Legislation authored by Jimmy Phillips
Includes legislation with Jimmy Phillips as the primary author for the 47th through 56th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 56th Regular Session | |
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| SB 4 | Caption: Relating to requiring competitive bids on purchases and expenditures made by the Board of Trustees of school districts. |
| SB 45 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by enlarging the boundaries of Fort Bend County Water Supply District; finding a benefit. |
| SB 46 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to the rate of pilotage for each foot of water which the vessel at the time of piloting draws, which may be fixed; on any class vessels in any port of the state so as to include the Port of Galveston. |
| SB 135 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Regents of The University of Texas to acquire, construct, equip, and furnish additional buildings at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. |
| SB 137 | Caption: Relating to validating the incorporation of all cities and towns of five thousand (5,000) inhabitants or less, heretofore incorporated or attempted to be incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| SB 317 | Caption: Relating to State prison lands in Brazoria County. |
| SB 329 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain acts relative to the organization and establishment of a Nautical School. |
| SB 397 | Caption: Relating to providing that the entire cost of altering, adjusting or relocating pipelines and all utilities due to any change in size, construction or location of a road, where such cost arises from the requirements of the State Highway Department of Texas, shall be borne by the Texas State Highway Department as part of the cost of construction of such alteration to such road. |
| SB 401 | Caption: Relating to amending Workmen's Compensation Law relative the University of Texas employees and other state-supported institutions of higher learning employees. |
| SB 450 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts to enlarge the governing body of Brazos River Harbor Navigation District of Brazoria County. |
| SB 466 | Caption: Relating to validating, ratifying and confirming certain conveyances by the City of Freeport to Brazoria County Drainage District No. 2 (also known as Velasco Drainage District of Brazoria County, Texas) and authorizing said Drainage District to maintain, repair, improve and extend the seawalls and other improvements so conveyed. |
| SB 475 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing for the transfer of shares of stock in a state bank with certain limitations when the transfer affects a change of control of the bank. |
| SCR 46 | Caption: Granting Evelyn Campbell Woodson permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SR 45 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Needville High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 71 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Clear Creak Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 168 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Stewart Elementary School of Hitchcock to the State Capitol. |
| SR 184 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Katy High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 216 | Caption: Welcoming the League of Women Voters of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 217 | Caption: Welcoming members of the League of Women Voters of Brazoria County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 233 | Caption: Welcoming Wilda Wise, Bernice Moseman, and Bena Hostetter to the State Capitol. |
| SR 243 | Caption: Welcoming Barbara Filipp, Eleanor Turman, and Billie Harris to the State Capitol. |
| SR 282 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Goliad Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 286 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Damon Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 328 | Caption: Recognizing Morris P. Sigel for his contributions to the sport of wrestling and the State of Texas. |
| SR 342 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Island Elementary School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 398 | Caption: Welcoming he student of Goliad Junior High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 426 | Caption: Welcoming Mark Yelderman to the State Capitol. |
| SR 428 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Central High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 429 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Goliad Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 453 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Goliad Junior High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 514 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the Senate to the office of Mascot. |
| SR 545 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Barkers Hill School of Mont Belvieu to the State Capitol. |
| SR 549 | Caption: Welcoming the students of La Marque School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 559 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Nursery School to the State Capitol. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 11 | Caption: Relating to enlarging Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 2 and defining the boundaries thereof, as enlarged. |
| SR 45 | Caption: Welcoming the members of Girl Scout Troop 17 of La Marque to the State Capitol. |
| 56th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 17 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to authorize the issuance of temporary Commercial Bay-Bait Shrimp Boat Licenses. |
| SB 18 | Caption: Relating to validating the disannexation or discontinuance of territory of all cities and towns of five thousand (5,000) inhabitants or less, heretofore disannexed or discontinued or attempted to be disannexed or discontinued and validating ordinances and other municipal or governmental proceedings relating thereto. |
| SCR 12 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider S. B. No. 17 at any time. |
| SR 16 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Hector Vela to the State Capitol. |
| SR 82 | Caption: Welcoming John Womack, Ted Meuth, and the FFA members of West Columbia to the State Capitol. |
| 56th 3rd Called Session | |
| SB 29 | Caption: Relating to authorizing certain cities to make contracts, leases or other agreements with companies, corporations or individuals for the operation or lease of any city or municipal park owned or to be acquired by such cities or any of the improvements or facilities of such park or parks for a term of not exceeding forty years and containing such provisions as such cities may deem necessary. |
| SB 30 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to authorizing the issuance of temporary Commercial Bay-Bait Shrimp Boat Licenses. |
| SR 45 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. James Piperi to the State Capitol. |
