Legislation authored by Bowd Farrar

Includes legislation with Bowd Farrar as the primary author for the 39th through 42nd 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.

42nd Regular Session
HB 113 Caption: Relative to the sinking fund on certain road bonds.
HB 435 Caption: Relating to amending certain Article relating to the supervisory powers of the district court in the formation of school districts.
HB 443 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any independent school district which assesses and collects taxes therein for school purposes to put higher valuation upon lands and other properties therein situated for taxation purposes.
HB 489 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to engage in the sale of gasoline without a license from the Commissioner of Agriculture.
HB 559 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to transport ginned cotton in the bale over any of the roads or highways of this State out of the county in which it was ginned.
HB 649 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statute prescribing procedure in the trial of a civil case before a jury.
HB 845 Caption: Relating to providing for the employment of a rural school supervisor in certain counties.
HB 857 Caption: Relating to further authorizing commissioners' courts of Counties without a county free library to grant financial aid to free public libraries founded by individuals.
HCR 17 Caption: Relating to the construction of highways.
42nd 1st Called Session
HR 32 Caption: Relating to the use of machinery in the farms.
42nd 3rd Called Session
HB 10 Caption: Relating to declaring the public policy of this State to be that all designated State Roads and Highways are the properties of the State of Texas and subject to the exclusive control and management of the State.
HB 44 Caption: Relating to providing for the payment of the annual interest and sinking fund accruing on lateral and local public roads out of the registration fees of Motor Vehicles.
HB 89 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statute by providing that Ellis County shall be a part of the 10th Supreme Judicial District and removing said county from the 5th Supreme Judicial District.
41st 4th Called Session
HR 26 Caption: In memory of former State Rep. J. M. Alderdice.
41st 5th Called Session
HB 47 Caption: Relating to making in unlawful for any practicing lawyer to become surety upon the bail bond of any person charged with crimes and held in custody within this State, when such lawyer is representing the person charged for pay.
HB 131 Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to verdicts.
HB 160 Caption: Relating to providing that the annual interest and sinking fund as it falls due on all county road district or road precinct bond shall be paid out of the funds of the Highway commission; making appropriation.
40th Regular Session
HB 226 Caption: Relating to providing that any teacher holding a valid certificate classified as an "Elementary Permanent Certificate" or "High School Permanent Certificate" shall be authorized to teach any subject in any Common School or High School in this State, which subject such teacher was required to pass in order to acquire such certificate.
HB 347 Caption: Relating to amending certain articles of the Revised Civil Statutes regarding the husband's separate property owned or claimed by him before marriage.
HB 431 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any person to catch minnows in any manner for bait without the written consent of the landowner.
HB 438 Caption: Relating to providing for the payment by the Highway Commission of out of State funds.
HR 14 Caption: Regulating the hours of the stenographic force.
HR 96 Caption: Inviting Hampton Steele to address the House.
39th Regular Session
HB 212 Caption: Relating to incorporating the Italy Independent School District in Ellis County Texas, for free school purposes only, defining its boundaries, providing for board of trustees, providing for a treasurer for the funds of said district and providing for an assessor and collector of taxes of said district.
HB 256 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute prescribing liability for and exemption from jury service.
HB 476 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to more clearly provide for the creation and consolidation of road districts; providing a method of procedure in the creation of such districts.
HB 479 Caption: Relating to dispensing with the reading to the jury of all pleadings of all parties in a civil suit.
HB 507 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute of the Penal Code of Texas relating to assault with a prohibited weapon.
HR 82 Caption: In memory of former member of the House, T.B. Williams, from Ellis County.