Legislation authored by Jack Strong
Includes legislation with Jack Strong 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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| SB 67 | Caption: Relating to the apportionment and number of trustees of certain junior college districts. |
| SB 123 | Caption: Relating to providing for valuation of property for taxing purposes for all taxing authorities by the county tax assessor-collector; providing for a common board of equalization composed of all assessors in the county by amending certain Statutes. |
| SB 157 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes so as to establish a minimum salary for school bus drivers; providing additional funds required. |
| SB 300 | Caption: Relating to the apportionment and number of trustees of certain junior college districts. |
| SB 301 | Caption: Relating to provide for appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of minors and incompetents in contested child custody causes; providing for a waiting period before trial can be held; providing for payment of expenses. |
| SB 503 | Caption: Relating to and regulating relationships, direct and indirect, of officers, directors, associated corporations and shareholders of insurance companies; prohibiting an insurance company from acquiring certain interests in connection with loans; providing exemptions; requiring disclosure; providing method of enforcement; amending the Texas Insurance Code. |
| SB 513 | Caption: Relating to use of a jury wheel in certain counties. |
| SB 572 | Caption: Relating to requiring the Texas Youth Council to employ additional juvenile parole officers. |
| SB 587 | Caption: Relating to providing for compensation for loss of earnings and diminished capacity to work proximately resulting from erroneous imprisonment; creating a survival of action for heirs and representatives of deceased. |
| SB 588 | Caption: Relating to requiring the use of a standard formula for the establishment of reserves on all the different types of insurance companies writing life, accident, health and burial insurance in Texas; amending the Texas Insurance Code. |
| SB 615 | Caption: Relating to prescribing minimum requirements for one- and two-family dwellings as to sanitation, ventilation, occupancy of space, structure and equipment, safety and health; prohibiting substandard conditions; providing penalties. |
| SB 616 | Caption: Relating to adopting a code for the construction, alteration, repair, and removal of buildings designed for occupancy by three or more families in unincorporated areas of the state; providing sanctions. |
| SB 769 | Caption: Relating to removal of Gregg County from the 71st Judicial District; making necessary transitional provisions; providing for the creation of the 232nd District Court; providing for an effective date. |
| SB 781 | Caption: Relating to the practice of optometry and ophthalmic dispensing and related activities; regulating optometrists, dispensing opticians and the sale and advertising of optical products; creating the Texas Optometry Board and prescribing its membership, organization, powers, duties, and functions; abolishing the Texas State Board of Examiners in Optometry, etc. |
| SB 814 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district to be known as Spring Hill Utility District, comprising the territory and property described herein. |
| SB 822 | Caption: Relating to the qualifications of school district trustees in counties of not less than sixteen thousand eight hundred seventy (16,870) nor more than sixteen thousand nine hundred (16,900) according to the last preceding Federal Census; providing for suit for removal of unqualified trustees. |
| SB 852 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Election Code relating to voter registration and absentee voting by members of the armed forces and other categories of voters covered by the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955, as amended, and to voting by persons who return to the county of residence after applying for an absentee ballot by mail; enumerating the categories of persons entitled to vote by use of the official federal post card application for absentee ballot and prescribing procedures for absentee voting, including registration therefor, by persons using the federal post card application form; relating to voting upon return to the county of residence after applying for an absentee ballot by mail; enlarging the period for mailing absentee ballots to voters outside the United States; relating to registration by voters who are within the categories of persons covered by the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955, as amended, at the time of applying for registration or who were within those categories at any time during a specified period prior thereto. |