| SR 47 | Caption: Welcoming G. P. hardy, Jr. to the State Capitol. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| SB 151 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to increase the compensation of the County Road Engineer; providing for the method of purchasing equipment, materials and supplies for the county road and bridge department and the approval and payment of claims therefor. |
| SB 370 | Caption: Relating to creating an additional district court for Galveston County to be known as the District Court of the 122nd Judicial District. |
| SB 405 | Caption: Relating to creating Brazoria County Road District No. 34 of Brazoria County, Texas, for the purpose of the construction, maintenance, and operation of macadamized, graveled or paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof. |
| SB 411 | Caption: Relating to amending statutes relating to Fort Bend County Water Supply District to increase territory therein. |
| SB 412 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the appointment of bailiffs in every county in this state which comprises a part of two judicial districts each of which districts consists of four and the same four counties, which four counties have a combined population of not less than one hundred thirty-six thousand (136,000) according to the last preceding Federal Census. |
| SB 413 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting a city, town and municipality from annexing any territory situated outside the corporate limits of such city, town or municipality when such territory extends across any county line. |
| SB 417 | Caption: Relating to creating Galveston County Road District No. 1 of Galveston County, Texas, for the purpose of the construction, maintenance, and operation of macadamized, graveled or paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof. |
| SB 418 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Prison Board to sell or lease to the City of Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, a certain portion of the Retrieve Prison Farm for the purpose of a public park. |
| SB 419 | Caption: Relating to providing that certain eligible counties shall have the authority to acquire land for and to purchase, construct, repair, equip and improve buildings and other permanent improvements to be used as a county branch office building. |
| SB 429 | Caption: Relating to transferring the regulation of securities issued or guaranteed by insurance companies and other insurers from the Board of Insurance Commissioners to the Secretary of State and making such securities subject to the provisions of the Securities Act; repealing the Insurance Securities Act but preserving causes of action and remedies for violations of the Act prior to its repeal. |
| SB 450 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the creation of Public Hospital Districts by the Commissioners Courts. |
| SB 462 | Caption: Relating to creating a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "East Brazoria County Navigation District". |
| SB 473 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Regents of The University of Texas, in consideration of the payment to it of the appraised value, to convey to the Trustees of the Sealy-Smith Foundation certain land in the City of Galveston, Texas, for the purpose of constructing thereon a psychopathic hospital. |
| SCR 33 | Caption: Authorizing the Board of the University of Texas to accept private funds for the Medical Branch at Galveston. |
| SCR 47 | Caption: Granting Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas permission to accept land and building in Galveston County. |
| SCR 62 | Caption: Granting James Barton Brown permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 92 | Caption: Endorsing the judicial review of administrative decisions of the Secretary of Labor under Title III of the Social Security and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. |
| SCR 97 | Caption: Welcoming representatives of Freeport Jaycee Fishin' Fiesta to the State Capitol. |
| SR 3 | Caption: Welcoming the wife of Ralph Gray to the State Capitol. |
| SR 102 | Caption: In memory of Israel Ted Schreiber. |
| SR 103 | Caption: In memory of P. K. Rude, Sr. |
| SR 114 | Caption: Welcoming Philip Harriss, Jimmy Helpinstill, Paul McNutt Jr., Jimmy Porter, Ed Stone and Stanton Stone to the State Capitol. |
| SR 123 | Caption: In memory of Edgar Louis Coale. |
| SR 124 | Caption: In memory of J. J. Lauve, Sr. |
| SR 130 | Caption: Welcoming students of Stewart Elementary School and their sponsor to the State Capitol. |
| SR 152 | Caption: Welcoming students of Needville High School and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 168 | Caption: Welcoming the students and principal of Booker T. Washington School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 270 | Caption: Welcoming members, sponsors and drivers of the Erisophian Society of Brazosport High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 277 | Caption: In memory of the wife of Fred Sandberg. |
| SR 288 | Caption: Welcoming students of Booker T. Washington School and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 291 | Caption: Welcoming members of the League of Women Voters of Galveston, Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 329 | Caption: Welcoming students of Island School, their teachers, and sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 330 | Caption: Welcoming students of George Washington Carver School and their teachers to the State Capitol. |
| SR 401 | Caption: Welcoming students of Stephen F. Austin Junior High School and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 406 | Caption: Welcoming students of Central High School and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 434 | Caption: In memory of Sophia Cico. |
| SR 507 | Caption: In memory of Ambrose A. Lukovich. |
| SR 561 | Caption: In memory of Russel H. Markwell. |
| SR 600 | Caption: Welcoming Charlott Boyd to the State Capitol. |
| SR 605 | Caption: Recognizing Mary Jacobs, Ada Baxter, Rose Mary Galloway and Louella Edlar for their service. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 4 | Caption: Relating to the Legislative Registration Act, affirming freedom of petition and speech, declaring public policy and relating to registration of persons who undertake to favor, oppose or influence legislation; prohibiting bribery and providing penalties. |
| SB 41 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the support, maintenance, operation and improvement of the Galveston County Junior College; providing that the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until the Galveston County Junior College is established. |
| SR 5 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. David C. Leavell. |
| SR 6 | Caption: In memory of Edward Ray Cannan. |
| SR 7 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Zula Loggins. |
| SR 8 | Caption: In memory of James Edward Winton. |
| SR 11 | Caption: In memory of A. K. "Cap" Addison. |
| SR 12 | Caption: In memory of Carl B. Bing. |
| SR 13 | Caption: In memory of L. R. Johnson. |
