Legislation authored by Sam Forse Collins
Includes legislation with Sam Forse Collins as the primary author for the 56th through 58th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 58th Regular Session | |
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| HB 84 | Caption: Relating to requiring that all oil and gas wells be assigned production allowables which yield a reasonable profit over well costs. |
| HB 255 | Caption: Relating to providing for payment of property taxes at prior assessed value before a contest of present valuation can be appealed to the courts from a board of equalization. |
| HB 377 | Caption: Relating to the creation, administration and financing of a hospital district whose boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of county commissioners precincts numbered one and two of Jasper County. |
| HB 590 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful, except under the provisions of this Act, for any person to hunt, take, kill or possess any game bird or game animal in Sabine County, Texas; providing that the open season or period of time when it shall be lawful to hunt, take, kill or possess any game bird or game animal in Sabine County shall be the same as the open season in Jasper, Newton and Tyler Counties; providing a penalty for violation of the Act. |
| HB 781 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the creation of a Hospital District comprising all of Tyler County, Texas, and the assumption of all outstanding indebtedness of Tyler County incurred for hospital purposes. |
| HB 1046 | Caption: Relating to clarifying the qualification of voters at the election of directors for the Jasper Hospital District of Jasper County. |
| HCR 34 | Caption: Memorializing Congress and the President of the United States to give attention and assistance to the lumber industry. |
| HCR 90 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider Senate Joint Resolution No. 21. |
| HJR 53 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the Legislature shall have the power to provide assistance to and provide for the payment of same to (1) citizens of Texas who are needy aged persons over the age of sixty-five (65) years, (2) needy persons who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and less than sixty-five (65) years of age who are permanently and totally disabled, (3) needy blind persons over the age of twenty-one (21) years, and (4) needy children under the age of sixteen (16) years; authorizing the Legislature to set up residence requirements for eligibility for such assistance; repealing the Constitutional limit on the amount paid out of State funds to individual recipients of Old Age Assistance and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled; removing the overall ceiling and providing that the amounts for such assistance payments shall not exceed the amounts that are matchable out of Federal funds for such purposes; providing for the acceptance of financial aid from the Government of the United States. |
| HR 198 | Caption: In memory of James B. Warfield of Woodville. |
| HR 199 | Caption: In memory of Fred T. Wiltshire of Kirbyville. |
| HR 227 | Caption: In memory of Leona Mae Sharbutt of Kirbyville. |
| HR 250 | Caption: In memory of Abner Johnson of Newton. |
| HR 252 | Caption: Congratulating N. M. "Cotten" Robinson for coaching the |
| HR 260 | Caption: Congratulating the West Sabine High School men's basketball team of Pineland for winning the class A state championship. |
| HR 270 | Caption: Congratulating the Buna High School men's basketball team for winning the class AA state championship. |
| HR 351 | Caption: Congratulating Carolyn Clemmons for being designated Queen of the Tyler Dogwood Festival. |
| HR 558 | Caption: Requesting the Highway Commission to grant hourly employees of the State Highway Department a pay raise. |
| 57th Regular Session | |
| HB 197 | Caption: Relating to providing for payment of property taxes at prior assessed value before a contest of present valuation can be appealed to the courts from a board of equalization. |
| HB 198 | Caption: Relating to amending the Taxation-General of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, by providing that certain reports by retailers to the Comptroller of the State of Texas need not be notarized. |
| HB 199 | Caption: Relating to permitting certain counties to construct, operate and maintain an office building and certain offices outside the county seat. |
| HB 325 | Caption: Relating to amending the Act approving and adopting the Sabine River Compact so as to change the term of office for the Texas members. |
| HB 593 | Caption: Relating to imposing an excise tax on all charges made by private clubs. |
| HB 613 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for additional notice in certain hearings. |
| HB 695 | Caption: Relating to amending a Statute increasing the impounding fee of swine. |
| HB 789 | Caption: Relating to creating Jasper County Road District No. 8 of Jasper County, Texas. |
| HB 937 | Caption: Relating to setting limits on deer hunting in Tyler, Jasper and Newton Counties; providing penalties for violation. |
| HB 938 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing that the Act shall apply to Precinct 4 of Tyler County. |
| HB 939 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for determination, seperately for whites and seperately for negroes, of the number of professional unit allocations for Foundation School Program Act and Fund purposes under a sparse area formula. |
| HB 940 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the method of determining and allotting certain principal units for certain school districts. |
| HB 941 | Caption: Relating to levying a processing tax on those engaged in the business of processing raw materials into products of a different or refined character, in this State and on those engaged in the business of selling or using such processed products in this State; providing a penalty for failure to pay the tax and authorizing injunctions against those failing to pay the tax; fixing the effective date. |
| HB 1003 | Caption: Relating to amending the Representation Before the Legislature Act relating to the definitions of "persons," "legislation," and "direct communication;" relating to penalties. |
| HCR 26 | Caption: Congratulating John Hampton Mattox of Newton on his 100th Birthday. |
| HCR 48 | Caption: Congratulating the Buna High School women's basketball team on winning the 1961 AA State Championship. |
| HCR 104 | Caption: Authorizing the Board of Directors at Texas A&M College to make improvements for the Texas Forest Service. |