| SB 853 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Election Code relating to proof of rendition of property for taxation by voters in elections for issuing bonds, lending credit, expending money, or assuming debt; to delete an obsolete provision relating to a list of owners of taxable property to be prepared by the tax collector; relating to the affidavit required of voters in such elections, to authorize use of a form for multiple signatures of voters and to make provisions regarding the affidavit in absentee voting. |
| SCR 11 | Caption: Proposing adoption of Joint Rules of Procedure for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 1st Session of the Texas Legislature. |
| SCR 88 | Caption: Recalling S.B. No. 781 from the House of Representatives and directing the Senate Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections. |
| SCR 102 | Caption: Requesting the Parks and Wildlife Department to study the feasibility of setting aside sufficient acreage of park lands for fox hunting. |
| SJR 12 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to remove the requirement that the county commissioners court be the tax valuation equalization board for the county. |
| SR 41 | Caption: Providing for the adoption of Permanent Rules of Procedure of the Senate of Texas of the 61st Legislature. |
| SR 46 | Caption: Amending the Permanent Rules of Procedure of the Senate of Texas of the 61st Legislature. |
| SR 202 | Caption: Expressing support to Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes for a speedy recovery. |
| SR 311 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of a committee to study the use and availability of dangerous drugs and narcotics by Texas high school and college-age youth in Texas. |
| SR 539 | Caption: Congratulating Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes on the occasion of his thirty-first birthday. |
| SR 578 | Caption: Commending R.G. LeTourneau, "1969 Texas Mother of the Year". |
| SR 626 | Caption: Amending provisions of S.R. No. 311 to include an appointment of interested laymen to the Senate Interim Committee to Study the Use and Abuse of Drugs. |
| SR 937 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of an Insurance Study Committee. |
| SR 977 | Caption: Amending provisions of S.R. 937. |
| SR 1061 | Caption: Providing for the creation of a Committee to review school district organization. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| SR 11 | Caption: Inviting Dana Dowell, Miss Texas of 1969, to appear before the Senate. |
| 61st 2nd Called Session | |
| SR 39 | Caption: Authorizing Senate conferees to include certain material in the Conference Committee Report on H.B. No. 4. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| SB 38 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by adding territory to the Middle Sabine River Navigation District; appointing and providing residence requirements of the Board of Directors of such District. |
| SB 39 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the creation of Boards of Trustees for certain Junior College Districts so as to change the term of office of trustees elected for said Junior College Districts; providing a severability clause. |
| SB 40 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the minimum and maximum salary to be paid to the official shorthand reporter for the 124th Judicial District. |
| SB 179 | Caption: Relating to planning; designating the Governor the Chief Planning Officer of the State; providing Interagency Planning Councils; establishing a Division of Planning Coordination. |
| SB 238 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act so as to give the holder of a Brewer's Permit the right to import malt liquors; providing that the holder of a Nonresident Seller's Permit may have an interest in a Brewer's Permit; giving to the holder of a Manufacturer's License or a Brewer's Permit the right to import beer, ale, and malt liquor into Texas. |
| SB 297 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to provide a limited State supported salary aid program and fund for the adjustment of salaries locally of professional personnel allocated under provisions of the Foundation School Program Act and employed by public school districts. |
| SB 298 | Caption: Relating to overtime pay for state employees compensated on an hourly basis. |
| SB 401 | Caption: Relating to the creation and operation of the Texas Information Network Association. |
| SB 402 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to allow the County Judge of certain counties to appoint a County Industrial Commission. |
| SB 403 | Caption: Relating to county commissioners in certain counties issuing time warrants to pay for repairing, remodeling, and expanding community center facilities outside the county seat. |
| SB 404 | Caption: Relating amending certain statute relating to interchangeable juries. |
| SB 573 | Caption: Relating to the salary of the assistants to the county superintendent in certain counties. |
| SB 595 | Caption: Relating to the regulatory authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission with respect to hunting deer in Panola County. |
| SB 626 | Caption: Relating to the selection of the Boards of Directors of the Cypress Valley Navigation District and the Middle Sabine River Navigation District. |
