Legislation authored by Reagan Russell Huffman
Includes legislation with Reagan Russell Huffman as the primary author for the 52nd through 56th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 56th Regular Session | |
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| HB 44 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to regulate the investment of the funds of Life Insurance Companies in Building and Loan and Savings and Loan Associations. |
| HB 122 | Caption: Relating to abolishing the plea of Contributory Negligence as a complete defense. |
| HB 411 | Caption: Relating to amending the Workmen's Compensation Law; providing an election for the claimant thereunder to bring his claim for Workmen's Compensation insurance directly in court; allowing an appeal to a court from the proceedings of the Industrial Accident Board at any stage thereof by giving written notice to said Board. |
| HB 440 | Caption: Relating to providing, with some exceptions, for procedure applicable to appeals or proceedings for judicial review of any decision, ruling, rule, regulation or order of any department, officer, or other administrative agency of the State government, including a provision that the preponderance-of-the-evidence rule to resolve disputed fact questions shall be applicable to some issues, and the substantial-evidence rule shall be applicable to other issues. |
| HB 548 | Caption: Relating to making the information reflected by the books, files and records of banks and building and loan or savings and loan associations concerning accounts of depositors or shareholders confidential and prohibiting officers, directors, agents or employees of a bank or such an association from divulging such information except under certain circumstances. |
| HB 549 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to provide as an additional prerequisite for the recording of certain written instruments that there be an endorsement thereon showing that such instrument was prepared by a duly licensed and practicing attorney. |
| HB 550 | Caption: Relating to defining and licensing the business of primarily arranging or negotiating loans in amounts of not less than $10.00 nor more than $99.00 for a period of twelve (12) months or less; providing penalties for violations. |
| HB 638 | Caption: Relating to providing that certain Rules of Civil Procedure in effect on the effective date of this act shall remain in effect unless and until changed by act of the Legislature; denying further Rule making power to the Supreme Court of Texas. |
| HB 793 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain sections of the Election Code and creating a Legislative Committee for the appointment of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States. |
| HB 901 | Caption: Relating to amending the Securities Act by making the definition of the terms "fraud" or "fraudulent practice" more certain in order to support an indictment. |
| HB 902 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting insurance companies operating under the authority of the Insurance Code of Texas, as amended, from making certain types of loans. |
| HB 909 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure by providing that the rules excluding testimony be changed so that husband and wife can more fully testify and be subject to broader rules of cross-examination when used as a witness for the other. |
| HCR 45 | Caption: Authorizing the Board of Directors of Texas A&M College to purchase certain properties. |
| HJR 33 | Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing the Legislature to provide for trial de novo on all appeals to the court from actions, rulings or decisions of administrative agencies and executive departments of the State of Texas or any of its political subdivisions. |
| HR 6 | Caption: Directing the allocation of desks to Members of the House. |
| HR 542 | Caption: Deploring the regime of Fidel Castro in Cuba and their departure from democratic principles. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 44 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider S. B. No. 7 at any time. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 32 | Caption: Relating to making unlawful the employment by the State, any school district, any county, or municipality in the State of Texas any member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; providing penalties. |
| HB 126 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to acquire by purchase in the name of the State of Texas, for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest Service, and to improve the same, a sufficient quantity of land suitable for the operation thereon of a forest tree seedling nursery in the reforestation program of the Texas Forest Service and for the production of other forest products. |
| HB 228 | Caption: Relating to abolishing the plea of Contributory Negligence as a complete defense; substituting the rule of Comparative Negligence therefor, except in certain cases; providing that in case of counterclaim there shall be no right of setoff in the judgment entered, and that neither party shall be entitled to garnish, attach or levy upon amounts of such judgment paid or payable by any person, firm or corporation contractually liable therefor. |
| HB 237 | Caption: Relating to providing transfer and appeals procedure for public schools in cases involving constitutional questions or a petition for transfer from school of pupil's race into school designated for the other race. |
| HB 238 | Caption: Relating to creating a Joint Legislative Committee on School Assignments; appropriating funds. |
| HB 287 | Caption: Relating to branch banking. |
| HB 510 | Caption: Relating to amending the Workmen's Compensation Law providing an election for the claimant to bring his claim for workmen's compensation insurance directly in court, and to allow an appeal to a court from proceedings of the Industrial Accident Board at any stage thereof by giving written notice to said Board, vesting in the courts all powers granted to the Industrial Accident Board. |
| HB 805 | Caption: Relating to authorizing and directing the Attorney General of Texas to defend certain litigation and pay the court costs, if any, incurred therein, appropriating funds. |
| HR 106 | Caption: Naming Raymond Edward White Mascot of the House. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 32 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to regulate the investment of the funds of life insurance companies in building and loan and savings and loan associations. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 29 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to regulate the investment of the Funds of Life Insurance Companies in Building and Loan and Savings and Loan Associations. |
