Legislation authored by Joe Richard Pool
Includes legislation with Joe Richard Pool as the primary author for the 53rd through 55th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 55th Regular Session | |
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| HB 1 | Caption: Relating to providing for the regulation of the practice of ophthalmic dispensing; providing a penalty. |
| HB 4 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code by providing the manners of filing vacancies in the offices of United States Senator and Congressman-at-Large. |
| HB 206 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code to provide that Underwriters at Lloyds shall be subject to certain provisions; providing that reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges shall be subject to certain provisions. |
| HB 207 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code to provide for maximum rate of premium to be promulgated by the Board of Insurance Commissioners as to certain kinds of insurance. |
| HB 256 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code of Texas, 1951, fixing the annual license fee to agents at Twenty-five Dollars; prescribing the fund into which the license fee shall be placed, by placing a tax equal to five per cent of the premium paid for insurance to unauthorized insurers; prescribing the manner in which and by whom such tax shall be paid; providing a penalty. |
| HB 278 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code of Texas, providing for the deposit of securities, or the payment of taxes, fines, penalties, etc., as a condition precedent to doing business in this State by Insurance companies organized in a State, the laws of which require similar deposits in said State by similar companies organized under laws of the State of Texas transacting business in said State. |
| HB 404 | Caption: Relating to cruelty to animals; amending the Penal Code. |
| HB 543 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to provide that whoever uses any telephone in any manner with intent to harass, annoy, torment, abuse, threaten or intimidate another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |
| HR 33 | Caption: Naming Rhonda Michele Sutton and Denise Renee Sutton as Mascots of the House. |
| HR 44 | Caption: In memory of Curtis Hancock of Dallas. |
| HR 120 | Caption: Congratulating Bill Ellington and the Garland Owls on winning the State AAA Football Championship. |
| HR 262 | Caption: In memory of L. B. Jennings of Dallas. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Urging the President to bar the entry of servicemen into Texas. |
| HR 13 | Caption: Requesting the Governor to call a Special Session. |
| HR 95 | Caption: In memory of Martin Weiss of Dallas. |
| 55th 2nd Called Session | |
| HB 5 | Caption: Relating to providing for the maintenance of law, peace and order in the operation of the public schools without the use of military forces by requiring certain organizations to file certain information under oath in the County Clerk's Office upon the request of the County Judge; providing a penalty for violations. |
| 54th Regular Session | |
| HB 23 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to write, draw, print, publish, offer for distribution or distribute, display, exhibit, sell, offer for sale or possess for the purpose of distribution, display, exhibition or sale, any lewd, depraved or corruptive comic book; prescribing penalties; providing for enforcement by injunction and other processes; defining certain terms; providing for certain exceptions; containing a separability clause. |
| HB 203 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act to provide that a distributor or retailer of beer shall not be eligible for a beer license if he has been finally convicted of a felony. |
| HB 307 | 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; defining certain terms; limiting powers of the Board under certain conditions; prescribing procedures; providing for a filing fee; providing for judicial review. |
| HB 353 | Caption: Relating to cruelty to animals; amending the Penal Code; defining offenses relating to acts or omissions regarding care and treatment of animals. |
| HB 363 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that certain revenue bonds issued by cities may be pledged with the State Treasurer as collateral for deposit of State funds. |
| HB 654 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act by providing for an organization to be known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Insurance Assigned Risk Pool. |
| HB 682 | Caption: Relating to providing that no action shall be brought against any employer upon assignment of wages by and employee unless such employer has written notice thereof immediately after the execution of such assignment; providing a saving clause; providing a repealing clause. |
| HB 784 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to provide that membership in the State Bar shall be voluntary. |
| HCR 147 | Caption: Granting the Magnolia Petroleum Company permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| HCR 151 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider H. B. No. 307 at any time. |
| HJR 33 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas by adding a new Sub-section to Section 59 of Article 16 to be known as Sub-section 59 (d), authorizing the Legislature to make appropriations form the general fund for the purpose of securing bonds hereafter issued by municipal corporations or political sub-divisions of the State to the extent of one-third of such bonded indebtedness for the purpose of aiding the conservation and application to beneficial used of the water resources of the State under certain conditions and to make appropriations therefor for more than two years. |
| HR 23 | Caption: In memory of Arlon Barton "Cyclone" Davis of Dallas. |
| HR 163 | Caption: Congratulating the Crozier Tech men's basketball team for wining the Class AAAA state championship. |
| 53rd Regular Session | |
| HB 531 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to include in the classification of aggravated assault or battery certain acts against news reporters or news photographers. |
| HCR 106 | Caption: Providing funds to provide for the contingent expenses of Members of the Legislature. |
| HR 305 | Caption: Authorizing Members of the House to attend certain meetings dealing with interstate and regional affairs. |
| 53rd 1st Called Session | |
| HB 1 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Liquor Control Act, levying an additional tax on beer manufactured in or imported into this State. |