| SCR 25 | Caption: Instructing the Governor to designate delegates to represent Texas at the Seventh World Petroleum Congress. |
| SCR 29 | Caption: Granting Willard Barnett, Jr. permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 94 | Caption: Instructing the House of Representative to return H. B. No. 363 to the Senate for further consideration. |
| SR 60 | Caption: Congratulating the family of former Senator Galloway Calhoun on the birth of his son, William Waterson Calhoun. |
| SR 65 | Caption: In memory of State Representative Cecil Storey. |
| SR 242 | Caption: Designating a portion of State Highway 149 as "Estes Parkway" in honor of Carl L. Estes. |
| SR 463 | Caption: Congratulating John H. Cace. |
| SR 674 | Caption: Instructing the Senators participating in the conference committee to discuss S. B. No.15 on the appropriate adjustments. |
| SR 686 | Caption: In memory of Ethel Kennard, mother of Senator Don Kennard. |
| SR 747 | Caption: Welcoming Glenn Hart, et al. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 767 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to study the problem of slums in the State. |
| SR 776 | Caption: Directing the Highway Department of Texas to increase the pay scale for hourly workers. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| SR 225 | Caption: Instructing the House of Representatives to return H. B. 2 to the Secretary of the Senate. |
| SR 226 | Caption: Instructing the House of Representatives to return H. B. 2 for reconsideration of the vote. |
| 59th Regular Session | |
| SB 69 | Caption: Relating to amending Chapter 3 of 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. |
| SB 76 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code of the State of Texas by providing that the annual meeting of stockholders of insurance companies governed by Chapter 2 of the Insurance Code of the State of Texas be held on or before April 30 of each year, and by providing that neither directors nor officers need be stockholders unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws so require. |
| SB 124 | Caption: Relating to education, providing a ten-year plan for increases in the minimum salaries to be paid teachers in the public schools; providing for support of the cost of financing the Foundation School Program by local school districts; establishing a program of State aid for supplemental salary payments to classroom teachers. |
| SB 194 | Caption: Relating to creating a conservation and reclamation district comprising the territory contained within the Counties of Gregg, Rusk, Harrison and Panola, to be known as the "Sabine River Navigation District". |
| SB 202 | 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 from the second Tuesday in March after it shall have received a certificate of authority to transact the business of life insurance and annually thereafter, to the fourth Tuesday in April after it shall have received a certificate of authority to transact the business of life insurance, and annually thereafter, or to such other day prior to April 30 of each year after the first year as the bylaws of the company may prescribe. |
| SB 375 | Caption: Relating to amending the Interagency Cooperation Act to authorize State academic colleges and universities to enter into cooperative agreements with one another without the prior approval of the Board of Control. |
| SB 439 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by exempting individuals teaching in Texas Public Schools from paying tuition charges while attending summer sessions at any fully state-supported institution of higher learning. |
| SB 440 | Caption: Relating to reapportioning the Senate of the State of Texas. |
| SB 441 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for the presumption that certain oil is unlawful oil; providing for the rebuttal of such presumption. |
| SB 442 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to Oil and Gas, relating to penalties for certain false applications, reports, or other documents filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas under Title 102. |
| SB 557 | Caption: Relating to permitting the Commissioners Courts of certain counties to use hospital operating funds for making permanent improvements to county hospitals and for paying hospital bonds. |
| SB 558 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts relating to hunting and fishing on Murvaul Lake in Panola County. |
| SCR 50 | Caption: Requesting the creation of a Committee on State-Local Sharing of the Cost of Public Education. |
| SCR 124 | Caption: Suspending Joint Rules to consider S. B. No. 440. |
| SJR 47 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide four-year terms of office for State Representatives. |
| SR 19 | Caption: Recognizing Neal Dow Rogers and his wife on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. |
| SR 20 | Caption: Welcoming Alice Snider and Genie Farris to the State Capitol. |