| HCR 23 | Caption: Granting the House and Senate to adjourn from Wednesday, November 27, 1957, to Monday, December 2, 1957. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 179 | Caption: Relating to validating the sale of certain timber at Caddo Lake State Park and appropriating the proceeds to improvement of the Park. |
| HB 557 | Caption: Relating to establishing a juvenile board in each of the Counties of Harrison and Rusk; prescribing the membership and powers and providing for compensation of its members. |
| HB 558 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the leasing for minerals of all or any part of the Public Lands of the State in and under and adjacent to Caddo Lake and the tributaries thereto by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in accordance with the provisions of existing or future laws pertaining to the leasing and development of all island, salt-water lakes, bays, inlets, marshes and reefs,owned by the State within tidewater limits, and that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of Texas. |
| HB 723 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the sale of fish taken from the waters of Caddo Lake; providing a penalty for violation; making an exception; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict. |
| HB 724 | Caption: Relating to expenses of members of the Commissioners Court in connection with the use of privately owned automobiles for traveling on official business within the county; authorizing an allowance not to exceed $100 per month for each member of the Commissioners Court in counties having a population in excess of 47,000 and having an assessed valuation in excess of Forty Million Dollars. |
| HB 757 | Caption: Relating to fishing in Caddo Lake in Harrison and Marion Counties; providing for a three-year closed season on crappie during the months of March, April and May; providing a limit on the number and size of crappie taken from these waters; providing a limit on the number and size of catfish taken from these waters; providing a penalty for violation; repealing conflicting laws. |
| HB 899 | Caption: Relating to abolishing the office of County Attorney of Harrison County, Texas; creating the Constitutional office of Criminal District Attorney for Harrison County; providing for the election and tenure of office, and prescribing the qualifications, powers, duties, compensation and expenses of said office; providing for the appointment of assistants, investigators, stenographers and providing for their compensation, prescribing their powers and duties; providing for the appointment of the Criminal District Attorney until the next general election and until his successor shall qualify; and providing that the District Attorney of the 71st Judicial District shall be elected from Harrison County at the next general election and every four years thereafter; providing for a severability clause; providing for a repealing clause. |
| HCR 176 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to return H. B. No. 899 to the House for certain corrections. |
| HR 114 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 121 | Caption: In memory of Mrs. W. F. Storey. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| HB 291 | Caption: Relating to repealing the Workmen's Compensation Law, and substituting in lieu thereof the provisions of this Act, providing for the administration thereof by the Justice, County, and District Courts of the State of Texas. |
| HB 350 | Caption: Relating to providing for the approval of requests and budgets of the agencies of the State Government in the obtaining of federal aid. |
| HB 488 | Caption: Relating to authorizing School Districts participating in the Foundation School Program to purchase, sell and trade directly upon the open market motor vehicles, tires and tubes, used for transporting school children, when requisition are approved by designated school officials. |
| HB 706 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts providing for an increase in the License Renewal fee of Vocational Nurses. |
| HB 707 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to State Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners Fund. |
| HB 708 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to Farmers' Co-operative Societies; eliminating the requirement that charters of Farmers' Co-operative Societies be approved by the Attorney General, and that certain forms be prepared by the Secretary of State instead of the Attorney General. |
| HB 709 | Caption: Relating to repealing acts authorizing the refunding of certain bonds of the State of Texas. |
| HB 710 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain statutes relative to amendment of charters of towns and villages incorporated by special charter. |
| HB 711 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by requiring a report by the Attorney General to the Governor respecting work done during the Attorney General's term of office. |
| HB 712 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes so as to provide that the Attorney General of Texas shall bring suits for recovery of State funds in the custody of or collected by persons charged with such custody or collection, and who shall be in arrears or default; and providing that the Attorney General shall institute criminal proceedings against persons misapplying or retaining State funds. |
| HB 713 | Caption: Relating to repealing law regulating cotton cultivation and held unconstitutional. |
| HB 714 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Election Code, relating to exemption certificates for certain classes of electors, so as to eliminate the provision making it apply only to persons residing in cities of 10,000 inhabitants or more and so as to clarify the classes of persons to which it applies and the time within which certificates must be obtained annually. |
| HB 743 | Caption: Relating to the fixing of a maximum rate, or ceiling, on all charges that may be assessed and received by all those who make loans of money with certain exceptions; and to the imposition of pains and penalties, both civil and criminal, upon those who violate this Act. |
| HB 812 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relative to Unemployment Compensation Administration Funds. |
| HR 49 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 275 | Caption: Congratulating the citizens of Corpus Christi during their Buccaneer Day Celebrations. |
| HR 326 | Caption: Honoring Lizzie Vaughan Saunders for her contributions to the community. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 100 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts respecting the authority of county school trustees to form, combine, and annex school districts. |