| HCR 130 | Caption: Directing the allocation and usage of office space in the Capitol. |
| HJR 34 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas authorizing the issuance of State bonds for the purpose of financing a program for loans to individuals, partnerships and corporations to encourage the development of industries in this State, and providing for administration of the program. |
| HR 56 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. B. S. Ratcliff of Jasper. |
| HR 57 | Caption: In memory of Charles Martin of Kirbyville. |
| HR 74 | Caption: Electing children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 117 | Caption: In memory of Carlton Emory Adams of Newton. |
| HR 295 | Caption: Congratulating the Buna High School men's basketball team on their Class AA State Championship. |
| HR 400 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Martha Griggs of Burkeville. |
| HR 401 | Caption: In memory of John Hampton "Uncle Hamp" Mattox of Newton. |
| HR 452 | Caption: Congratulating Miss Carol Ann Bennet and Maxey Lee Kirkley for being named Queen and King, respectively, of the 1961 Dogwood Festival in Tyler. |
| HR 495 | Caption: In memory of Joe B. Jackson of Newton County. |
| HR 561 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 707 | Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Terrie Brown on her retirement after 50 years of teaching. |
| HR 742 | Caption: In memory of Lawrence Robert Cade of Chester. |
| HR 781 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Minnie Ferguson of Newton County. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 13 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute to provide for determination, separately for whites and separately for negroes, of the number of professional unit allocations for Foundation School Program Act and Fund purposes under a sparse area formula and providing for the allocation of certain funds to the Foundation School Fund. |
| HB 21 | Caption: Relating to amending the Representation Before the Legislature Act and the Election Code of Texas relating to definitions of "person," "legislation," and "direct communication"; relating to persons required to register; relating to reports, making other provisions relating thereto, and providing penalties; relating to identification of correspondence to Members of the Legislature and providing penalty for violations; relating to records and sworn statements. |
| HR 6 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 12 | Caption: Congratulating State Representative Rayford Price and Barbara Jean Ashley on their marriage. |
| HR 79 | Caption: In memory of Ernestine and Sheryl Philips of Woodville. |
| HR 80 | Caption: Congratulating certain members of the Future Farmers of America of Burkeville for their success at the State Convention. |
| HR 84 | Caption: In memory of Richard L. "Mike" Comte of Woodville. |
| HR 172 | Caption: In memory of Bernard B. Boyette of Kirbyville. |
| HR 173 | Caption: In memory of Joe W. Dickerson of Jasper. |
| HR 174 | Caption: In memory of W. F. McCreight of Kirbyville. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 46 | Caption: In memory of Bennie Griffin Lindsey of Jasper. |
| HR 47 | Caption: In memory of Henry Adam "Ad" Byerly of Jasper. |
| HR 143 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| 56th Regular Session | |
| HB 218 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the Newton County Water Supply District. |
| HB 413 | Caption: Relating to requiring divorce and annulment petitions to name the county in which the marriage license is recorded; requiring recordation of divorce and annulment decrees and taxing of costs of same in the cause. |
| HB 533 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing for determination, separately for whites and separately for negroes, of the number of professional unit allocations for Foundation School Program Act and fund purposes under a sparse area formula. |
| HB 534 | Caption: Relating to providing for the issuance of distinctive license plates or tags to members of Volunteer Fire Departments for use by such persons upon their personally owned, private passenger vehicles in lieu of the standard license plates now required. |
| HB 605 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to require railroads to construct and maintain visible and audible warning signals at every state and United States highway grade crossing. |
| HB 606 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the sale of personal property for delinquent taxes. |
| HB 609 | Caption: Relating to property subject to taxation by Water Control and Improvement Districts. |
| HB 610 | Caption: Relating to providing that all laws of this State providing for the assessment and collection of State and County taxes are made available and when invoked shall apply to all Water Improvement Districts, Water Control and Preservation Districts, Water Control and Improvement Districts, Fresh Water Supply Districts, Levee Improvement Districts, Drainage Districts, Conservation and Reclamation Districts, Navigation Districts and Irrigation Districts in this State, which have power and authority to levy and collect their own taxes, and that all such Districts shall have the benefit of all liens and remedies for the security and collection of taxes due them, as provided in the laws of this State, providing for the assessment and collection of State and County taxes. |
| HB 867 | Caption: Relating to providing for payment of property taxes at prior assessed value before a contest of present valuation can be appealed to the courts from a board of equalization. |
| HR 86 | Caption: In memory of Nettie Hines. |
| HR 106 | Caption: Congratulating the Warren High School football team for their athletic success. |
| HR 280 | Caption: Congratulating the Buna High School men's basketball team for winning the Class AA state championship. |
| HR 316 | Caption: Congratulating the Buna High School women's basketball team for winning second place in the Class AA state championship. |
| HR 558 | Caption: In memory of Della Easley. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 79 | Caption: In memory of James Burton Hodges of Jasper. |
| HR 138 | Caption: In memory of Watt Barclay. |
| 56th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 55 | Caption: Congratulating J. B. Sanders on his retirement from the Kirbyville Volunteer Fire Department. |
| 56th 3rd Called Session | |
| HR 8 | Caption: Congratulating James Pruitt on his election as president of the Texas Future Farmers of America. |
| HR 42 | Caption: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. John Holman Fain of Doucette. |