Legislation authored by Joseph Arthur Keith

Includes legislation with Joseph Arthur Keith as the primary author for the 45th through 46th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

46th Regular Session
HB 49 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the issuance of subpoenas in civil cases.
HB 95 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes relating to indemnity contracts by reciprocal or inter-insurance exchanges.
HB 214 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for the transfer of the lien for taxes that the State, county or defined subdivision has upon any real property.
HB 215 Caption: Relating to requiring all school districts, road districts, water-improvements districts, drainage district, levee districts and all other districts levying and assessing taxes to file annually a list of all taxes with the county collector of taxes
HB 249 Caption: Relating to the liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization or conservation of insurers and placing same under the Board of Insurance Commissioners.
HB 250 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing that corporations, authorized to do business in Texas may register motor vehicles, trailers, or semi-trailers; declaring all motor vehicle registration or license plates to be the property of the State Highway Commission until duly or lawfully purchased; prescribing the punishment.
HB 311 Caption: Relating to making certain emergency appropriations for the General Land Office and Executive Department.
HB 396 Caption: Relating to reimburse counties and defined road districts for expenditures on highways, etc.
HB 920 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the examination of insurance companies.
HB 921 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to fees to be charged and collected by the Board of Insurance Commissioners.
HCR 9 Caption: Providing for the inauguration of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and Lieutenant Governor Coke R. Stevenson.
HR 149 Caption: Providing for the fumigation of the House Hall.
HR 248 Caption: Authorizing the Committee on Contingent Expenses to increase the expense allowance for supplies, stamps, telephone, and telegraph.
45th Regular Session
HB 432 Caption: Relating to authorizing search warrant to issue for the purpose of searching for and seizing and disposing of intoxicating liquors under certain circumstances and prescribing the rules relative thereto.
HB 619 Caption: Relating to Vendor's Lien, Mortgage Liens and Deed of Trust Notes secured by lien on real estate, providing time and manner of the running of limitation thereon.
HB 620 Caption: Relating to providing that the property reserved from forced sale by the Constitution and Laws of this State does not form any part of the estate of a deceased person where a constituent of the family survives, and providing further that such property shall continue to be liable for all debts secured by a valid and subsisting lien or encumbrance thereon.
HB 621 Caption: Relating to requiring all incorporated towns, cities and villages having a population of less than ten thousand (10,000) people, according to the last Federal Census, and all school districts, road districts, water improvement districts, drainage districts, and levy districts to file annually a list of all taxes on real property within such respective districts with the County Collector of Taxes.
HB 888 Caption: Relating to authorizing the State Highway Commission, upon application to purchase and install automatic traffic signal lights at any point on a designated state highway lying within the corporate limits of any city or town within this State having a population of less than two thousand five hundred (2,500), according to the last preceding Federal Census.
HB 891 Caption: Relating to authorizing and instructing the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges of Texas to make and complete a survey of problems arising from the recurrent infestations of the so-called leaf worms and/or army worms within this State.
HB 933 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to liquor stamps by authorizing the Treasurer to distribute stamps as required by said statute; providing a penalty.
HB 1042 Caption: Relating to requiring the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer, to apply each year to the State Highway Department through the County Tax Collector in the County in which he resides for the registration of such vehicle owned or controlled by him.
HB 1098 Caption: Relating to permitting the County Auditor in certain counties to act as purchasing agent therein on order of the Commissioners Court, authorizing the Commissioners' Court to fix his compensation therefor, providing for the payment thereof.
HB 1126 Caption: Relating to repealing certain Act relating to fishing in Grayson County.
HCR 79 Caption: Granting Grover C. and Nina E. Ditto permission to sue the State of Texas.
HR 170 Caption: Requesting the Senate to return S. B. No. 261 to the House for further consideration.
45th 2nd Called Session
HB 90 Caption: Relating to providing for the establishing of a State Revolving Fund of One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars for the Teachers' Retirement System of Texas.