Legislation authored by Martin Dies, Jr.
Includes legislation with Martin Dies, Jr. as the primary author for the 56th through 59th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
59th Regular Session | |
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SB 68 | Caption: Relating to providing for Medical Assistance for the Aged for direct or vendor payments for medical care on behalf of residents of the State of Texas who are sixty-five years of age or over, who are not recipients of Old Age Assistance, who are in need as the term "need" is defined herein, and who are unable to pay for needed medical services. |
SB 94 | Caption: Relating to providing for the election of a district attorney for the 145th Judicial District. |
SB 376 | Caption: Relating to pension allowances for totally disabled children of certain firemen. |
SB 397 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by removing the Governor from the School Land Board and substituting one citizen of the state appointed by the Governor for a term of two (2) years. |
SB 405 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by redefining the term "recipient of public assistance" so as to extend the Medical Assistance Program to include recipients of Aid to the Blind, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (including the children and/or the caretaker with whom the child lives). |
SB 473 | Caption: Relating to amending the State Bar Act so as to designate the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas as the general executive agency of that organization and to outline the composition of such Board and to authorize such Board to reapportion the state into Bar Districts from time to time for purposes of electing directors or for the fulfillment of any other duties imposed upon the State Bar by the State Bar Act or the State Bar Rules. |
SB 486 | Caption: Relating to standards for legislative apportionment for the Legislature of the State of Texas. |
SB 539 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district known as "Pineview Water Supply District of Jasper County". |
SCR 83 | Caption: Recognizing Charles W. Castner for his service to the State. |
SCR 101 | Caption: Requesting the Council of State Governments to study advertising tourist attractions of the State in foreign news media. |
SCR 122 | Caption: Recognizing Summers S. Norman for his service to the State. |
SCR 131 | Caption: Authorizing the Enrolling CLerk to make certain corrections in the Conference Committee Report on S. B. no. 405. |
SJR 2 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to authorize the Legislature to set the compensation of the Lieutenant Governor. |
SJR 13 | Caption: 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 the state, and providing for administration of the program. |
SR 16 | Caption: Welcoming students of Pearce Junior High to the State Capitol. |
SR 28 | Caption: Welcoming Fred Ellis, Jr., and his wife, and Elwyn Jones and his wife to the State Capitol. |
SR 29 | Caption: Welcoming Suzanne Stubblefield, David Wimp, Horace G. Stubblefield, Eileen Thompson, and Clyde Thompson to the State Capitol. |
SR 34 | Caption: Welcoming B. H. McVicker, James Moore, and W. V. McReven to the State Capitol. |
SR 54 | Caption: Welcoming Daniel Jones and his wife to the State Capitol. |
SR 177 | Caption: Recognizing the wife of D. Roy Harrington on the occasion of her birthday. |
SR 195 | Caption: Welcoming G. E. Born and the students of Diboll High School to the State Capitol. |
SR 323 | Caption: Welcoming the wives of Charles E. Turner, A. J. Deagliola, J. H. Murrell, Roy Swann, Roy R. Rudd and J. W. Hooker to the State Capitol. |
SR 331 | Caption: Welcoming Mary Gallas and Alma Sprott to the State Capitol. |
SR 424 | Caption: Welcoming Madge Stallings, Joan Stallings and Charles Heitman and his wife to the State Capitol. |
SR 452 | Caption: Recognizing J. E. Wheat for his efforts with the Annual Dogwood Festival. |
SR 635 | Caption: Expressing the willingness of the Senate to give school teachers a salary increase. |
SR 672 | Caption: Welcoming Laura Mitchell and Willa D. Coe to the State Capitol. |
SR 730 | Caption: In memory of E. A. "Pete" Pietschker. |
SR 763 | Caption: Recognizing Rebecca Townsend for her dedication to teaching. |
SR 827 | Caption: Recognizing Senator Charles Herring on the occasion of his birthday. |
59th 1st Called Session | |
SR 7 | Caption: Recognizing Congress for the project to bring barge traffic up the Trinity River. |
58th Regular Session | |
SB 4 | Caption: Relating to improving the minimum teacher salary schedule in the Foundation Program Act; creating a Governor's Committee for a comprehensive study and report on elementary and secondary education. |
SB 222 | Caption: Relating to creating the Lufkin State School Independent School District. |
SB 473 | Caption: Relating to clarifying the qualifications of voters at the election of directors for Jasper Hospital District; providing for the terms of office of the members of the Board of Directors of said District. |
SB 506 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Courts of the counties of the 1st Judicial District to supplement the salary of the District Attorney of said District. |
SCR 37 | Caption: Recognizing Congress and the President of the United States for their treatment of the capital gains tax of timber industry. |
