 | Caption: Relating to conserving the game and fish resources of Calhoun County, Texas, by withdrawing certain areas of water, marsh islands and submerged land in Calhoun County from sale or lease and setting the same aside for a public hunting and fishing area, subject to certain exceptions and restrictions; providing for injunctive relief. |
| HB 577 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure so as to provide the order of jury argument, the order of jury argument when there are more than one defendant, what matter can be argued in the opening argument by the counsel for the State, and what can be argued in the closing argument by counsel for the State, and providing that it shall be proper for both the counsel for the State and counsel for the defendant to argue fully as to any penalty or loss of right or privilege that may be assessed as a result of a conviction. |
| HB 743 | Caption: Relating to granting to the Calhoun County Navigation District of Calhoun County, Texas, the power and authority to lease land to municipal or governmental agencies, The State of Texas, State Parks Board, the United States of America, individuals and corporations. |
| HB 805 | Caption: Relating to the waiver by the Board of an examination for certain persons under the Basic Science Law. |
| HB 870 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Commission of Control for the Battleship "Texas" to the Texas Navy Commission. |
| HB 885 | Caption: Relating to authorizing State agencies, departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, and institutions of higher education to prohibit, or limit the use of, by any person, firm, or corporation, any construction materials produced, processed, manufactured, or fabricated outside the continental limits of the United States of America or its territories or possessions. |
| HB 965 | Caption: Relating to validating Calhoun County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and declaring it to be a validly existing and operating conservation and reclamation district. |
| HB 976 | Caption: Relating to enlarging Calhoun County Drainage District No. 10 and defining the boundaries thereof, as enlarged. |
| HR 3 | Caption: Directing the allocation of parking spaces for the Members of the House and the Capitol Press. |
| HR 10 | Caption: Directing the Order of Business for the House. |
| HR 19 | Caption: Providing the compensation for employees of the House. |
| HR 122 | Caption: In memory of Katheryn Elizabeth Montier of Port Lavaca. |
| HR 157 | Caption: Adopting the Permanent Rules of the House. |
| HR 471 | Caption: Expressing gratitude to the Board of Control for cooperating with the Texas legislative Council's Bill Drafting service in providing a temporary office space. |
| HR 495 | Caption: Congratulating Joseph Vincent Hopkins on being named "General Practitioner of the Year" by the Texas Medical Association. |
| HR 579 | Caption: Requesting the Commissioner of the General Land Office to not execute a grazing lease on a certain property should the current holder of the lease choose not to renew it. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 30 | Caption: Relating to creating the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to promote economy, efficiency, and improved services in the transaction of the public business. |
| HB 81 | Caption: Relating to providing a special public road and highway maintenance law for Calhoun County by authorizing certain sales of county-owned lands within the Indianola State Park area to the State Parks Board of the State of Texas. |
| HB 82 | Caption: Relating to permitting the acquisition by the State Parks Board of the State of Texas, of lands for Indianola State Park by deed from Calhoun County including lots, tracts, and parcels of land acquired by purchase, condemnation, or by virtue of tax sales. |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Joint Rules of the Legislature. |
| HR 26 | Caption: Proposing certain amendments to the House Rules. |
| 56th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 64 | Caption: Relating to granting commissioners courts authority to condemn the right of way and roadbed of a railway company for the purpose of opening a public road and pedestrian crossing over said railway company's tracks. |
| HCR 2 | Caption: Assembling a Joint Session of the Legislature in order to hear an address from the Governor. |
| HCR 7 | Caption: Granting J. W. Doremus, et al. permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HR 29 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 43 | Caption: In memory of Frank W. Martin of Goliad. |
| HR 46 | Caption: Congratulating Parliamentarian of the House Collier Read Granberry on his birthday and wedding anniversary. |
| HR 116 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| 56th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 53 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to add May 30 (Memorial Day) as a legal holiday for certain purposes. |