| SR 14 | Caption: In memory of Henry Hayward Sanders. |
| SR 17 | Caption: In memory of A. J. Buck. |
| SR 18 | Caption: In memory of M. P. Fief. |
| SR 19 | Caption: In memory of Carrie Boney Hamill. |
| SR 20 | Caption: In memory of Sarah Termini. |
| SR 23 | Caption: In memory of Frances Zapalac. |
| SR 29 | Caption: In memory of James Calvin "Jim" Gray. |
| SR 33 | Caption: In memory of Henry A. Durant. |
| SR 34 | Caption: In memory of Corene Miller. |
| SR 37 | Caption: In memory of Frank Hlozek, Jr. |
| SR 38 | Caption: In memory of P. G. Huston. |
| SR 39 | Caption: In memory of Henry C. Boren. |
| SR 49 | Caption: In memory of Clara May Hurst. |
| SR 50 | Caption: In memory of Arthur E. A. Catterall. |
| SR 51 | Caption: In memory of George Samuel Taylor. |
| SR 66 | Caption: In memory of Mary Dendy. |
| SR 91 | Caption: Welcoming students of Van Vleck School and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 97 | Caption: Welcoming students of Needville High School, their teacher, and their driver to the State Capitol. |
| SR 127 | Caption: Requesting the Secretary of State to submit a list of vacancies on Boards and Commissions of the State to the Secretary of Senate. |
| SR 128 | Caption: Welcoming Ray O'Neal to the State Capitol. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 12 | Caption: Relating to the appointment, qualification, duties and compensation of Official Shorthand Reporters of the Tenth, Fifty-sixth, and One Hundred Twenty-second Judicial Districts of Texas. |
| SB 20 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for appointment of Clerks and Clerks Pro Tem for Courts of Civil Appeals. |
| SR 18 | Caption: In memory of Marius Stephen Chataignon. |
| SR 40 | Caption: Welcoming Patricia Hardy and Carolyn Sue Keen to the State Capitol. |
| SR 43 | Caption: Advising the Game and Fish Commission on the legislative intent of the Unicameral Hunting and Fishing license requirements regarding the inclusion of crabs. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| SB 141 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District No. 31 of Brazoria County, Texas, for the purpose of the construction, maintenance and operation of macadamized, graveled or paved roads and turnpikes, or in aid thereof; making it a body corporate and taxing district; describing the boundaries of said district and including provisions relating thereto; granting said district the authority to issue bonds and containing provisions relating to said bonds and the issuance thereof; providing that the fact that said district may overlap other road districts shall not affect said district or the powers granted by this Act; providing for the assumption of bonds of road districts included within said district; containing provisions with respect to abolishing road districts included within said district; providing that proceeds of bonds issued by said district may under certain conditions be used within the limits of incorporated cities and towns included within said district; providing a severability clause. |
| SB 351 | Caption: Relating to validating Galveston County Navigation District No. 1; validating the election held January 30, 1954, for the creation of said District and the issuance of bonds thereof and the levy of a tax for said bonds, and validating all proceedings relating to said election and creation and bonds, and validating said bonds, and providing that said bonds when approved by the Attorney General, registered by the Comptroller, and delivered to the purchaser or purchasers, shall be incontestable. |
| SB 352 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency supplemental appropriation of not to exceed $495,000.00 from the State Treasury for the support, operation, maintenance, and salaries of employees of the Medical Branch of The University of Texas, including hospitals and medical clinics at Galveston for the remainder of the present fiscal year ending August 31, 1955. |
| SB 367 | Caption: Relating to providing that the Texas Prison Board may exchange state owned lands comprising the outer edge of Ramsey State Prison Farm for privately owned lands within Ramsey Prison Farm. |
| SB 376 | Caption: Relating to creating the Urban Development Division in the Board of Water Engineers, granting the Board certain authority, powers, and duties relating to annexations, de-annexations, incorporations, de-incorporations, and consolidations of cities; prescribing procedures; providing for a filing fee; providing for judicial review; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; repealing laws in conflict. |
| SB 386 | Caption: Relating to establishing and providing for State mental hospital facilities; regulating and providing for the operation of same; making the necessary appropriations for such purpose. |
| SB 439 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts and abolishing the office of Criminal District Attorney of Brazoria County and restoring the office of County Attorney of Brazoria County; providing for restoration of the duties of the District Attorney of the 23rd Judicial District in Brazoria County; providing for severability; providing an effective date. |
| SB 449 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Prison Board to sell the Blue Ridge Prison Farm and to use the proceeds for the purchase of other lands and the construction of permanent improvements thereon; prescribing procedures and conditions for the sale of this property and the acquisition of new lands; requiring approval of certain acts by a board composed of the Governor, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the Chairman of the Texas Prison Board; making an appropriation. |
| SCR 87 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature in order to allow each house to consider H. B. No. 907 at any time. |
| SR 15 | Caption: Recognizing State Senator Joseph Bracewell on the occasion of his birthday. |
| SR 108 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Brazosport Senior High School of Freeport to the State Capitol. |
| SR 118 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Needville High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 166 | Caption: Welcoming the members of the League of Women Voters from Brazoria and Galveston Counties. |
| SR 168 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Orchard High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 200 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Stephen F. Austin Junior High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 219 | Caption: Authorizing an extension of the Senate General Investigating Committee's investigation into certain alleged irregularities of the Veterans Land Board. |
| SR 231 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to the students of Central High School of Galveston. |
| SR 233 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Austin Junior High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 239 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Island School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 243 | Caption: Recognizing Charles W. Castner for his actions at Rusk State Hospital. |
