Legislation authored by Louis J. Sulak
Includes legislation with Louis J. Sulak as the primary author for the 44th through 49th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
Please note author information is not complete for the 43rd through 45th Legislatures or for sessions prior to the 30th.
| 49th Regular Session | |
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| SB 29 | Caption: Relating to the prevention and control of communicable disease; defining certain terms; providing for the report of certain diseases; prescribing a penalty. |
| SB 53 | Caption: Relating to providing that any person of good moral character who, on May 22, 1937, had been engaged in the practice of architecture in this State as his or her vocation for a period of at least six (6) months prior to said date and and who failed to contain a registration certificate, may have thirty (30) days from the date upon which this Act goes into effect in which to file with the Board of Architectural Examiners the affidavit and pay the fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars in order to obtain a certificate authorizing such person to practice Architecture in the State of Texas, as provided in said Act, and further amending said Act. |
| SB 65 | Caption: Relating to providing for the protection of unborn children and the public health by requiring premarital examinations for syphilis; providing penalties for violation thereof. |
| SB 66 | Caption: Relating to providing for the protection of unborn children and the public health by an Act requiring standard serologic blood tests for syphilis on pregnant women; providing a saving clause and prescribing a penalty. |
| SB 77 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of Colorado County, Fayette County, and Jackson County, Texas to be a public calamity; authorizing donation and grants. |
| SB 104 | Caption: Relating to making appropriations to pay deficiency appropriations granted to the State Soil Conservation Board, to pay the Supervisors of Soil Conservation Districts in Texas. |
| SB 160 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by fixing the maximum compensation of the Chief Deputies to the County Sheriffs and other deputies to the County Sheriffs in counties of not less than ten thousand, two hundred, fifty (10,250), and not more than ten thousand, three hundred, fifty (10,350) inhabitants, according to the last preceding Federal Census, and which have a tax valuation of not less than Thirteen Million, One Hundred Thousand, One Hundred Dollars ($13,100,000.00) according to the last approved tax roll. |
| SB 161 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the maximum compensation of County officials in any County where the population is not less than ten thousand two hundred and fifty (10,250) inhabitants, more more than ten thousand three hundred and fifty (10,350) inhabitants, according to the last preceding Federal Census, and which has a tax valuation of not less than Thirteen Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($13,100,000.00) Dollars, according to the last approved tax roll. |
| SB 193 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the County Judge to employ a stenographer or clerk in any county having a population of not less than ten thousand, two hundred fifty (10,250) inhabitants, and not more than ten thousand, three hundred fifty (10,350) inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census, and having an assessed valuation in excess of Thirteen Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($13,100,000.00) according to the last approved tax roll. |
| SB 208 | Caption: Relating to amending law relating to Board of Cosmetology to provide requirements for students and demonstrators, etc.; providing for penalties for the violation thereof; providing for repealing certain sections; providing a savings clause. |
| SB 228 | Caption: Relating to changing the name of Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College for colored teachers to Prairie View University and providing for the establishment of courses in law, medicine, engineering, pharmacy, journalism, or any other generally recognized college course taught at the University of Texas, in such University, whenever there is any demand for any of such courses. |
| SB 238 | Caption: Relating to providing that any insurance company or association licensed by the Board of Insurance Commissioners to operate may issue policies on the stipulated or specified premium plan which allow the insured the privilege of paying regular premiums weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually as he may choose from time to time. |
| SB 250 | Caption: Relating to requiring applicants for registration of motor vehicles subject to registration by law to present receipts showing other taxes on vehicles paid for the past year. |
| SB 262 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by fixing the authority and duties of assessors and collectors of taxes in counties having a population of more than 395,000, etc. |
| SB 282 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the powers and duties of the Attorney General respecting elections and violations of election laws; fixing penalties; providing a savings clause. |
| SB 333 | Caption: Relating to amending law for control of the pink boll worm, providing for compensation for losses, etc. |
| SB 349 | Caption: Relating to creating a revolving fund for the Division of Soil conservation of the Texas State Highway Commission, and defining its duties; making an appropriation. |
| SB 350 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Monument Hill State Park for the two-year period beginning September 1, 1945, and ending August 31, 1947, to be administered by the Texas State Parks Board. |
| SCR 18 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to adopt a revised and more equitable farm program. |
| 48th Regular Session | |
