Legislation authored by Patrick Francis Dunn

Includes legislation with Patrick Francis Dunn as the primary author for the 32nd through 34th 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.

34th Regular Session
HB 46 Caption: Relating to reorganizing the Twenty-eighth Judicial District, and to creating the Seventy-eighth Judicial District.
HB 48 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Chapter granting sand and other deposits taken for the raising of the grade of the salt flats to the city of Corpus Christi.
HB 203 Caption: Relating to adding to and making part of the Alice Independent School District in Jim Wells County, certain lands and territory adjoining thereto situate in Jim Wells county, for school purposes.
HB 215 Caption: Relating to establishing the South Texas State Normal College and providing for a committee on location; making an appropriation.
HB 257 Caption: Relating to providing that the owner of any stallion, jack, bull or boar kept for propagation shall have a lien upon the female animal to which such male is let; providing that it shall be a misdemeanor for the owner of such female animal to sell, exchange, remove or dispose of the same without the consent of the lien holder and with intent to defraud; providing a penalty.
HB 446 Caption: Relating to amending certain laws relating to the Robstown Independent School District in Nueces County; redefining its boundaries and providing for the creation of a board of trustees thereof.
HB 484 Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment and maintenance of an Agricultural Experiment Station in the Seventy-sixth district for the purpose of experimenting with the culture of crops and studying soil problems; making an appropriation.
HB 497 Caption: Relating to amending certain laws creating the Corpus Christi Independent School District.
HB 548 Caption: Relating to granting to the city of Corpus Christi all right, title and interest to the land lying under the waters of Corpus Christi Bay within the city limits of Corpus Christi.
HB 572 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to the compensation of the Game, Fish and Oyster Commissioner and deputies.
HB 640 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute making valid during the life of the holder a certificate held by one who has taught in the public schools of Texas continuously for a period of twenty-five years.
34th 1st Called Session
HB 25 Caption: Relating to amending a certain law changing the time of holding court in the Twenty-eight Judicial District.
HB 31 Caption: Relating to granting to the City of Corpus Christi all rights to certain land lying and being situated under the waters of Corpus Christi Bay.
HB 44 Caption: Relating to creating an independent school district to be known as "Ricardo Independent School District," and to provide for the creation of a board of trustees thereof and authorizing the board of trustees to levy, assess and collect special taxes, and conferring upon the board of trustees plenary powers and providing authority to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing school sites and erecting, furnishing and equipping school buildings within the same, and to levy a tax therefor, and to pay current expenses for the maintenance and support of said schools, and providing that the present board of trustees of the Ricardo Common School District shall have full control and management of said independent school district until the next regular trustees' election, and providing a method for filling vacancies occurring in said board; providing for a board of equalization and prescribing the duty and authority of said board of trustees and repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
33rd Regular Session
HB 21 Caption: Relating to reorganizing the Twenty-eighth Judicial District and creating the Seventy-fourth Judicial District.
HB 40 Caption: Relating to creating and establishing the county of Kleberg out of a part of Nueces County.
HB 57 Caption: Relating to creating the Bishop Independent School District.
HB 83 Caption: Relating to creating the Driscoll Independent School District.
HB 96 Caption: Relating to creating the Calallen Independent School District.
HB 166 Caption: Relating to creating the Fish and Oyster Commission; providing penalties.
HB 187 Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment and maintenance of an agricultural experiment station to be located in the seventy-sixth representative district.
HB 214 Caption: Relating to creating and establishing the county of Ross taken from the existing territory of Duval County.
HB 652 Caption: Relating to creating the Sandia Independent School District in Jim Wells County, Texas, out of the territory known as Sandia Independent School District.
HB 653 Caption: Relating to creating the Bentonville Independent School District, out of a part of the Agua Dulce Independent School District, in Jim Wells County, Texas.