| SR 249 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Clear Creek Independent School of League City to the State Capitol. |
| SR 250 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Webster High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 287 | Caption: Inviting Kathryn Grandstaff to address the Senate. |
| SR 299 | Caption: Requesting the Texas Research League to make a study of the Texas legislative process. |
| SR 330 | Caption: Authorizing an extension of the Senate General Investigating Committee's investigation into certain alleged irregularities of the Veterans Land Board. |
| SR 334 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Angleton High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 348 | Caption: Recognizing William H. Gardner for the publication of his book "The Texas Citizen". |
| SR 375 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Carver Elementary School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 379 | Caption: Welcoming the students of G. W. Carver Elementary School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 406 | Caption: Recognizing Oveta Culp Hobby for her service as the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. |
| SR 434 | Caption: Directing the creation of a Senate General Investigating Committee for the 55th Legislature. |
| SR 440 | Caption: In memory of W. Joel Bryan, Sr. |
| SR 441 | Caption: In memory of William Lewis Moody, Jr. |
| SR 444 | Caption: In memory of George P. Ottis. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| SB 2 | Caption: Relating to providing for a presidential primary; providing for election of delegates to the national convention; setting forth requirements for conduct of elections; defining the rights, powers and qualifications of delegates. |
| SB 49 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code by providing for the manner and method of forfeiting, restoring or permitting the retention of certain licenses, being hunting, fishing and trapping licenses; providing it shall be unlawful to hunt, fish, trap or use fishing gear within one year after forfeiture of license. |
| SB 172 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to annexation of territory by cities and towns; defining the territory which may be annexed by certain cities; providing that annexation shall be accomplished in accordance with such provisions as may be contained in the charter of such city. |
| SB 174 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes providing for County Juvenile Boards in certain counties. |
| SB 211 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to the rate of pilotage which may be fixed, and to liability of vessels for pilotage charges. |
| SB 217 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts requiring the General Manager of the Texas Prison System or his Assistant to prepare and deliver a written release or discharge to any convict at the time he is released or discharged from the State Penitentiary. |
| SB 239 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes so as to change the name of the Motor Transportation Fund of the Railroad Commission to the Motor Carrier Fund, thereby establishing one fund where two funds now exist. |
| SB 287 | Caption: Relating to appropriating $600,000.00 a year for the additional support and maintenance of the new John Sealy Hospital and other hospitals operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, during the biennium beginning Sept. 1, 1953. |
| SB 289 | Caption: Relating to abolishing the office of County Attorney of Brazoria County, Texas, and creating the office of Criminal District Attorney for Brazoria County. |
| SB 290 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by adding Galveston and Chambers Counties to the provisions prescribing a closed season for taking oysters for market. |
| SB 301 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to the use of beds and banks of watercourses for conveying, transporting and delivering stored storm, flood or rain water and prohibiting use or diversion thereof by others; making it the duty of the Board of Water Engineers to prescribe ruled and regulations for the transporting of such water. |
| SB 306 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes to confer power and authority upon the Railroad Commission over exploratory wells, including shot holes, to prevent pollution of underground and surface waters of the State. |
| SB 307 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that the Railroad Commission of Texas shall make and enforce rules, regulations and orders in connection with the drilling of exploratory wells, including shot holes, and wells for oil or gas, the production of oil or gas, and the operation and abandonment of such wells, to prevent the pollution of any subsurface fresh waters or of the streams and public bodies of surface water of the State. |
| SB 308 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the State Board of Water Engineers of Texas to make an investigation and study of the causes, sources and extent of pollution of the streams and public waters of the State and of the means of correcting and preventing such pollution, providing that it shall report the results of its investigation and studies with suggestions and recommendations for correcting and removing the sources of pollution to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the State Department of Health and the Fish, Game and Oyster Commission of the State of Texas; providing for the cooperation of said Departments. |
| SB 319 | Caption: Relating to granting to cities the power and authority to lease, sell, option and convey all or any portion of any island, flats or other submerged lands heretofore relinquished to such cities by the State of Texas or the Republic of Texas, and to enter upon development plans and contracts for any or all of these purposes. |
| SCR 52 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act relating to the jurisdiction of certain projects. |
| SR 33 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to oppose the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Treaty. |
| SR 77 | Caption: Recognizing the City of Houston for the hospitality they expressed during the Senate's visit. |
| SR 79 | Caption: Urging the leaders of the petroleum industry take action to ensure that the importation of foreign petroleum ill not supplant the development of the domestic industry. |
| SR 107 | Caption: Welcoming Herbert Cartwright and John Barnes Cartwright to the State Capitol. |
| SR 114 | Caption: Recognizing State Senator William H. Shireman on the occasion of his birthday. |
| SR 127 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Webster High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 158 | Caption: Welcoming C. E. McClelland and Anthony Stjepcevich to the State Capitol. |
| SR 167 | Caption: Welcoming R. A. Bassett to the State Capitol. |
