Legislation authored by Brownrigg Hefferron Dewey
Includes legislation with Brownrigg Hefferron Dewey as the primary author for the 53rd through 57th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 57th Regular Session | |
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| HB 1 | Caption: Relating to fixing the salaries, per diem and mileage of Members of the Legislature, pursuant to the provisions of Section 24 of Article III of the Constitution of Texas. |
| HB 48 | Caption: Relating to making Uniform the Law of Partnership. |
| HB 149 | Caption: Relating to defining State University-owned land as used in Foundation School Program Act to include certain land owned and used by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. |
| HB 151 | Caption: Relating to providing that persons engaged in the gathering and dissemination of news through a newspaper, radio or television station or press association shall not be required to disclose the source of information in the course of their employment in legal proceedings, proceedings before state departments or agencies, the Legislature and its committees, or before any county or municipal body, officer, or committee thereof. |
| HB 152 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Law providing for the appointment of members of the Board of Directors of the Brazos River Authority by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. |
| HB 153 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code to require annual exemption certificates for all voters who are exempt from the payment of a poll tax. |
| HB 154 | Caption: Relating to limiting the number of ex-students on the governing boards of wholly State-supported academic institutions of higher education. |
| HB 155 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code relating filing fees and expenses charged candidates for nomination for State Representative or State Senator for primary elections. |
| HB 620 | Caption: Relating to amending the Probation and Parole Law of 1957 permitting the use of probation in misdemeanor cases. |
| HB 910 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of Texas making procedure relative to certain meetings of, and the delivery of rosters of delegates by State Executive Committees consistent. |
| HB 911 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of Texas establishing the order the various columns are to appear on the official ballot, and the order of the names of candidates running for the same office are to appear. |
| HB 924 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act increasing the House membership on the Legislative Budget Board. |
| HB 958 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to jury wheels. |
| HCR 34 | Caption: Directing the creation of an Electoral Law Study Committee to make revisions to the State Election Code. |
| HJR 20 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that the Governor shall serve for a term of four years and shall be ineligible to succeed himself in office. |
| HJR 27 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that three (3) months residence within a county satisfies the residence requirement for voting, and that a voter who removes from his county of residence may vote absentee there until he establishes three (3) months residence in another. |
| HJR 28 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas relating to time of payment of poll tax before offering to vote. |
| HJR 29 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to empower the Legislature to provide for voting in adjacent counties when election officials in a voter's county of residence fail to hold an election. |
| HJR 50 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to permit the use of probation in misdemeanor cases. |
| HR 27 | Caption: In memory of Mr. Bennie Larrabee, Sr. of San Antonio. |
| HR 124 | Caption: In memory of Dr. Frank Cleveland Bolton, former President of Texas A&M College. |
| HR 212 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Herman Yezak on his 48th Birthday. |
| HR 232 | Caption: In memory of Dr. Thomas Otto Walton of Bryan, former President of Texas A&M College. |
| HR 289 | Caption: In memory of Virgil Estill of Bryan. |
| HR 387 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to office of Mascot. |
| HR 624 | Caption: Urging the citizens of Texas to participate in the 1961 Special Election for U. S. Senator, and urging them to vote for the Democratic Party's candidate. |
| HR 728 | Caption: Electing the grandchildren of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 745 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Charles L. Sandahl on his Birthday. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 161 | Caption: In memory of Cecil Vick Lindley, Jr. |
| HR 169 | Caption: Designating August 7,1961 as Criss Cole Day in Texas. |
| 57th 2nd Called Session | |
| HR 44 | Caption: Directing the creation of committees to notify the Senate and the Governor that the House is ready to adjourn Sine Die. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HCR 31 | Caption: Directing the Legislative Budget Board to study the salaries and compensation of chief administration officials and their assistants. |
| HCR 33 | Caption: Providing for Sine Die adjournment of the 57th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, on Thursday, February 1, 1962. |
| HCR 36 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider S. B. No. 99 at any time. |