33rd 1st Called Session
HB 55 Caption: Relating to reorganizing the Twenty-eighth Judicial District of the State of Texas, to fix the times for holding the terms of district court therein; to make all process heretofore issued as well as bonds and recognizances heretofore entered into conform thereto.
HB 56 Caption: Relating to creating the Port Aransas Independent School District known as common school district No. 8 in Nueces county, Texas, and including within its limits the municipal corporation of the town of Port Aransas, and defining its boundaries; and to provide for the creating of a board of trustees thereof and authorizing the board of trustees to levy, assess and collect special taxes, and conferring upon the board of trustees plenary powers, and providing authority to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing school sites and erecting, furnishing and equipping school buildings within the same, and to levy a tax therefor, and to pay current expenses for the maintenance and support of said schools, providing for a board of equalization and prescribing the duty and authority of said board, and further prescribing the duty and authority of the board of trustees, declaring valid an issue of bonds heretofore made, declaring valid a maintenance tax heretofore voted.
HB 68 Caption: Relating to creating and establishing the County of Lott, in honor of Uriah Lott, taken from the existing territory of Duval County, prescribing its area, and boundaries, designating the Commissioners' Court of Duval County to organize said county, prescribing their duties; for the payment by Duval County to the new county one half of all county funds on hand when the officers have been elected.
HB 75 Caption: Relating to creating the Copita Independent School District in Duval county, Texas; defining its metes and bounds.
32nd Regular Session
HB 119 Caption: Relating to creating and establishing the county of Jim Wells, taken from existing territory of Nueces county, prescribing its area and boundaries, appointing commissioners to organize said county, and prescribing their duties; providing for a division of said county into commissioners and justices precincts.
HB 136 Caption: Relating to creating the county of Ross out of parts of the counties of Zapata, Starr and Hidalgo, and to provide for its organization.
HB 318 Caption: Relating to amending an Act providing for the improvement of public roads.
HB 356 Caption: Relating to amending an Act pertaining to the use of set-nets or gill nets during breeding season and pertaining to catching fish only by ordinary hook and line or cast net in any of the coast waters of the State of Texas.
HB 437 Caption: Relating to reorganizing the twenty-eighth judicial district of the State of Texas.
HB 512 Caption: Relating to creating the Fish and Oyster Commission of Texas.
HB 554 Caption: Relating to authorizing the sale of portions of Harbor Island and other Islands and certain lands under the shallow waters in the Red Fish Bay, Corpus Christi Bay and Aransas Bay; authorizing the building of railroads which may be hereafter be connected with Aransas Harbor by a navigable channel dredged by the United States Government; providing for the release and quit claim unto the State of Texas of all right, title or interest to certain land or harbor frontage except as acquired under the provision of this act.
HB 558 Caption: Relating to authorizing Aransas County to build a Causeway and erect a draw bridge across the waters of Aransas bay for the purpose of connecting the public road systems between Lamar and Live Oak peninsulas; and to authorize the issuance of County bonds
HB 580 Caption: Relating to creating a road system in the county of Nueces; providing that each county commissioner shall be created road commissioner of their respective commissioners precincts of said county.
32nd 1st Called Session
HB 35 Caption: Relating to creating the Robstown Independent School District, known as Common School District No. 30, in Nueces county, Texas.
HB 49 Caption: Relating to creating the Premont Independent School District, known as Common School District No. 29 in Jim Wells county, Texas.
HB 50 Caption: Relating to creating the Agua Dulce Independent School District, known as Common School District No. 25 in Nueces and Jim Wells counties, Texas.
HB 51 Caption: Relating to creating the Bishop Independent School District in Nueces county, Texas, defining its metes and bounds, providing a board of trustees, therefor, for raising revenue, issuing bonds, vesting it with the rights, powers and duties of districts incorporated for school purposes only under the general laws of the State of Texas.
HB 52 Caption: Relating to creating the Riviera Independent School District, known as Common School District No. 20, in Nueces county, Texas.