| SR 183 | Caption: welcoming the members of the League of Women Voters of Brazoria County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 184 | Caption: Welcoming the members of the League of Women Voters to the State Capitol of Galveston County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 191 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Pearland High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 201 | Caption: Directing the presentation of a portrait of W. L. Moody, Jr. to the Senate. |
| SR 227 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Stephen F Austin School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 255 | Caption: Urging the Civil Aeronautics Board to reconsider their recent actions which has resulted in mass cancellation of flights within the State of Texas. |
| SR 259 | Caption: recognizing the City of Corpus Christi and State Senator Shireman for the courtesies they extended during the celebration of Buccaneer Days. |
| SR 260 | Caption: Recognizing October 15 as Texas Poetry Day. |
| SR 320 | Caption: Welcoming the students of West Columbia High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 322 | Caption: Recognizing Mary Jacobs, Ada Baxter and Rosemary Galloway for their services during the session. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| SR 20 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Island Rural School of Galveston County to the State County. |
| SR 62 | Caption: Welcoming he students of Angleton High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 100 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Central High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| 52nd Regular Session | |
| SB 105 | Caption: Relating to validating, ratifying, confirming and approving certain contracts, scrip warrants, and time warrants authorized by counties or cities since the approval by the Governor of Texas. |
| SB 206 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the County Judge to employ a stenographer or secretary in any county having a population of not less than 46,000 inhabitants and not more than 46,500 inhabitants according to the preliminary announcement of population by the District Census Supervisor for the year 1950, and having an assessed tax valuation of not less than One Hundred Thirty Million ($130,000,000.00) Dollars and not more than One Hundred Thirty Five Million ($135,000,000.00) Dollars according to the tax valuation as shown by the assessed rolls on January 1, 1951. |
| SB 243 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation district, so as to provide for the designation of persons to serve on the Board of Directors of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District by the State Board of Water Engineers, subject to the approval of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate of Texas. |
| SB 270 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by defining the territory which may be annexed by certain cities, providing that annexation shall be accomplished in accordance with such provisions as may be contained in the charter of such city, and providing that the procedure prescribed by such charter shall afford reasonable public notice and hearing; setting a limit upon the time within which the validity of an annexation proceeding had by any such city may be attacked. |
| SB 297 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to provide that State general ad valorem tax moneys collected in excess of the amount donated and granted, and the amount of State general ad valorem tax granted and collected in excess of the amount needed to pay off and fully discharge all legal obligations, shall be retained by the county or subdivision from which the tax was collected. |
| SB 313 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Prison Board to sell and convey surplus lands of the Texas Prison System; providing for the manner and terms of sale; creating the Texas Prison System Building Fund; providing for conveyances without warranty and with conservation to the State of 1/16th of all oil, gas and other minerals as a free royalty. |
| SB 314 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts regulating the method of advertising areas within tidewater limits for lease. |
| SB 380 | Caption: Relating to permitting any county containing a population of not less than seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty-five (7,835) nor more than seven thousand, eight hundred fifty (7,850), according to the last preceding Federal Census, or any future Federal Census, to adopt by a majority vote of qualified voters of such county a county unit system to the extent provided in this Act. |
| SB 413 | Caption: Relating to transferring to the Governor all powers, duties, prerogatives, rights and functions now held, exercised or performed by the State Board of Control and the Division of Estimates and Appropriations with respect to the compilation of biennial appropriation budgets. |
| SCR 4 | Caption: Authorizing the Boy Scouts to erect a monument on Capitol Grounds. |
| SCR 11 | Caption: In memory of Maco Stewart. |
| SCR 12 | Caption: In memory of C. E. Byrne. |
| SCR 31 | Caption: Inviting Archbishop Michael to address a Joint Session of the Legislature. |
| SCR 50 | Caption: In memory of A. J. Peterson. |
| SR 19 | Caption: Providing time for the acceptance of a portrait of William H. Stewart. |
| SR 21 | Caption: In memory of Frank A. Shannon, Sr. |
| SR 22 | Caption: In memory of Annie Laura Weems Craig. |
| SR 25 | Caption: In memory of Mabel Kyle Cannon. |
| SR 26 | Caption: In memory of William Carloss Morris. |
| SR 32 | Caption: In memory of Bessie Belle Horne. |
| SR 33 | Caption: In memory of Charles Armstead Keenan. |
| SR 56 | Caption: Recognizing the Houston Chamber of Commerce and Houston Fat Stock Show Association for taking the Members on a trip to Houston. |
| SR 59 | Caption: Welcoming students of Santa Fe Consolidated School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 70 | Caption: Welcoming Kathryn Grandstaff, Ruth Munson, Janice Reeves, and Jimmy Meador to the State Capitol. |
| SR 72 | Caption: Welcoming students of Katy High School and their sponsor to the State Capitol. |
| SR 79 | Caption: Welcoming students of Anahuac High School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 99 | Caption: Welcoming students of Crescent School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 115 | Caption: Welcoming students of Travis County Vocational Veterans School and Robert C. Flowers to the State Capitol. |
| SR 124 | Caption: Welcoming students of East Bernard School and their superintendent to the State Capitol. |
| SR 140 | Caption: Welcoming students of Clear Creek Consolidated School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 146 | Caption: Welcoming students of Alvin Junior College and their sponsor to the State Capitol. |
| SR 157 | Caption: Welcoming students of LaMarque High School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 189 | Caption: Welcoming Girl Scouts and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 193 | Caption: Welcoming students of Stephen F. Austin Junior High School and their teachers to the State Capitol. |