| HR 7 | Caption: In memory of Clarence E. Dillon, Jr. of College Station. |
| HR 8 | Caption: In memory of Walter J. Coulter of Bryan. |
| HR 9 | Caption: Urging all citizens of the State to support the 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that are on the ballot in the election on November 6, 1962. |
| HR 52 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling Clerk to make certain corrections in H. B. No . 3. |
| HR 67 | Caption: In memory of Samuel E. "Doc" Ashbury. |
| 56th Regular Session | |
| HB 81 | Caption: Relating to limiting the number of ex-students on the governing boards of wholly state-supported academic institutions of higher education. |
| HB 115 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code to require the filing of results of primary election returns with the County Clerk by precincts in a book to be kept by the County Clerk for that purpose. |
| HB 116 | Caption: Relating to providing a general registration system for voters and to require registration as a prerequisite for voting at all elections; providing for the effective date. |
| HB 117 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code relative to the state executive committee of political parties; changing the composition and method of selection of the state executive committee of parties which are required to hold primary elections. |
| HB 131 | Caption: Relating to providing that land owned by the State of Texas which is devoted to the use of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas is included within the meaning of the term "State University-owned land". |
| HB 132 | Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Brazos County. |
| HB 292 | Caption: Relating to the inspection and standard setting of county jails. |
| HB 825 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the rate of tax on natural gas; providing an effective date. |
| HCR 9 | Caption: Directing the Commission on Higher Education to study the policies of State Institutions used to determine residential status. |
| HCR 25 | Caption: Directing the governing boards of the state colleges and universities to file a copy of their operating budget in the State Library in Austin. |
| HJR 10 | Caption: Proposing an amendment repealing a provision of the State Constitution making the payment of a poll tax a qualification of an elector; requiring the Legislature to pass a general registration law for voters; providing for the necessary election, proclamation and publication by the Governor. |
| HJR 21 | Caption: Proposing an amendment abolishing the state ad valorem tax provided for public school purposes and to provide that any deficit in the available school fund may be met by appropriation from general funds of the State. |
| HJR 43 | Caption: Proposing an amendment providing for apportionment of the State into judicial districts by the Legislature at stated intervals; creating the Judicial Redistricting Board to make such apportionment if the Legislature fails to do so. |
| HR 26 | Caption: In memory of Wallace M. Kimbrough. |
| HR 27 | Caption: In memory of Maggie Parker of Bryan. |
| HR 28 | Caption: In memory of George G. Chance of Bryan. |
| HR 35 | Caption: In memory of E. J. Jenkins of Bryan. |
| HR 500 | Caption: Honoring Uncle Henry Blair for his decades of service as Porter of the House. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 4 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relative to the rate of tax on natural gas; providing an effective date. |
| HB 33 | Caption: Relating to the election of members of the State Executive Committees of political parties. |
| HB 34 | Caption: Relating to the election of members of the State Executive Committee. |
| HB 67 | Caption: Relating to validating the organization and creation of Brazos County Water Control and Improvement District, No. 1, Big Creek, of Brazos County, Texas. |
| HCR 26 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow the House of Representatives to consider S. B. No. 15 and to allow the Senate to consider H. B. No. 26 at any time. |
| HR 45 | Caption: Directing the creation of a House Auditing Committee to study the fiscal affairs of State Agencies. |
| HR 86 | Caption: Congratulating the Bryan A Capella Choir on the performance over the National Broadcasting System for the Rotary International Convention. |
| HR 121 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 96 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relative to Workmen's Compensation Insurance for certain employees of the institutions and agencies under the direction or government of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, so as to define the term "Workman". |
| HB 106 | Caption: Relating to abolishing absentee voting. |
| HB 107 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code of the State of Texas to require annual exemption certificates for all voters who are exempt from the payment of a poll tax. |
| HB 935 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to the leasing by the Board of Directors of the A & M College of Texas for oil, gas, etc., to the highest bidder at public auction certain lands under its control. |
| HCR 60 | Caption: Granting Highlander Gasoline Compnay permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HJR 16 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas requiring the Legislature to apportion the State into congressional districts at its first regular session after the publication of each United States decennial census, and providing for a Board to make such apportionments in the event the Legislature fails to do so. |