| SR 208 | Caption: Urging the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior to institute more effective controls on importation of crude oil and its derivatives. |
| SR 247 | Caption: Recognizing the City of Kilgore for being selected as the cleanest town of its classification in the United States. |
| SR 391 | Caption: Recognizing the citizens of the counties included in the Middle Sabine Navigation District for their dispatch in planning and creating the District. |
| SR 470 | Caption: Recognizing Ben McHenry for being named "Exhausted Rooster of the Year". |
| SR 507 | Caption: Recognizing Margie E. Neal on the occasion of her 90th birthday. |
| SR 508 | Caption: In memory of George Dickinson. |
| SR 696 | Caption: Recognizing Beatrice Lloyd for her service to public schools. |
| SR 715 | Caption: Recognizing the wife of A. M. Aikin, Jr., on being elected President of the Texas Garden Clubs. |
| SR 824 | Caption: Recognizing John Adams on the occasion of his 89th birthday. |
| SR 832 | Caption: Recognizing the citizens of Woodlawn for their accomplishments in their Beautification Program. |
| SR 842 | Caption: Requesting the Executive Committees of both Democratic and Republican parties, the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor to support a Constitutional amendment increasing Senate membership to 39. |
| 59th 1st Called Session | |
| SR 113 | Caption: Recognizing Senator Martin Dies, Jr., for his service to his district and the state of Texas. |
| 58th Regular Session | |
| SB 216 | Caption: Relating to the rights of beneficiaries of pension, retirement, death benefit, stock bonus and profit-sharing plans, systems or trusts, and of beneficiaries of annuities and supplemental insurance contracts. |
| SB 295 | Caption: Relating to declaring noxious certain aquatic plants in that portion of Caddo Lake situated in Harrison and Marion Counties; authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to execute exclusive contracts for removal of noxious aquatic plants. |
| SB 310 | Caption: Relating to the abolishing of the office of county superintendent in all counties of this state having a population of not less than sixteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty (16,820) and not more than sixteen thousand, nine hundred and twenty (16,920) according to the last preceding Federal Census. |
| SB 359 | Caption: Relating to enacting the Texas Professional Corporation Act; providing an effective date. |
| SB 382 | Caption: Relating to concerning the payment of aid and compensation to persons who have paid fines, been held in custody in any jail in the state for not less than six months under an accusation by indictment or otherwise for a crime, or served sentences for crimes, of which they are not guilty. |
| SB 446 | Caption: Relating to providing that motor vehicles of certain organizations shall be required to register such vehicles but shall not be required to pay registration fees but shall pay a fee of Five Dollars ($5). |
| SCR 92 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to consider S. B. No. 382 at any time. |
| SR 22 | Caption: Welcoming J. S. Witt, his wife, his granddaughter, and Karl Cooper to the State Capitol. |
| SR 23 | Caption: Recognizing Penny Lee Rudd on the occasion of her selection as Miss Texas of 1962. |
| SR 48 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for the day to H. D. Bruce. |
| SR 77 | Caption: Recognizing Vicki Keeling on her performance in 4-H competition. |
| SR 104 | Caption: Welcoming Stephen Butter to the State Capitol. |
| SR 106 | Caption: Recognizing Y. A. Tittle on the occasion of Y. A. Tittle Day in Marshall. |
| SR 121 | Caption: Welcoming R. G. Hensley to the State Capitol. |
| SR 133 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for the day to John Smith and Jerry Harris. |
| SR 145 | Caption: Welcoming James Crook, Gerald McNeill, and Ed Pritchard to the State Capitol. |
| SR 156 | Caption: Recognizing Jan Penick on the occasion of her being named a finalist for the Betty Crocker Award. |
| SR 166 | Caption: Welcoming granting the privileges of the floor for the day to Clyde Tomlinson, Clyde Tomlinson, Jr., and his wife. |
| SR 182 | Caption: In memory of Clarence Richardson. |
| SR 185 | Caption: Recognizing Roy Lee Butler for his earning the "Hobbs Knight of the Road Award". |
| SR 251 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for the day to E. C. Winfrey. |
| SR 377 | Caption: Welcoming Tommie Penry to the State Capitol. |
| SR 382 | Caption: Welcoming Johnny Cace to the State Capitol. |
| SR 387 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Parker to the State Capitol. |
| SR 439 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. C. L. West to the State Capitol. |
| SR 473 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Judson High School Band to the State Capitol. |
| SR 551 | Caption: Recognizing Larry Tate for his election as President of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. |
| SR 630 | Caption: Welcoming Robyn Rene Richter to the State Capitol. |