| SR 200 | Caption: Welcoming students of Pearland Independent School District and their teacher to the State Capitol. |
| SR 254 | Caption: In memory of Anna C. Ottis. |
| SR 255 | Caption: In memory of Antonio G. Micheletti. |
| SR 262 | Caption: Welcoming students of Sweeny High School and their sponsors to the State Capitol. |
| SR 263 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Jincy Catherine McMurrey. |
| SR 264 | Caption: in memory of C. B. Robertson, Sr. |
| SR 265 | Caption: In memory of Carmelina Grasso. |
| SR 273 | Caption: In memory of George W. Fraser. |
| SR 280 | Caption: In memory of Adolph D. Dolson. |
| SR 281 | Caption: In memory of Jim C. Locke. |
| SR 287 | Caption: In memory of DeRugeley Peareson. |
| SR 288 | Caption: In memory of Levi Jordon McNeill. |
| SR 300 | Caption: Welcoming Boy Scout Troop 34 of Dickinson, their Scoutmaster and their Assistant Scoutmaster to the State Capitol. |
| SR 309 | Caption: In memory of Everett Scott. |
| SR 310 | Caption: Urging Congress and the Congressional delegation from Texas to oppose the Social Security Tax on maids and domestic help. |
| 51st Regular Session | |
| SB 3 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for an improvement program for the Texas Prison System. |
| SB 4 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, conserving the edible aquatic life within tidal waters of the State of Texas; defining "commercial fisherman" and "commercial fishing boats"; providing a severance clause; providing penalty; providing certain fees and licences; defining authority; |
| SB 110 | Caption: Relating to provide for the appointment of a Committee to revise, digest and recodify all the Election Laws of this State covering General, Special and Primary Elections. |
| SB 164 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Texas with certain other States, to be known as "Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact", setting out the agreement of the contracting States; providing a saving clause. |
| SB 195 | Caption: Relating to providing for the appointment of Juvenile Officers in counties which comprise a part of two Judicial Districts, each of which districts consist of four and the same four counties, which four counties have a combined population of not less than one hundred sixteen thousand (116,000) according to last preceding Federal Census. |
| SB 196 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, providing for County Juvenile Boards in counties which compromise a part of two judicial districts, each of which districts consists of four and the same four counties, and which four counties have a combined population of not less than one hundred sixteen thousand (116,000) according to the last preceding Federal Census; providing a savings clause. |
| SB 197 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes pertaining to the National Guard Armory Board by authorizing the Texas National Guard Armory Board to receive from the Adjutant General state-owned National Guard Camps and all land and improvements, buildings, facilities, installations, and personal property in connection therewith and administer the same or make proper disposal of such property otherwise when designated by the Adjutant General as "surplus" and when directed by him as being in the best interest of the Texas National Guard, its successors or components. |
| SB 198 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, providing that where any land, either rural or urban, has been divided into lots or tracts in said subdivision upon which taxes are due and delinquent to the State of Texas, any political subdivision thereof or any taxing unit, as the same is defined in said law, may be joined in one suit for the collection of all taxes delinquent upon lots or tracts in any such subdivision, but that in such suits judgment shall be rendered and the tax lien foreclosed upon each tract separately for the amount of taxes against such respective tracts, and that in event of foreclosure each of said tracts or lots shall be sold separately to satisfy the lien for taxes thereon. |
| SB 199 | Caption: Relating to requiring all juries in civil cases tried in the district courts of this State to be kept together until discharged or a verdict is reached after the submission of the case to them; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith. |
| SB 200 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the County Judge to employ a stenographer or secretary in any county having a population of not more than twenty-seven thousand one hundred fifty (27,150) and not less than twenty-;seven thousand fifty-nine (27,059) inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census; regulating the salary for the same; providing for payment of salary; providing for removal. |
| SB 317 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, changing the provision for active service for a period of twenty (20) years in some regularly organized Fire Department to a provision requiring active service for a period of twenty (20) years in one or more regularly organized Fire Departments. |
| SB 327 | Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Hydro-Electric Regulatory Commission for the regulation and control of services rendered by hydro-electric projects situated on navigable rivers of this state and owned or operated by any district or authority or other state agency (herein called "districts") receiving from the State a grant of State ad valorem taxes collected upon property and from persons in certain designated counties or political subdivisions; enacting other provisions relating to the subject. |
| SB 345 | Caption: Relating to preserving the faith and credit of the State and its agency the town of Freeport, Texas, to which state general fund ad valorem taxes have been donated or granted; enacting other matters relating to the subject. |
| SB 397 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the formation of corporations for the purpose of engaging in the business of furnishing any service in connection with cementing the casing seat of any wells for the production of oil, gas, brine, etc; providing a savings clause; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict. |
| SB 456 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, authorizing independent school districts or common school districts and cities which have assumed the control of public school situated therein to build or purchase buildings and grounds located within or without the district or city, for the purpose of constructing gymnasia, stadia, or other recreational facilities; validating the Acts heretofore performed by school districts; enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this Act. |
| SCR 39 | Caption: Inviting Raul Lopez Sanches, Governor of Coahuila, Mexico to address a Joint Session of the Legislature. |
| SCR 46 | Caption: In memory of Willard H. Dow. |
| SR 4 | Caption: Designating a Member of the Senate to attend the inauguration of President Harry S. Truman. |
