Legislation authored by John Garrison Ross

Includes legislation with John Garrison Ross as the primary author for the 43rd through 43rd 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.

43rd Regular Session
HB 52 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute relating to the seniority of women employees.
HB 117 Caption: Relating to providing a five-year period of limitation for all suits involving the recovery of mineral rights, ownership of which has been segregated from the ownership of the surface, and providing that the owner and holder of the surface shall in such cases be considered to be in adverse possession of said mineral rights against the owner thereof, and providing that the provisions of this Act shall not be applicable in certain instances.
HB 607 Caption: Relating to making it unlawful for any employer to make or enforce, any order, rule, or regulation, or to adopt any other device or method to prevent an employee from engaging in political activities, accepting nomination, or election to, or the holding of political office, or from holding a position as a member of any political committee.
HB 642 Caption: Relating to taxation on wrestling matches and acrobatic performances, setting up a schedule of taxation on such performances and defining such performances, describing a penalty for violation.
HB 738 Caption: Relating to providing that the commissioners court of any county shall not invest the sinking funds, accumulated for the redemption and payment of bonds issued by such county, political subdivision, or defined districts in bonds issued by Joint Stock Land Banks, under the provisions of the Federal Farm Loan Act, approved by the President of the United States, July 17, 1916, or any amendment of said Act.
HB 827 Caption: Relating to designating fur-bearing animals, declaring them the property of the State, declaring a five-year closed season on wild fox in certain counties; providing a penalty for violation of this Act.
HB 828 Caption: Relating to providing that Liberty and Hardin Counties, for a period of two years, shall be relieved from the operation of the law providing for systemic tick eradication; providing the Livestock Sanitary Commission, its agents and employees, shall cease its work in the two named Counties.
HB 884 Caption: Relating to providing for an open season on squirrels in Liberty and Hardin Counties; providing a penalty.
HB 910 Caption: Relating to fixing the open season on wild buck deer in certain counties in this State.
HB 953 Caption: Relating to amending the Congressional Redistricting Bill by fixing the counties to hereafter compose the Second and Seventh Congressional districts.
HCR 114 Caption: Approving the suspension of Joint Rule No. 11 so that the Senate might consider HB 953.
HR 117 Caption: In memory of former Representative W.O. Williams.
43rd 1st Called Session
HB 123 Caption: Relating to creating a closed season upon wild turkey for a period of five (5) years in the Counties of Liberty and Hardin in the State of Texas; making it unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, ensnare, kill or attempt to kill by any means whatsoever, any wild turkey within said Counties, for a period of five (5) years; providing a penalty therefor.
HB 178 Caption: Relating to providing for the levying of a special school tax not to exceed a certain rate for the purpose of paying interest and sinking fund on a loan or loans from the Federal Government.