Legislation authored by Joseph Alton York
Includes legislation with Joseph Alton York as the primary author for the 47th through 50th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 50th Regular Session | |
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| SB 11 | Caption: Relating to providing for and fixing the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges and Commissioners of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Justices of the Courts of Civil Appeals, and the Judges of the District Courts and of the Criminal District Courts of the State of Texas; repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act. |
| SB 45 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, designating the purpose for which and the manner in which life insurance companies may secure, hold and convey real property. |
| SB 65 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to remove Blanco County from the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
| SB 180 | Caption: Relating to amending the Lower Colorado River Authority Act so as to provide for ten Directors on the Lower Colorado River Authority Board. |
| SB 251 | Caption: Relating to providing 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; declaring the provisions of this Act to be severable; suspending all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith to the extent of the conflict. |
| SB 262 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, relating to Group Life Insurance. |
| SB 263 | Caption: Relating to providing that no person shall willfully or by force or threat hinder, hamper, delay or interfere with in any manner the prompt payment of any valid claim on a policy of life insurance issued by any life insurance company doing business in this state; providing penalty for the violation thereof; providing for a saving clause. |
| SB 268 | Caption: Relating to open season on quail in Fannin County, for a certain time; providing penalties; repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict. |
| SB 274 | Caption: Relating to amending a previous Act, so as to make it possible for dishes, receptacles or utensils to be sterilized with a chlorine solution. |
| SB 275 | Caption: Relating to authorizing divorce proceedings by the guardian or next friend of an insane person and the granting of divorces to insane persons. |
| 49th Regular Session | |
| SB 107 | Caption: Relating to amending statute relative to filing date of application for any type of aid authorized. |
| SB 168 | Caption: Relating to requiring every person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation engaged in the transportation of oil by pipe lines to furnish and deliver on or before April 1st of each year to the tax assessor of each county in this State in which such person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation had oil stored on January 1st of each year, a sworn statement showing the ownership of such oil, the names and addresses of each of such owners, and the amount of such oil owned by each. |
| SB 214 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that suit against an executor, administrator or guardian to establish a money demand against the estate shall be brought in the county in which such estate is administered. |
| SB 235 | Caption: Relating to providing for and fixing the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme court, the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Judges of the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals, and the Judges of the Commission in Aid of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Judges of the District Courts and of the Criminal District Courts of the State of Texas; repealing all laws in conflict with this Act. |
| SB 251 | Caption: Relating to amending statute relating to increasing penalty for killing domesticated animal to injure the owner. |
| SB 292 | Caption: Relating to releasing and extinguishing all delinquent taxes which are now due the State of Texas or any political or governmental subdivisions thereof for a period of at least ten (10) years, and all delinquent taxes which may hereafter become due the State of Texas or any political or governmental subdivision thereof for a period of at least ten years. |
| SB 301 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by omitting Lee County from the provisions thereof, prohibiting the killing, taking or possession of wild fox or their pelts in certain counties until 1946. |
| SB 302 | Caption: Relating to amending statute so as to make it possible for dishes, receptacles or utensils to be sterilized with a chlorine solution. |
| SCR 13 | Caption: Commending E. J. Kyle on his new position as Ambassador to Guatemala. |
| SJR 19 | Caption: Proposing an Amendment to Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, permitting the Legislature to authorize the collection of a service charge on loans of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or less, and providing that such service charge shall not be considered as interest. |
| 48th Regular Session | |
| SB 79 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes so as to change the time and terms of holding the 85th District Court in Robertson and Brazos Counties, constituting the 85th Judicial District. |
| SB 104 | Caption: Relating to providing for the proration by the Railroad Commission of Texas of gas, gas and condensate and/or distillate wells in the same manner as is now provided for oil wells, and providing that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. |
| SB 141 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by providing a change in the powers and duties of the State Board of Education regarding the letting of contracts for text books and setting a maximum amount per scholastic to be spent for textbooks providing that the Textbook Committee shall make recommendations and that all contracts of purchase of textbooks shall be approved by the State Board of Control. |
| SB 151 | Caption: Relating to amending law relative to State Seed and Plant Board, etc. |
| SB 187 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to provide that all license fees collected by any tax collector on out-of-state trucks shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of a special fund designated as "The State Highway Fund," regardless of the county in which the license is purchased. |
| SB 220 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure by providing a compensation of Three ($3.00) Dollars per day for special veniremen. |
| SB 221 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure by providing for the payment of all persons summoned by the Court as jurors, regardless of whether or not they are sworn in as jurors, for each day or fraction thereof that they attend Court on said summons until they are dismissed. |
| SB 222 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by allowing credit at rate of $3.00 per day on fines for time spent in jail. |
| SB 265 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to buy property or to sell or lease property. |
| SB 310 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts so as to make it possible for dishes, receptacles or utensils to be sterilized with a chlorine solution. |
| SCR 18 | Caption: Recalling S.B. No. 79 from the Governor. |
| SCR 22 | Caption: Amending the caption of S.B. No. 79. |
| 47th Regular Session | |
| SB 147 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to acquire, and maintain and operate airports for said institution and its branches; conferring the right of eminent domain. |
| SB 148 | Caption: Relating to authorizing A. & M. College to erect dormitories and office building and to enlarge power plant. |
| SB 187 | Caption: Relating to facilitating the cooperation of this state with other units of government, determining the membership of the Board and establishing the Texas Commission on Interstate Cooperation. |
| SB 441 | Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season on wild deer and wild turkey in Burleson County for a period of five (5) years; prescribing penalties for the violation of this Act. |
| SB 443 | Caption: Relating to conferring upon the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas the power of eminent domain to acquire land for the use of the college. |
| SB 466 | Caption: Relating to providing for a closed season on wild deer and wild turkey in Robertson County for a period of four (4) years, prescribing penalties. |
| SB 491 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to persons eligible for pensions to Confederate soldiers and their widows. |
| SB 493 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the allowance of traveling expenses for members of the Commissioner's Court in certain counties. |
| SCR 41 | Caption: Authorizing the donation by the State Highway Department of galvanized iron to Burleson County. |
| SJR 19 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allocating to the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas one-third (1/3) of the income from the Permanent University Fund providing that such revenue shall be used or pledged for the sole purpose of acquiring permanent improvements for said College. |
| SJR 20 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to permit the accounting officers of this State to draw and pay warrants for salaries to officers of the United States Army or Navy who are assigned to duties in State Institutions of higher education. |