| SR 21 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to restrict the importation of foreign oil. |
| SR 24 | Caption: In memory of Bessie Newsome Mims. |
| SR 32 | Caption: In memory of John Bonner Garrison. |
| SR 33 | Caption: In memory of Sul Ross Harrington. |
| SR 45 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Anahuac High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 50 | Caption: Recognizing State Senator Bracewell and the citizens of Houston for their courtesy during a trip to the city by Members of the Senate. |
| SR 53 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Pearland High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 57 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Santa Fe High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 69 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Webster High School and Clear Creek School of Harris County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 75 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to oppose the ratification of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Treaty. |
| SR 82 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to prepare for the Jackson Day Dinner. |
| SR 99 | Caption: Recognizing R. J. Flanagan for his service to the Texas Prison System. |
| SR 101 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Marshall High School of Angleton to the State Capitol. |
| SR 121 | Caption: Inviting Eric Bohemon to address the Senate. |
| SR 132 | Caption: Inviting George Craig to address the Senate. |
| SR 140 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Central High School of Galveston to the State Capitol. |
| SR 165 | Caption: Welcoming the students of La Marque High School to the State Capitol. |
| 51st 1st Called Session | |
| SCR 16 | Caption: In memory of Helen Katherine Robinson. |
| SR 32 | Caption: Authorizing a portrait of William H. Stewart to be hung in the Senate Chamber. |
| SR 37 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Anahuac High School to the State Capitol. |
| SR 47 | Caption: In memory of W. Arthur Dayvault. |
| 50th Regular Session | |
| SB 54 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to be paid out of the General Revenue Fund of the State of the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) not otherwise appropriated to cover the payment of taxes on State Prison Farm lands located in Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties. |
| SB 117 | Caption: Relating to Veteran's Affairs; declaring a need for and creating a Board of Veteran's Affairs with organization, powers and duties thereof. |
| SB 130 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, by providing for elections for bond issues; containing a severability and a saving clause. |
| SB 139 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Texas and the Board of Directors of the Sealy and Smith Foundation for the John Sealy Hospital jointly to pledge the income from the trust fund for permanent improvements for John Sealy Hospital or the Medical Branch of the University of Texas at Galveston. |
| SB 162 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) from the State Treasury for the Medical Branch of University of Texas at Galveston, Texas for the remainder of the fiscal year ending August 31, 1947. |
| SB 230 | Caption: Relating to creating an additional District Court for Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda and Wharton Counties, Texas, to be known as 130th District Court; repealing all laws in conflict herewith to the extent of the conflict. |
| SB 313 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the creation of public hospital districts by the Commissioners Courts; providing that any should any section, sentance, clause or part of this Act be held unconstitutional such decision shall not affect the remaining portions thereof; providing that any section, sentance, clause or part of this Act be held unconstitutional such decision shall not affect the remaining portions thereof. |
| SB 314 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the creation of Student Housing Authorities; providing a saving clause. |
| SB 315 | Caption: Relating to providing for the election of trustees in rural high school districts and consolidated independent school districts, composed of the territory formerly comprising ten or more original school districts. |
| SB 316 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, governing the creation of junior colleges. |
| SB 354 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Prison Board to sell, transfer and convey the Retrieve State Farm to the Retrieve Farm Land Board; making an appropriation. |
| SB 360 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the payment of reasonable fees and charges to the University of Texas School of Medicine, the State Hospital for Crippled and Deformed Children and the John Sealy Hospital at Galveston for hospitalization and professional services rendered by the members of the staffs of said institutions. |
| SB 377 | Caption: Relating to providing for a county unit school system in certain counties if authorized by majority vote of the qualified voters; providing for a saving clause in case of partial invalidity. |
| SB 389 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, authorizing sheriffs in certain counties to employ additional deputies to be paid such salaries as authorized by the Commissioners Court of such counties. |
| SB 399 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, concerning application for special aid for exceptional children. |
| SB 407 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay J.H. Ross a refund due him by reason of double assessment and double payment of taxes. |
| SB 416 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, by extending the time under which within which bonds are authorized to be issued or executed. |
| SB 435 | Caption: Relating to providing that cities having unpaid revenue bonds issued for purchase of wharf facilities may issue negotiable bonds for redemption of such revenue bonds. |
| SCR 5 | Caption: Inviting the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to address a joint session of the Legislature. |
| SCR 6 | Caption: Directing the Highway Commission to remove the toll charge from Bolivar Ferry in Galveston County. |
| SCR 31 | Caption: Inviting certain Hollywood Stars to appear before a joint session of the Legislature. |
| 48th Regular Session | |
| HB 25 | Caption: Relating to aiding the Town of Freeport, Texas, in raising, strengthening and extending existing seawalls and breakwaters now partially protecting said town from calamitous overflows, and in constructing additional seawalls and breakwaters, both within and without the corporate limits of said Town of Freeport for the further protection thereof, by donating and granting to said Town of Freeport for a period of approximately twenty years commencing October 1, 1943, and ending August 31, 1963, the State General Fund ad valorem taxes collected upon property real and personal (including rolling stock belonging to railroad companies, which shall be ascertained and apportioned as now provided by law), etc. |