| SB 80 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code to provide that the editing, publishing or dissemination of any newspaper, pamphlet, magazine or any printed paper devoted mainly to the publications of scandals, whoring, lechery, assignations, intrigues between men and women and immoral conduct of persons, or the possession or keeping for sale or distribution or assisting in the sale or distribution of any such newspaper, pamphlet, magazine, or printed matter, or the showing of lewd and lascivious pictures in penny arcade machines, or the distribution or sale of indecent objects or images, shall be a misdemeanor offense, the penalty for which shall be confinement in the County Jail for not to exceed six months and a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars; and repealing all laws in conflict with this act insofar as they conflict with this act. |
| SB 176 | Caption: Relating to amending certain laws to provide that where a divorce is granted, children of the marriage shall be supported until they reach the age of eighteen (18) years. |
| SB 182 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of Colorado County, Fayette County, and Jackson County, Texas, to be a public calamity; authorizing a donation and grant of one-half of the state ad valorem taxes collected in specified counties. |
| SB 212 | Caption: Relating to making an appropriation to pay J.L. Stierling, Warrant No. 88470, dated February 7, 1935, on which payment is prohibited by the Statute of Limitation. |
| SB 218 | Caption: Relating to providing that any person of good moral character who, on May 22, 1937, had been engaged in the practice of architecture in this state as his or her principal vocation for a period of at least six (6) months prior to said date, and who failed to obtain a registration certificate may have thirty (30) days from the date upon which this Act goes into effect in which to file with the Board of Architectural Examiners the affidavit and pay the fee of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars in order to obtain a certificate authorizing such person to practice architecture in the State of Texas. |
| SB 219 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to provide that any person who was a teacher on January 1, 1930, and who has rendered thirty-five years or more of creditable service as a teacher shall be member and entitled to benefits under the Teachers Retirement Act, regardless of any other provisions and such a person may apply at any time for service retirement. |
| SB 281 | Caption: Relating to providing that it is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association of persons, to reproduce, print or prepare or to sell or furnish any printed, multigraphed or mimeographed list or lists prepared by or under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, offering for sale or lease any State or Public School Land, and providing a penalty therefor. |
| SCR 37 | Caption: Inviting Tom Linder, the Agricultural Commissioner of Georgia, to address a joint session of the Legislature. |
| 47th Regular Session | |
| SB 93 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Act so as to exempt therefrom associations not operated for profit, composed only of the members of a particular religious denomination which do not provide insurance benefits in excess of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars. |
| SB 113 | Caption: Relating to providing a method of issuing and registering for payment public school warrants drawn on the local maintenance funds; providing for payment of such warrants in the order of registration; prohibiting the purchase of warrants at a discount and providing a penalty. |
| SB 122 | Caption: Relating to extending by thirty (30) days the time wherein architects may obtain a registration certificate to practice their profession in Texas. |
| SB 124 | Caption: Relating to providing for the deposit of moneys to the credit of a fund to be known as the "Social Security Account"; creating the Social Security Account in the State Treasury. |
| SB 140 | Caption: Relating to providing for the appraisal of property, real or personal, when sold under execution or other judicial order of sale; providing for the appointment of appraisers. |
| SB 170 | Caption: Relating to repealing an Article of the Penal Code requiring health certificates for waiters and all other food handlers. |
| SB 175 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of Fayette County to be a public calamity; donating a portion of State ad valorem taxes collected in Fayette County for flood control purposes. |
| SB 176 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of Lavaca County to be a public calamity; donating to the county one-half of State ad valorem taxes collected in Lavaca County for flood control purposes. |
| SB 182 | Caption: Relating to regulating the occupation of hairdressers and cosmetologists, to create a Department of Cosmetology of the State Board of Health for the licensing, training, and education of such practitioners and instructors; providing penalties. |
| SB 183 | Caption: Relating to declaring the floods of Colorado County to be a public calamity; authorizing a grant of one-half of the State ad valorem taxes collected in Colorado County for flood control improvement purposes. |
| SB 189 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Article requiring dispensers of food and drinks to wash dishes and vessels after each use. |
| SB 248 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Article authorizing the State Department of Health to accept donations and contributions, to be expended in the interest of the public health and enforcement of public health laws. |
| SB 270 | Caption: Relating to appropriating One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) Dollars to the State Department of Health for laboratory supplies and services, and for improving sanitary and health conditions in areas adjacent to army camps, naval bases, flying fields, and other defense areas in Texas. |