SCR 41 | Caption: Memorializing Congress and the President of the United States to authorize the increase of domestic lumber production. |
SCR 80 | Caption: Instructing the House Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in H. B. No. 500. |
SJR 7 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment 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. |
SJR 21 | 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 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; providing that the amounts for such assistance payments shall not exceed the amounts that are matchable out of federal funds for such purposes; providing that the amounts expended out of state funds for such purposes shall not exceed Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000); providing for the acceptance of financial aid from the Government of the United States. |
SR 20 | Caption: Welcoming Henry G. Smith and Watt Smith to the State Capitol. |
SR 33 | Caption: Welcoming Glen Mettauer to the State Capitol. |
SR 88 | Caption: Welcoming C. D. Acker to the State Capitol. |
SR 92 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Byrd, Langston Kerr, and Rex Weisinger, and Joe Martin to the State Capitol. |
SR 105 | Caption: Welcoming Mmes. Howard Adams, John Calloway, and S. A. Almon to the State Capitol. |
SR 147 | Caption: Recognizing R. E. Morgan for his work in coordinating the Squash Division of World-wide Air Force Minor Sports Tournament. |
SR 170 | Caption: Welcoming John R. Barber of Jacksonville to the State Capitol. |
SR 198 | Caption: Welcoming Rev. and Mrs. Robert D. Matheny to the State Capitol. |
SR 205 | Caption: Welcoming B. H. Broiles to the State Capitol. |
SR 227 | Caption: Welcoming Pat Pace to the State Capitol. |
SR 237 | Caption: Recognizing the Calvary Baptist Church of Lufkin and Reverend Howard Small on the occasion of Howard Small Day. |
SR 242 | Caption: Welcoming Mrs. Roscoe Gibson of Lufkin to the State Capitol. |
SR 257 | Caption: Welcoming Johnnie McLeod to the State Capitol. |
SR 270 | Caption: Welcoming Rebecca Townsend to the State Capitol. |
SR 346 | Caption: Welcoming R. N. Stripling and J.S. Gardner to the State Capitol. |
SR 511 | Caption: Recognizing the Texas Forestry Association on the occasion of their 50th Anniversary. |
SR 573 | Caption: Recognizing the children of a Member of the Senate as Mascots and Sweethearts of the Senate. |
SR 624 | Caption: Recognizing Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith for his service during the session. |
57th Regular Session | |
SB 3 | Caption: Relating to the Corrupt Practices Act; limiting campaign expenditures by and on behalf of candidates for the United States Senate in a General or Special Election; providing Civil and Criminal penalties for violation. |
SB 267 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code of Texas relating to provide that the taking and carrying away of merchantable timber of a value of less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.) shall be subject to a fine and/or jail sentence. |
SB 348 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of Texas relative to establishment of a Presidential Preferential Primary and binding delegates to national conventions to support and vote for the person who, in the Presidential Preferential Primary in their party primary, received the highest number of votes. |
SB 403 | Caption: Relating to establishing and providing for a state mentally retarded school; regulating and providing for the operation. |
SB 411 | Caption: Relating to providing that any town which has been duly and legally incorporated may change its name or designation from town to city, by ordinance passed by the governing body of such town; provided, however, that the change in the designation of such town shall in no wise affect its corporate existence or powers. |
SB 453 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act to grant authority to the State Department of Health to approve additional methods of disinfectant to be maintained in public swimming pools. |
SCR 2 | Caption: Authorizing an extension of the Committee to study Problems of the Aged. |
SCR 6 | Caption: In memory of Herbert C. White. |
SCR 25 | Caption: Authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to acquire certain property from the United State Government. |
SCR 66 | Caption: Authorizing Texas A&M College to make physical improvements to their facilities. |
SJR 5 | 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. |
SR 46 | Caption: In memory of Ernest Lynn Kurth. |
SR 106 | Caption: Welcoming Clark Anderson and Robert M. Dies. to the State Capitol. |
SR 107 | Caption: Recognizing John Hampton Mattox on the occasion of his 100th birthday. |
SR 134 | Caption: Welcoming Joe J. Fisher to the State Capitol. |
SR 146 | Caption: In memory of R. B. Pinson. |
SR 162 | Caption: Recognizing the Buna High School men's basketball team for winning the Class AA state championship. |
SR 177 | Caption: Welcoming Elbert Reese to the State Capitol. |
SR 211 | Caption: Welcoming Ward Markley and Jimmie Aud to the State Capitol. |
SR 226 | Caption: Welcoming Steele Wright and Perry Campbell to the State Capitol. |
SR 230 | Caption: Welcoming Richard E. King to the State Capitol. |
SR 282 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dupuy to the State Capitol. |