| HCR 1 | Caption: Assembling a Joint Session of the Legislature in order to hear an address from the Governor. |
| HR 77 | Caption: Commending Douglas Ward Williams for representing his school and State at the National Association of Student Councils in Pittsburgh. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 15 | Caption: Relating to providing for the rehabilitation of alcoholics, prescribing the powers and duties of the Texas Commission on Alcoholism in connection therewith; providing for the establishment of a rehabilitation center, etc. |
| HB 301 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Probate Code by adding thereto a new subdivision, designated as subdivision (d), to provide that the judge of a district court or other court may order the clerk of the court to pay any fund of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or less on deposit in the registry of said court, belonging to any lunatic, idiot, person of unsound mind or a person whose mental illness renders him incapable of caring for himself, or committed for mental illness without a legal guardian, who is an inmate of any state eleemosynary institution, to said institution for the use and benefit of the inmate. |
| HB 302 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by making it unlawful hereafter for cemetery associations operating perpetual care cemeteries to sell and convey the right of sepulture in and to any land owned or controlled by it, although dedicated for cemetery purposes, if such land is subject to flooding or inundation. |
| HB 314 | Caption: Relating to requiring the registration of persons who represent others before state agencies; reporting certain information to the Secretary of State and recording thereof by such officer; providing a penalty. |
| HB 337 | Caption: Relating to the composition of the 135th Judicial District and the organization and functioning of the District Courts in the counties composing the 135th District. |
| HB 585 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code so as to require the designated agent for receiving applications for certificate of title to make the physical examination of identification numbers on motor vehicles last titled or registered in some other state or country upon application for registration and certificate of title in Texas. |
| HB 623 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to authorize cities to sell facilities of municipal fish markets and properties appurtenant thereto acquired. |
| HB 698 | Caption: Relating to protected assignments of accounts receivable. |
| HB 706 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to Calhoun County Navigation District. |
| HB 729 | Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the maintenance of the public roads and highways in Victoria County by authorizing the County to issue certificates of indebtedness for certain stated purposes. |
| HB 758 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and directing the School Land Board of the State of Texas to charge an appraisal fee; making an appropriation. |
| HB 764 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to enter into an agreement or agreements with the appropriate agency of the Federal Government to contract for a survey of the Texas Gulf Coast line for purpose of determining the low water contour along said Gulf Coast line. |
| HB 767 | Caption: Relating to creating a more efficient system for maintaining the roads and highways of Victoria County. |
| HB 855 | Caption: Relating to creating the State Law Enforcement Commission; providing penalties. |
| HB 883 | Caption: Relating to creating a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "Placedo Municipal Utility District". |
| HB 893 | Caption: Relating to regulating the manner of taking fish from the waters of Lavaca Bay, Banal Lake, Mesquite Creek, Placedo Creek, Garcitas Creek, Red Fish Lakes and Oyster Bayou in Victoria, Jackson and Calhoun Counties; prohibiting the use of certain devices and providing a penalty for violation. |
| HB 950 | Caption: Relating to conserving the game and fish resources of Calhoun County, Texas by withdrawing certain areas of water, marsh islands and submerged land from sale or lease and setting the same aside for a public hunting and fishing area, subject to certain exceptions and restrictions. |
| HR 68 | Caption: In memory of John G. Stofer of Victoria. |
| HR 99 | Caption: In memory of W. L. Edwards of Victoria. |
| HR 168 | Caption: Naming Karol Marie Harrington Mascot of the House. |
| HR 216 | Caption: Naming Leslie Carole Green Mascot of the House. |
| HR 242 | Caption: In memory of Allan Clark Shields of Victoria. |
| HR 271 | Caption: Granting privileges of teh floor of the House to the Honorable Prasit Srisuchat of Thailand. |
| HR 280 | Caption: Congratulating the Chamber of Commerce of Port Lavaca on their success in their projects. |
| HR 293 | Caption: Commending the students of Mission Valley School for their interest in state government. |
