Legislation authored by Benjamin Butler Ferrell
Includes legislation with Benjamin Butler Ferrell as the primary author for the 54th through 55th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
55th Regular Session | |
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HB 76 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by directing the State Highway Commission to erect signs on state highways to acquaint motorists with the provisions of this Section, which relates to the overtaking and passing of school buses. |
HB 97 | Caption: Relating to separating and identifying the separate positions held by members of the boards of trustees of independent school districts, including independent school districts controlled by a municipality, and whether created by general or special law in this State. |
HB 139 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by moving the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth Supreme Judicial District of Texas from the City of Texarkana to the City of Tyler. |
HB 140 | Caption: Relating to creating a Court of Domestic Relations for Smith County, Texas. |
HB 176 | Caption: Relating to petit juries in counties using the jury wheel. |
HB 177 | Caption: Relating to petit juries in counties using the jury wheel; amending certain Statutes to permit the drawing of additional lists of petit jurors during the term of court. |
HB 178 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by providing that the District Clerk shall only place in jury wheel names of persons qualified to serve. |
HB 233 | Caption: Relating to requiring that public schools shall be designated by the local Board of Trustees as either "white", "Negro", or "integrated" and requiring students to be assigned tentatively to the school provided for the race upon enrollment each year. |
HB 255 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Banking Code of 1943, relating to collections, payment, refusal, and dishonor of items presented to a drawee bank. |
HB 260 | Caption: Relating to amending "An Act providing for the annexation of common and/or independent school districts to certain Junior College Districts for Junior College purposes only." |
HB 297 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act to make the second or any subsequent offense of selling or possessing for the purpose of sale any alcoholic beverage in violation of the Liquor Control Act a felony; prescribing a penalty. |
HB 298 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act to prohibit the sale of beer at any time on Sunday or after 10:00 o'clock p.m. on any other day. |
HB 459 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code relating to classes of group life insurance policies that may be delivered in this state, by providing for an additional class of policy issuable to certain associations. |
HB 591 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to the Comptroller of Public Accounts for an apportionment to Smith County. |
HB 712 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to corporations exempt from payment of the franchise tax. |
HB 714 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by transferring certain counties from certain Supreme Judicial Districts to other Supreme Judicial Districts. |
HB 877 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to raise the minimum and maximum salaries of the secretary or stenographer of the County Judge in counties having a population of fifty thousand and one (50,001) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000) inhabitants. |
HB 894 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay the principal of a certain judgment obtained against the State of Texas by the Texas Producers Gas Company. |
HB 944 | Caption: Relating to the Court of Domestic Relations of Smith County, Texas. |
HCR 9 | Caption: Inviting Dr. W. R. White to address a Joint Session of the Legistlature. |
HR 102 | Caption: Designating Monday, February 4, 1957, as Baylor Day in the Texas House of Representatives. |
HR 167 | Caption: Naming Scharlane and Leah Dawn Tunnell Mascots of the House. |
55th 1st Called Session | |
HB 52 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to throw or discard a lighted cigarette, cigar, match, or other ignited object onto or along a public highway or road of this State from an automobile, truck, bus, train, or other conveyance or while walking along or otherwise using such road or highway; providing a penalty. |
HR 9 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Tunnell on the occasion of his birthday. |
HR 120 | Caption: Expressing appreciation to Representative Dixon Holman for his performance. |
HR 122 | Caption: Congratulating the United States Marine Corps on their 182nd Anniversary. |
55th 2nd Called Session | |
HB 11 | Caption: Relating to the Court of Domestic Relations of Smith County, Texas. |
HCR 26 | Caption: Expressing best wishes for the President to have a speedy recovery. |
54th Regular Session | |
HB 409 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of "Legion State Sanatorium" to Legion Branch of the San Antonio State Tuberculosis Hospital; providing that all laws heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature applicable or relating to "Legion State Sanatorium" shall be applicable and relate to Legion Branch of the San Antonio Tuberculosis Hospital. |
HB 410 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by fixing the salaries of district attorneys; providing that this Act shall not repeal any other Act which permits or requires any county in this State to pay a district attorney added or supplemental salary. |
HB 415 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to the stock law and the animals killed or injured by locomotives or railway cars. |
HB 579 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the open and closed seasons on squirrel in Smith County; providing a penalty for violation; repealing conflicting laws. |
HB 658 | Caption: Relating to providing for open season with no bag limit on chuckar partridges in Smith County; providing that tags or bands must be placed on every chuckar partridge raised on a private game preserve in Smith County; providing that one chuckar partridge must be released by a private game preserve for every one killed on such preserve; requiring a license fee for out-of-state residents wishing to hunt chuckar partridge in Smith County; appropriating the license fee to the Fame, Fish and Oyster Commission; providing a penalty; repealing all laws and conflicts. |
HCR 15 | Caption: Authorizing the Board for Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools to grant an easement on certain properties to the Texas State Highway Commission for highway purposes. |
HCR 108 | Caption: Granting Franklin V. Keith permission to sue the State of Texas. |
HCR 137 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider S. B. No. 204 at any time. |
HCR 141 | Caption: Granting Etexas Producers Gas Company permission to sue the State of Texas. |
HR 1 | Caption: Restricting the privilege of the floor pending the election of the Speaker. |
HR 242 | Caption: Welcoming the students of Chapel Hill ISD of Tyler to the State Capitol. |