SR 291 | Caption: Welcoming W. R. Cook, F. A. Shinwalt, and Emerson Stone, Jr. to the State Capitol. |
SR 305 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Iredell High School of Bosque County to the State Capitol. |
SR 350 | Caption: Welcoming Jim Waters, et al. to the State Capitol. |
SR 432 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Sands Consolidated School of Martin County to the State Capitol. |
SR 491 | Caption: Welcoming David Henderson, Carey Williams, and Wesley Neal to the State Capitol. |
SR 521 | Caption: Directing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in S. B. No. 321. |
57th 3rd Called Session | |
SR 6 | Caption: Recognizing Mary Jacobs for her years of service as Hostess for the Senate Reception Room. |
SR 34 | Caption: Recognizing Amy Stubblefield for her many years of public service. |
SR 60 | Caption: In memory of J. Frank Smith. |
SR 69 | Caption: Recognizing State Senator Ray Roberts on the occasion of his election to Congress. |
56th Regular Session | |
SB 25 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of the State of Texas by adding a section limiting campaign expenditures by or on behalf of candidates for nomination to certain offices in primary elections, defining offense relating thereto, and providing civil and criminal penalties for violation. |
SB 65 | Caption: Relating to providing for the liberalization of the rules of civil procedure with respect to cases submitted upon special issues. |
SB 112 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure on 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. |
SB 115 | Caption: Relating to lump-sum settlement and payment of workmen's compensation claim. |
SB 256 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of Newton, Sabine, Jasper and San Augustine Counties, Texas, to pay the District Judge of the 1st Judicial District compensation in addition to the compensation paid by the State of Texas. |
SB 279 | Caption: Relating to insanity as a defense or bar to criminal prosecution. |
SB 280 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to First Application for Continuance by a Defendant to place within the court's discretion. |
SB 324 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relative to Newton County Water Supply District. |
SB 417 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts to provide that any vacancy on the Game and Fish Commission shall be filled by the appointment of a resident of one of nine regions, herein established, which region, at the time of the appointment, is not represented on the Commission. |
SB 433 | Caption: Relating to constituting a local law for the maintenance of the public roads and highways in San Augustine County. |
SCR 15 | Caption: In memory of Paul Lewis Boynton. |
SJR 2 | Caption: Proposing an amendment 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. |
SR 11 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bradshaw to the State Capitol. |
SR 86 | Caption: In memory of W. W. "Cap" King. |
SR 110 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. H. C. White to the State Capitol. |
SR 115 | Caption: welcoming Ned Shands, Jr. to the State Capitol. |
SR 140 | Caption: Welcoming Clark Anderson to the State Capitol. |
SR 316 | Caption: Welcoming Bob Murphy and Billie Lee Thompson to the State Capitol. |
SR 385 | Caption: Recognizing the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration for their implementation of new standards for lumber used in construction. |
SR 396 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kay, and Mmes. J. W. Parmley, and Steve Burgess to the State Capitol. |
SR 478 | Caption: In memory of John W. Minton. |
SR 520 | Caption: Welcoming Harry Burns and John Burns to the State Capitol. |
SR 526 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Kirby High School of Woodville to the State Capitol. |
SR 557 | Caption: Requesting the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College give serious consideration to dropping the requirements of mandatory military training and to begin admitting females as students. |
56th 1st Called Session | |
SB 22 | Caption: Relating to diminishing the civil jurisdiction for the County Courts of the Counties of Sabine and San Augustine, Texas, and conforming the jurisdiction of the First Judicial District Court to such change. |
SR 2 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Joaquin High School to the State Capitol. |
SR 18 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Chireno high School of Nacogdoches to the State Capitol. |
56th 2nd Called Session | |
SB 19 | Caption: Relating to diminishing the civil jurisdiction of the county courts of the Counties of Sabine and San Augustine, Texas, and conform the jurisdiction of the First Judicial District Court to such change. |
SR 58 | Caption: Welcoming Dale Culwell to the State Capitol. |
56th 3rd Called Session | |
SB 8 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relative to the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority; providing that the elections called for therein take place no later than December 1, 1959. |
SR 41 | Caption: Recognizing Judge and Mrs. R. N. Stripling on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. |
SR 48 | Caption: Recognizing Lieutenant Governor Ben Ramsey for his fine character, ability, fairness, and integrity while presiding over the Senate during these Special Sessions. |