Legislation authored by Louis Dugas

Includes legislation with Louis Dugas as the primary author for the 54th through 56th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

56th Regular Session
HB 59 Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to the investment of the permanent public free school fund by the State Board of Education.
HB 89 Caption: Relating to the payment of legislative expenses due to official telephone calls made during the Interim by Members of the Legislature.
HB 175 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts providing for the transfer of one percent (1%) of the total Permanent School Fund to the Available School Fund.
HB 579 Caption: Relating to the procedures and administration for the licensing of aircraft operated within, from, or to the State.
HB 703 Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes to provide an alternative method of naming supervisors in certain levee improvement districts by election.
HB 771 Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code relating to write-in voting in the primaries.
HB 923 Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relating to Franchise elections in Home Rule cities.
HCR 7 Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to study the Texas Teachers Retirement System.
HJR 5 Caption: Proposing an amendment providing that all revenue hereafter realized from the lands and mineral rights belonging to the permanent school fund, as oil, gas, and other mineral prospecting permit fees and rentals, lease bonuses, lease rentals and 72.5% of all production royalties shall constitute a part of the available school fund and 27.5% of such royalties hereafter realized shall constitute a part of the permanent school fund.
HJR 25 Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for the levy of an ad valorem tax by counties, cities and public health districts for the purpose of financing public health and/or mosquito and vector control programs.
HR 25 Caption: Paying tribute to the memory of Robert E. Lee.
HR 57 Caption: Congratulating State Representative Jack Connell, Jr..
HR 131 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 207 Caption: Congratulating State Representative J. Edgar Wilson on his birthday.
HR 317 Caption: Granting parking privileges to Dorothy Smith.
HR 329 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 349 Caption: Welcoming Hawaii as the 50th State of the Union.
HR 534 Caption: Directing the creation for interim committees for constructive legislation.
HR 553 Caption: Honoring State Representative James Coleman Day, Jr. for his extensive knowledge of the Texas Constitution.
HR 576 Caption: Directing the creation of an Interim committee to codify the laws covering local water districts.
56th 2nd Called Session
HB 13 Caption: Relating to providing additional revenues to support the State by imposing a general sales tax and a corporate income tax.
HCR 1 Caption: Authorizing the legislature to adjourn from Wednesday June 17 to Monday June 22, 1959.
HR 18 Caption: Memorializing the Texas Delegation to Congress to oppose the dumping of atomic waste into the Gulf of Mexico.
56th 3rd Called Session
HB 6 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts to provide for the transfer of one per cent (1%) of the total Permanent School Fund to the Available School Fund.
HR 28 Caption: Advising college and university administrators not to act unconstitutionally and wait 90 days before enacting certain fees.
HR 96 Caption: Refusing to extend an official welcome to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his visit to the United States.
55th Regular Session
HB 103 Caption: Relating to providing for the transfer of one per cent (1%) of the total Permanent School Fund to the Available School Fund each year for a period of three (3) years, subject to a stated limitation on the total amount transferred.
HB 289 Caption: Relating to requiring the filing of subdivisions plats and the recording of same and authorizing the Commissioners Court of any county having a population not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the last preceding Federal Census, to regulate the construction of roads or streets in subdivisions situated outside the boundaries of incorporated towns or cities.
HB 290 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes so as to increase the compensation of "district supervisors" of levee improvement districts to be fixed by the Commissioners Courts.
HB 339 Caption: Relating to repealing certain Articles of the Penal Code concerning wage rates, hours of work and contracts for skilled and unskilled labor on public works construction in the State with provisions for the authorization of enforcement and regulation by the State Commission of Labor Statistics, and setting forth these provisions anew; providing a penalty.
HB 344 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by authorizing hunting licenses for ducks and small game animals to nonresidents and aliens upon a reciprocal basis.
HB 396 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to Orange County Navigation and Port District of Orange County, Texas.
HB 415 Caption: Relating to creating a Commission to make a study and prepare a revision of the Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure.
HB 613 Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to provide the death penalty for anyone assaulting with the intent to rape a female seven years of age or under; providing that anyone who kidnaps any person seven years of age or under for the purpose or with the intent of committing any sexual offense or bodily harm shall be subject upon conviction therefore to death penalty.
HB 647 Caption: Relating to providing for the Commissioners Courts of a county where a cemetery is located to advertise for bids for an oil and gas mineral lease.
HB 690 Caption: Relating to making emergency appropriation to the Attorney General's Office for operating expenses.
HCR 30 Caption: Requesting the Texas Research league to make a full and complete study of the organization of the Board of Insurance Commissioners.
HR 8 Caption: Providing for a Temporary Committee on Contingent Expenses.
HR 46 Caption: Congratulating the Honorable Louis Anderson on his birthday.
HR 83 Caption: Congratulating James A. Turman on completing his Doctor of Education degree.
HR 172 Caption: Granting the members an additional sum for contingent expenses.
HR 290 Caption: Providing certain certificates of membership for Members of the House.
HR 407 Caption: Commending Read Granberry on his service as Parliamentarian.
HR 488 Caption: Providing for Members to attention the convention of the International Good Neighbor Relations Council.
HR 513 Caption: Requesting that the voting machine in the House be repaired during the interim.
HR 528 Caption: Concerning the consideration of appropriation bills.
55th 1st Called Session
HB 3 Caption: Relating to the Lobbyist Registration Act, defining terms, requiring all persons who perform legislative services to register with the Secretary of State; prescribing penalties.
HR 12 Caption: Urging the Federal Government to re-acquaint themselves with the matter of States' rights in the Constitution.
HR 32 Caption: Declaring William Rudderow a citizen of Texas.
HR 108 Caption: Inviting Blackie to speak before the House of Representatives.
55th 2nd Called Session
HB 32 Caption: Relating to authorizing the use of money in the Unemployment Compensation Special Administration Fund for the purpose of paying expenses of the Legislature and for paying expenses of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
HR 2 Caption: Making provisions for the Second Called Session.
HR 43 Caption: Requesting the Committee on Contingent Expenses to allow Members an extra $50 each for various expenses.
HR 45 Caption: Congratulating The Orange Leader for winning The Associated Press Managing Editors Association citation for their news coverage.
54th Regular Session
HB 145 Caption: Relating to the amending the Sabine River Authority Act so as to change its name to Sabine River Authority of Texas; amending said Act by establishing fees of office; amending the Act to authorize the District to issue revenue bonds for the purpose set out in the Act and providing that the aggregate principal amount of the bonds outstanding at any one time shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000).
HB 340 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing for Institutional Business Managers; authorizing signature of the Executive Director or Administrative Officer of the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools on any account against the appropriated funds of the institutions under control and management of said Board.
HB 582 Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season on deer in Orange County and Galveston County for a period of five years; providing a penalty.
HB 637 Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation to the Sabine River Compact Administration for the purposes of complying with the obligation of The State of Texas to the State of Louisiana in establishing such administration.
HB 735 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to provide that the Commissioners Courts of any two or more counties operating a mosquito control district may merge their separate districts into a single mosquito control district.
HB 887 Caption: Relating to validating Orange County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3; validating the creation order, confirmation election, bond election, and proceedings in connection therewith; validating the bonds authorized at said election.
HCR 145 Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to study the regulation of commercial fishing in the State.
HR 208 Caption: In memory of D. W. Stakes of Orange.
HR 411 Caption: Welcoming the students from Bridge City School to the State Capitol.
HR 424 Caption: Welcoming the students of Mauriceville High School to the State Capitol.