| HR 398 | Caption: Inviting the Members of the House to attend the Fifth Indianola Pilgrimage. |
| HR 479 | Caption: Providing for interim employees of the House of Representatives. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 5 | Caption: Relating to creating the Law Enforcement Study Commission, providing for its duration, membership, organization, study, recommendations and reports. |
| HCR 39 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider S. B. No. 2. |
| HCR 51 | Caption: Directing H. B. No. 5 to be effective immediately after Governor approval. |
| HR 36 | Caption: Commending the interim employees of the House for their hard work. |
| HR 132 | Caption: Commending Girl Scout Troop Number One of Port Lavaca for their interest in state government. |
| HR 153 | Caption: Providing for Committees to notify the Governor and the Senate that the House is ready to adjourn. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Providing for a Joint Session to hear the Governor's address. |
| HR 35 | Caption: In memory of Adolph Heller of Victoria. |
| HR 39 | Caption: In memory of Paul P. Putney of Victoria. |
| HR 84 | Caption: In memory of Alwin B. Clark of Placedo. |
| HR 106 | Caption: Authorizing the Committee on Contingent Expenses to purchase replacement chairs during the interim. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 584 | Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the maintenance of the public roads and highways in Victoria County by authorizing the County to issue certificates of indebtedness for certain stated purposes; stating the levy of a tax to pay such certificates; enacting other provisions relating to the subject. |
| HB 633 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of electricity-producing apparatus in fishing; providing a penalty for violation; making possession of such apparatus in certain circumstances prima facie evidence of a violation of this Act; repealing conflicting laws. |
| HB 683 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code; relating to the liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization, or conservation of insurers, and placing same under Board of Insurance Commissioners. |
| HB 770 | Caption: Relating to fixing the open and closed seasons on squirrels in this State; making certain exceptions; fixing the bag limits and possession limits on squirrels; providing a penalty for violations; repealing certain laws. |
| HB 912 | Caption: Relating to regulating the use of the Great Seal of Texas so as to prohibit the use thereof for advertising or any unofficial use except as is provided in this Act; providing a penalty therefor. |
| HB 946 | Caption: Relating to creating the Two Mile Creek Conservation and Reclamation District of Calhoun County; prescribing the boundaries and finding a benefit to such territory, providing for the issuance of bonds by such district under certain circumstances; providing that the general laws shall be applicable to such district; enacting other provisions relating to the subject district to enable the district to function properly. |
| HB 954 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by validating the appointment of the Calhoun County Navigation District Commissioners, as made pursuant to the provisions of that chapter; validating the terms of such commissioners; providing that hereafter the commissioners shall be elected; prescribing the method of election and the qualification of such commissioners; providing for appointment of successors should a commissioner vacate his office. |
| HB 962 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing that the lien shall not be valid as against any mortgage of a motor vehicle provided such mortgagee is without notice and has compiled with the provisions of the Certificate of Title Act prior to the filling by the Comptroller with the State Highway Department a certificate which shows that a tax lien exists upon such vehicle; providing a fee of One Dollar ($1.00) and no more shall be charged by the State Highway Department to pay for the expenses of administering this Act; providing a saving clause; providing that this Act shall take precedence over any other conflicting or inconsistent laws. |
| HCR 55 | Caption: Granting Elton Gray Crenshaw and Amelia Crenshaw permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 73 | Caption: Requesting the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States to change the start date for dove hunting season in the South Zone of Texas. |
| HCR 124 | Caption: Directing the State Parks Board and the State Historical Survey Committee to make a study regarding the preservation of Old Indianola as a State Park. |
| HCR 158 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider H. B. No. 946 at any time. |
| HR 77 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 173 | Caption: Congratulating the Patti Welder High School men's basketball team for winning the Class AAA state championship. |
| HR 442 | Caption: In memory of Frances Green Mitchel of Victoria. |