| SB 277 | Caption: Relating to providing preference of employment in all State Departments to widows and widowed mothers of soldiers, sailors, nurses and marines of the Army and Navy of the United States of certain wars. |
| SB 291 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Act extending employers merit rating system credit to assignees of an employer. |
| SB 340 | Caption: Relating to regulating the practice of chiropractic in Texas; creating an examining board and providing for appointment and maintenance thereof; fixing penalties. |
| SB 407 | Caption: Relating to creating Road District Number Seven, of Lavaca County, Texas; and defining its boundaries. |
| SB 428 | Caption: Relating to providing for the deposit of moneys to the credit of a fund to be known as the 'Social Security Account'; appropriating $23,988,000 out of the general fund to pay social security obligations. |
| SB 435 | Caption: Relating to providing for the use of net weights in transactions in Texas Cotton, to provide for standardization of bale covering for Cotton produced in this state; to provide penalties. |
| SB 453 | Caption: Relating to fixing the compensation of county officers in certain counties. |
| SCR 44 | Caption: Relating to appointment of committee for the purpose of studying the agriculture of Texas. |
| SJR 4 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting the furnishing of State official text books free to every child of scholastic age, attending any school within the state. |
| SJR 18 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for a State Land Bank which shall make loans to aid citizens of Texas to purchase a farm homestead. |
| 46th Regular Session | |
| SB 10 | Caption: Relating to the "State Soil Conservation Act"; describing the consequence of soil erosion and the depletion of the fertility of the soil; establishing the State Soil Conservation Board. |
| SB 173 | Caption: Relating to providing that all cities having a population of not less than one thousand two hundred fifty-one (1,251) nor more than one thousand two hundred fifty-nine (1259) may extend their corporation lines for school purposes only. |
| SB 186 | Caption: Relating to establishing a definite policy of this State with reference to the operation of dams and reservoirs constructed by public authorities; fixing the proportion of reservoir storage which shall be dedicated to the purpose of controlling flood waters; providing penalties for the violation of any of the provisions hereof. |
| SB 187 | Caption: Relating to providing that the salary and expenses of the official Court Reporter in each Judicial District in this State having four (4) or more counties and having a certain population be paid out of the Jury fund. |
| SB 239 | Caption: Relating to granting and donating to each respective county of this State for a period of five years beginning with the taxable year 1939 all the State Ad Valorem taxes to counties for public improvements |
| SB 255 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to creating a more efficient Road System for Lavaca County, Texas. |
| SB 280 | Caption: Relating to validating certain outstanding Road and Bridge Time Warrants of Fayette County, Texas, heretofore issued to provide funds to aid in the construction of Highway No. 20 in Road District No. 3 of said County, and Fayette County Bridge Warrants heretofore issued for the purpose of aiding in the constructing a bridge across the Colorado River on Highway No.72, and authorizing the Commissioners Court of Fayette County to fund or refund into County Road and Bridge Funding or Refunding Bonds of said County, said Time Warrants to the amount of Thirty-one Thousand Two Hundred ($31,200.00) Dollars. |
| SB 365 | Caption: Relating to providing for the giving of a bond in certain instances, by trustees who are appointed by will, deed or other instrument in writing and holding property for the use and benefit of others |
| SB 381 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of dogs in the hunting, pursuing or taking of deer in Lavaca County; permitting the use of one dog in trailing a wounded deer. |
| SB 389 | Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Marketing Commission; providing a penalty for the violation of this Act. |
| SB 414 | Caption: Relating to prescribing the method for the annexation of unoccupied territory contiguous and adjacent to the city limits of certain incorporated cities or towns, on petition of the owners of all such territory. |
| SB 453 | Caption: Relating to providing for acquiring and acceptance of title of about 14 acres of the original Five League Grant, from San Felipe Park Association and Corporation of San Felipe de Austin to about six hundred fifty (650) acres of land situated in Austin County, Texas, and being a part of the original Five League Grant from the Republic of Mexico to the town of San Felipe de Austin; providing for management and control, beautifying and improving said land, the same to be designated by name as "Stephen F. Austin State Park." |
| SB 456 | Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of an Agricultural-Horticultural and Dairy Industrialization Commission. |
| SB 494 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute to place Austin County under the general law with respect to season on wild squirrels. |
| SB 495 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute to place Austin County under the general law with respect to bag limit for wild squirrels. |
| SCR 12 | Caption: Recalling SB 173 from the House for revision. |
| SCR 44 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of a joint committee to investigate the functioning of agricultural departments and bureaus. |
| SCR 47 | Caption: Resolving that the Legislature will remain in session without compensation until the Old Age Pension law is addressed. |
| SCR 68 | Caption: Authorizing the loan of certain discarded guard wire to the School Board of Carmine School District. |