| HB 167 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of County Commissioners in counties having a population of not less than twenty-seven thousand (27,000) and not more than twenty-seven thousand, one hundred (27,100) according to the 1940 United States Census where the taxable values in said county shall exceed the sum of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) for the last preceding year. |
| HB 188 | Caption: Relating to suspending for the duration of the present war and for six months thereafter all laws forbidding the use of convict labor on farms other than those owned or leased by the state. |
| HB 259 | Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries of County Superintendents of Schools in all counties having a population of not less than twenty-seven thousand and fifty (27,050) nor more than twenty-seven thousand, one hundred (27,100) according to the last Federal Census, and which counties have a valuation of not less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000) as shown by the last preceding assessment roll and also have a Negro scholastic population of One Thousand Three Hundred Fifty (1,300) or more and in which there is no Educational Supervisor of Negro Schools other than the County Superintendent. |
| HB 330 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Texas Prison Board to grant right-of-way easements for irrigation systems, electric lines and pipelines and necessary equipment across, along and over any and all lands owned by the State of Texas as a part of the Penitentiary System, providing for guarantees, covenants and conditions. |
| HB 366 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statues by fixing the compensation of the first assistant or chief deputy sheriff and other deputy sheriffs in counties where the population is not less than 27,000 and not more than 27,100 inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census where the taxable values in said county shall exceed the sum of Fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) for the last preceding year, the salary of the chief deputy sheriff in any such county shall not exceed Two Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00) per annum and the salary of any other assistant deputy sheriff shall not exceed Two Thousand One Hundred ($2,100.00) Dollars per annum. |
| HB 428 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of official shorthand reporters in all Judicial Districts composed of four Counties and having a population of more than 116,200 and not more than 116,300 inhabitants according to the last preceding or any future Federal Census. |
| HB 437 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the prospecting by means of torsion balance, seismograph explosions, any mechanical device, or otherwise, for oil, gas or other minerals, on public or private lands by any person, firm, or corporation or agent of same without consent, and providing a penalty for violation thereof. |
| HB 565 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to be paid out of the General Revenue Fund of the State of Texas of the sum of Thirty-seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($37,500) not otherwise appropriated to cover the payment of taxes on State Prison Farm lands located in Fort Bend and Brazoria Counties by the State of Texas to said Counties and to the Independent School Districts in which said lands are located, to become due for the years 1943 and 1944. |
| HB 582 | Caption: Relating to better preserving the game and fish resources of Brazoria County by providing that the members of the County Commissioners Court of said County shall be the conservators of game in said County. |
| HB 689 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the appointment of Notaries Public for each county of the State of Texas by the Secretary of State. |
| HB 706 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for the appointment of a secretary. |
| HB 718 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for any aggrieved party to have the right to apply to any Court of competent jurisdiction to obtain redress. |
| HB 741 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Cod relative to use of seines and nets in the tidal waters of Texas. |
| HCR 71 | Caption: Recalling H.B. No. 635 from the Governor's office. |
| HCR 164 | Caption: Suspending Joint Rules to consider H.B. Nos. 462 and 743. |
| HR 48 | Caption: Congratulating William M. Jeffers on acumen to solve the rubber problem. |
| HR 82 | Caption: Amending the Rules of the House to add Section 20 to Rule 8. |
| HR 102 | Caption: Designating Roger A. Knight as a Mascot of the House. |
| HR 125 | Caption: Wishing former Governor James E. Ferguson a speedy recovery from his illness. |
| HR 177 | Caption: In memory of Louis J. Wilson of Brazoria County, Texas. |
| HR 187 | Caption: Commending the inmates of the Retrieve Prison Farm for their contributions to the war effort. |
| HR 208 | Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate the shortage of prison guards in the Texas penitentiary system. |
| HR 236 | Caption: In memory of George Harrison of Palacios, Texas. |
| HR 246 | Caption: Directing the Chief Clerk to send the sympathies of the House to Myron Blalock. |
| HR 279 | Caption: In memory of the wife of F.H. McMahon of Van Vleck, Texas. |
| HR 318 | Caption: Providing for a committee to represent the State of Texas and the Legislature to Mexico and the Southern Republics. |
| HR 322 | Caption: Commending Representatives Carrington, Stanford, and the Austin Chamber of Commerce for providing refreshments for the House. |
| 47th Regular Session | |
| HB 234 | Caption: Relating to validating the incorporation of certain cities and towns heretofore incorporated and/or attempted in good faith to be incorporated under the General Laws of Texas. |
| HB 394 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts relating to prohibiting the use of seines, nets, or other devices for catching fish or shrimp, with exceptions, in or on the waters of Matagorda Bay from the Colorado River to its easternmost end. |
| HB 868 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to allow each County Commissioner certain expenses for traveling; providing for the purchase of automobiles by the county for the use of the County Commissioners on official business. |
| HB 869 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to allow each County Commissioner certain expenses for traveling in connection with the use of his automobile on official business. |
| HR 20 | Caption: In memory of Oscar Hendrick Phillips of Angleton. |
| HR 41 | Caption: Electing the children of House members to the office of mascot. |
| HR 217 | Caption: Relating to State Department of Public Welfare. |
| HR 231 | Caption: Expressing sympathy towards Zula Stewart. |
| HR 271 | Caption: In memory of John M. Armour of San Antonio. |
| 47th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 5 | Caption: Memorializing Congress in regard to the Rice Industry. |