Legislation authored by Prentis Edward Dickison

Includes legislation with Prentis Edward Dickison as the primary author for the 44th through 46th 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.

46th Regular Session
HB 71 Caption: Relating to regulating the election of judges and clerks and the appointment of supervisors.
HB 196 Caption: Relating to releasing all penalty and interest accrued on ad valorem city and independent school district taxes which were delinquent on June 1, 1938, in all cities in this State having a population of not less than two hundred thousand (200,000) nor more than two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000), provided said taxes are paid on or before June 1, 1939; exempting from provisions of the Act penalties and interest on taxes which have been reduced to final judgment.
HB 664 Caption: Relating to adding a certain Article providing for reimbursement for costs and other expenses incurred by counties in Texas in the trial and transportation of lunatics who are not bona fide residents of the State of Texas, providing for their return to their home State.
HB 682 Caption: Relating to the Teacher Tenure Act for Texas, defining teacher tenure.
HB 721 Caption: Relating to providing limitation on money expended by members of the Legislature as campaign expenses in certain counties.
HB 722 Caption: Relating to providing for the sum of money required for placing names on the primary ballot in certain counties.
HB 755 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article providing for the creation of a County Juvenile Board in certain counties.
HB 893 Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of certain counties to appoint a County Building Inspector and Assistants; prescribing penalties for failure to secure permits.
HCR 199 Caption: Granting the District Judges of the counties of Dallas, Harris, Bexar, Tarrant, and Ellis permission to be absent from Texas during the years 1939 and 1940.
45th Regular Session
HB 205 Caption: Relating to providing that the members of the County Board of School Trustees of certain counties shall receive Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for their services in attending meetings, inspecting schools and performing all other duties provided by law.
HB 339 Caption: Relating to funeral expenses.
HB 438 Caption: Relating to authorizing the San Antonio Independent School District to borrow money and to pledge its delinquent taxes levied for maintenance and operation expenses as security for such loans, ratifying and confirming such actions heretofore taken by the District and its governing board.
HB 562 Caption: Relating to requiring sixty (60) semester hours credit as a prerequisite to receiving a teachers certificate.
HB 565 Caption: Relating to cities having more than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) inhabitants, who have heretofore acquired, or may hereafter acquire, any water system, in accordance with certain statute, or in accordance with any other law where the deferred purchase price for such water system is payable out of the revenues of such water system, during the time the same is incumbered, is by the terms of the deed of trust, or other incumbrance, placed in the hands of a Board of Trustees named, or to be named, in such incumbrance.
HB 640 Caption: Relating to aliens and their rights, limitations and exceptions in respect to the ownership, possession, control and management of lands in Texas.
HB 706 Caption: Relating to providing for the employment in all counties having a population of not less than two hundred ninety thousand (290,000) nor more than three hundred twenty thousand (320,000), according to the last preceding Federal Census, of two (2) rural school supervisors.
HB 760 Caption: Relating to promoting economic security and stability among employees of public schools; defining certain words, terms and phrases as used in this Act.
HB 1062 Caption: Relating to prohibiting Boards of Trustees of all school districts in this State from employing any person as a teacher who has not been a resident of this State one (1) year immediately preceding the date of employment.
HR 282 Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to investigate the proceedings of the State Board of Education relative to the adoption of textbooks.
45th 1st Called Session
HB 47 Caption: Relating to providing that in all counties of this State having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) or more, according to the last United States Census, the Commissioners Court in such county may expend, in furnishing a rest room for women in the courthouse, or in courthouse buildings, or on courthouse grounds, a sum not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300).
HB 49 Caption: Relating to providing for certain fees of office for Justices of the Peace.
44th Regular Session
HB 506 Caption: Relating to authorizing the State Board of Education to create and establish school districts upon military reservations located within the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
HB 602 Caption: Relating to repealing certain Articles of the 1925 Revised Civil Statutes; auditing the affairs of Water Control and Improvement Districts.
HR 164 Caption: Providing for a committee to investigate the Institutions of Higher Learning in Texas to ascertain their needs.
44th 2nd Called Session
HB 71 Caption: Relating to authorizing School Trustees in all counties of the State having a population of not less than two hundred and ninety thousand (290,000) nor more than three hundred and twenty thousand (320,000) inhabitants according to the last preceding Federal Census to issue interest bearing warrants in payment of salaries of employees.