| SJR 5 | Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for payment of Old Age Assistance and to provide revenue for that purpose. |
| 45th Regular Session | |
| SB 121 | Caption: Relating to defining County Mutual Insurance Companies, providing the hazards against which they may write insurance, providing for incorporation of County Mutual Insurance Companies and the requirements therefor, providing for permits to solicit insurance on the mutual or cooperative plan and requirements thereof. |
| SB 388 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the organization of local mutual aid associations to provide that the benefit paid by such associations shall be dependent upon the amount realized from assessments upon the membership. |
| SB 401 | Caption: Relating to the operation of certain mutual insurance companies incorporated under pre-existing laws. |
| SB 441 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Board of Trustees of La Grange Independent School District, Fayette County, Texas, to compensate L.J. Rose for services rendered to said district. |
| SB 443 | Caption: Relating to creating a Special Road Law for Waller County, Texas. |
| SB 468 | Caption: Relating to declaring to be an unlawful monopoly and its purposes to be in restraint of trade, any combination of persons, firms or corporations which determines the amount of money to be paid to it or to its members for the privilege of rendering publicly for profit copyrighted vocal or instrumental musical compositions, when such combination is composed of a substantial number of all musical composition copyright owners or their heirs, successors or assigns; providing penalties for the violation hereof. |
| SB 487 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Act creating a Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund in the State of Texas so as to exempt the premiums and assessments collected by county mutual insurance companies from the tax provided in said Act. |
| SB 512 | Caption: Relating to providing that it shall be unlawful to hunt or kill prairie chickens in this State for a period of three (3) years from and after the passage of this Act; providing a penalty for violation of this Act. |
| SB 513 | Caption: Relating to providing relief for the Vienna Common School District No. 50 in Lavaca County in replacing and repairing damage to buildings and equipment caused by a calamitous flood resulting from a cloudburst on July 1st, 1936, making an appropriation for said districts to replace and repair such damage. |
| SCR 12 | Caption: Granting A. J. Laas permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 33 | Caption: Directing the Board of Regents of the University of Texas to rescind and renegotiate their contract with Dana X. Bible. |
| SCR 49 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to pass the Frazier-Lemke Farm Refinance Bill |
| SJR 5 | Caption: Proposing an Amendment of Section 51b of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Texas so as to require the Legislature to provide for a system of Old Age Pension and/or Assistance not to exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15) per person per month to actual bona fide residents of the State of Texas, over the age of sixty five years, excluding therefrom habitual criminals, habitual drunkards and inmates of a state supported institution. |
| SJR 8 | Caption: Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Texas so as to permit the furnishing of State official textbooks free to every child of scholastic age, attending any school within the State. |
| 45th 2nd Called Session | |
| SB 7 | Caption: Relating to making certain appropriations for the support and maintenance of the Judiciary of the State of Texas for the period beginning on September 1, 1937, and ending August 31, 1939. |
| SCR 9 | Caption: Declaring the Legislative Intent of the legislature in regards to certain restrictions in the qualification of old age assistance. |
| SCR 23 | Caption: Providing for the payment of certain tuition claims from the 1934-35 school year. |
| 44th Regular Session | |
| SB 78 | Caption: Relating to authorizing any fresh water supply district which has heretofore been organized under the laws of the State and has issued bonds, to refund such bonds by issuing new coupon bonds for such purpose. |
| SB 79 | Caption: Relating to authorizing any drainage district which has heretofore been organized under the laws of the State and has issued bonds, to refund such bonds by issuing new coupon bonds for such purpose. |
| SB 469 | Caption: Relating to providing for the relief of Ellinger Common School District, No. 60 of Fayette County, Texas. |
| SB 511 | Caption: Relating to instituting suits within five years to recover real estate. |
| SCR 10 | Caption: Memorializing Congress to pass the Frazier-Lemke Bill. |
| SCR 34 | Caption: Granting Alma Besch permission to sue the State Highway Department. |
| SCR 48 | Caption: Granting Jas V. Frnka permission to sue the State of Texas or State Highway Department. |
| SJR 24 | Caption: Proposing to amend the Constitution of the State of Texas so as to permit the furnishing of State official textbook free to every child of scholastic age, attending any school within the State. |
| SJR 25 | Caption: Proposing to repeal Article V of the Constitution of the State of Texas, the same being the Article creating the Judiciary Department of the State and to adopt and enact a new Article V in lieu thereof, reorganizing the Judiciary Department of the State of Texas. |
| SR 87 | Caption: Inviting visitors from La Grange High School to sing. |
| 44th 1st Called Session | |
| SR 8 | Caption: Relating to the old age pension. |
| 44th 2nd Called Session | |
| SCR 28 | Caption: Requesting the Governor call another session of the Legislature to raise revenue for old age pension. |
| 44th 3rd Called Session | |
| SCR 13 | Caption: Authorizing cooperation with the National Rural Electrification program. |