| HR 55 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. Lee J. Rountree of Bryan. |
| HR 56 | Caption: In memory of the Honorable Jesse Gary Minkert of Bryan. |
| HR 74 | Caption: In memory of J. Wheeler Barger of College Station. |
| HR 155 | Caption: Commending Elizabeth Weafer for her work in small-fry football. |
| HR 362 | Caption: In memory of Thomas Harris McDonald of College Station. |
| HR 372 | Caption: Extending former Speakers privileges of the floor for Speaker's Day. |
| HR 373 | Caption: Designating April 24 as Speaker's Day at the State Capitol. |
| HR 400 | Caption: Providing for an interim General Investigating Committee of the House. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 4 | Caption: Granting Fred Phillips permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 5 | Caption: Providing for the payment of the expenses of House Members wile attending certain councils and committee meetings. |
| HCR 49 | Caption: Requesting that the House of Representatives adjourn sine die on November 12, 1957. |
| HR 5 | Caption: In memory of the Honorable B. F. Vance of Bryan. |
| HR 6 | Caption: Inviting the Texas Senators and Representatives of the National Congress to visit the House of Representatives. |
| HR 7 | Caption: Urging Texans to carefully study proposed amendments to the State Constitution. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 6 | Caption: Relating to providing funds to pay the salaries, per diem, and other expenses of the Fifty-fifth Legislature by transferring One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000) from the emergency appropriation previously made to the Governor's Office; amending the Act creating the Operator's and Chauffeur's License Fund; amending the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act in relation to uses of the Unemployment Compensation Special Administration Fund. |
| HCR 7 | Caption: Providing for the Legislature to adjourn sine die on Friday, November 22, 1957, at 12:00 o'clock noon. |
| HCR 24 | Caption: Providing for the Legislature to adjourn sine die on Wednesday, November 27, 1957 at 12:00 o'clock noon. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 150 | Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Congressional Districts, naming the counties composing the same, and providing for the election of a member of the Congress of the United States from each district. |
| HB 392 | Caption: Relating to amending and revising the Election Code of the State of Texas; repealing certain statutes relating to elections; providing an effective date; providing for severability. |
| HB 597 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College System to execute leases and grant easement for rights-of-way for electric and pipe lines, irrigation canals and laterals, electric substations, pumping stations, loading racks, tank farms and other structures and for highways and roadways on or across any lands under the control of the Board of Directors of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College System;prescribing the penalty for failure to obtain a proper easement. |
| HB 629 | Caption: Relating to providing a travel per diem allowance, partial per diem travel allowances, out-of-state travel allowance, and a transportation allowance for state officers and employees; prescribing the conditions under which they shall be paid and the manner of their payment; defining certain terms; providing for recovery of over-payments; establishing penalties and excepting certain persons from the provisions of this Act or portions thereof; containing a non-separability clause. |
| HB 636 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and empowering the Board of Directors of the Texas A & M College to levy a regular student fee for the purpose of operating, maintaining and improving the Texas A&M College Memorial Student Center at the A&M College of Texas; fixing the amount of the fee; providing the purpose for which said fee shall be used; placing the control of the fees in the hands of the Board of Directors of the Texas A&M College. |
| HR 4 | Caption: Directing the allocation of House Journals to Members of the House. |
| HR 34 | Caption: In memory of former State Representative Charles S. Gainer. |
| HR 115 | Caption: Congratulating State Representative Herman Yezak on his 42nd birthday. |
| HR 134 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| HB 596 | Caption: Relating to apportioning the State of Texas into Congressional Districts, naming the counties and parts thereof composing the same, and providing for the election of a member of the Congress of the United States from each district; providing the effective date of this Act. |
| HB 731 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain statutes providing for the creation of the 143rd Judicial District Court. |
| HR 77 | Caption: In memory of Leila Vivian Farrar Sutton of Ferris. |
| HR 117 | Caption: Welcoming the students form the Texas A & M College Extension Service to the State Capitol. |
| HR 144 | Caption: In memory of J. B. Gleissner of Bryan. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| HR 40 | Caption: In memory of former State Representative George Byron Butler. |