Legislation authored by Bill Hollowell

Includes legislation with Bill Hollowell as the primary author for the 55th through 71st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

71st Regular Session
HB 132 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to preference in state employment for veterans who are entitled to receive military retirement pay.
HB 413 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89
Caption: Relating to the number of voters who must sign a petition for the incorporation of certain general-law municipalities.
HB 414 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89
Caption: Relating to the frequency with which an election for the incorporation of certain general-law municipalities may be held.
HB 415 Last Action: Referred to Labor & Employment Rel.
Caption: Relating to certain notice requirements for unemployment compensation claims.
HB 566 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the availability of deferred adjudication and community-service restitution probation for defendants charged with certain offenses in which the victim of the alleged offense was younger than 17.
HB 598 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in s/c
Caption: Relating to a determination of the competency of a child to testify in certain criminal cases in which the child was a victim.
HB 763 Last Action: Pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to special license plates for certain active or retired military personnel.
HB 764 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for military service.
HB 1096 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the punishment and to the availability of deferred adjudication and community-service restitution probation for the offense of abuse of a human corpse.
HB 1273 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to sales tax permits and the elimination of sales tax permit fees.
HB 1380 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the compensation and expenses of official district court reporters.
HB 1647 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to requiring that property taxes on a manufactured home be paid before a permit to move the home may be issued.
HB 1895 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the reactivation of a peace officer's license after a break in employment.
HB 1896 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the appointment of special rangers by the Public Safety Commission.
HB 2164 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the required time for delivery of certain health insurance and Medicare supplement policies.
HB 2276 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of records in the Texas Department of Human Services.
HB 2329 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Relating to tuition fees and other fees and charges paid to institutions of higher education by certain employees or former employees of the federal government.
HB 2584 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the contracting procedures of the Texas Department of Human Services for Title 19 services.
HB 2585 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the contracting procedures of the Texas Department of Human Services for Title 19 services.
HB 2586 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to conversion of certain nonprofit cemetery associations from permanent care to perpetual care.
HB 2652 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to notifying the purchaser of certain agricultural or other land that additional ad valorem taxes may become due if the land is converted to a different use.
HB 3084 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, financing, and organization of the Van Zandt County Waste Disposal District; granting the power of eminent domain and the authority to....
HJR 5 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the imposition of a fee or tax on a person who collects a tax for the state.
HJR 42 Last Action: Pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a public safety fund through the imposition of a sales and use tax for the funding of prisons and related correctional facilities and activities and for the payment....
HR 376 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring Representative David Hudson on his birthday.
HR 384 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Canton High School girls' basketball team.
HR 477 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Congratulating the Edgewood High School boys' basketball team.
HR 778 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: In memory of Seaman Tyrone Dwayne Foley.
71st 1st Called Session
HB 93 Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal.
Caption: Relating to the issuance of receipts for fees paid to the Board of Pardons and Paroles by parolees and persons released on mandatory supervision.
HB 114 Last Action: Effective in 90 days--10/18/89
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Van Zandt County Waste Disposal District.
HCR 30 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring Judge J. W. Summers.
71st 5th Called Session
HR 199 Last Action: Reported enrolled
Caption: Commending Jeff Rash, president of Texas FFA.
70th Regular Session
HB 7 Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call
Caption: Relating to certain misdemeanor offenses, the prosecution and punishment applicable to certain misdemeanors and the criminal jurisdiction of certain courts hearing misdemeanor offenses.
HB 285 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the availability of special license plates for the surviving spouses of former prisoners of war.
HB 286 Last Action: Pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to exempting from ad valorem taxation certain property of organizations of disabled and injured veterans of the armed forces.
HB 287 Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87
Caption: Relating to the disqualification of certain judges to serve as assigned judges.
HB 536 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the number of signatures required for a primary election candidate's petition filed in lieu of a filing fee.
HB 863 Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87
Caption: Relating to special license plates for active or retired members of the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard, or Texas State Guard.
HB 1069 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the exemption of state military personnel from driver's license requirements.
HB 1243 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the civil liability of members of the state military forces.
HB 2512 Last Action: Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the date on which attendance of students for the first semester of the regular public school term begins.
HB 2532 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Van Zandt County Juvenile Board.
HB 2596 Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to punishment for the offenses of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping.
HJR 6 Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the jurisdiction of justice courts and giving those courts jurisdiction in certain criminal cases punishable by confinement in jail
HJR 27 Last Action: Pending in subcommittee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the property of organizations of disabled and injured veterans of the armed forces.
HJR 47 Last Action: Posting rule suspended
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a public safety fund through the imposition of a sales and use tax for the funding of prisons and jails.
HR 437 Caption: Expressing appreciation to the State of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi, and Dr. R. Gerald Turner.
HR 505 Caption: Expressing appreciation to Miss Susie L. Bray.
70th 2nd Called Session
HB 7 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to state budget execution.
HB 8 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offenses of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping.
HJR 7 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a public safety fund through the imposition of a sales and use tax for the funding of prisons, jails, and related correctional facilities and activities.
HR 51 Caption: Congratulating Dr. and Mrs. James A. Turman, Catherine Fern and Chris Franklin.
HR 56 Caption: Congratulating Garry T. Boyd, Texas Outstanding Vo-Ag Teacher.
69th Regular Session
HB 338 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the availability of special license plates for the surviving spouses of former prisoners of war.
HB 380 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county court and district in Upshur County.
HB 978 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the requirements for a public junior college to receive a portion of state appropriations for public junior colleges.
HB 1050 Last Action: Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the regulation of pharmacies operated by the Texas Department of Health.
HB 1230 Last Action: Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to the prohibition on the personal use of political contributions accepted by a candidate or officeholder.
HB 1615 Last Action: Postponed in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of private consultants or professionals by certain state agencies.
HB 1636 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to certain provisions in certain leases and pipeline easement agreements concerning sour gas; providing a penalty.
HB 1637 Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to revising the punishment applicable to Class C misdemeanors to include confinement in jail and increasing the amount of the fine that may be imposed in a Class C misdemeanor, providing that offenses under the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways for which a specific penalty is not provided are Class C misdemeanors, amending the criminal jurisdiction of justice and municipal courts, and revising certain provisions relating to the prosecution of and imposition of sentence in misdemeanor cases.
HB 2436 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the county courts at law in Smith County.
HB 2508 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a supplemental appropriation to the National Guard Armory Board.
HB 2510 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a transfer of funds and a supplemental appropriation for disasters and emergencies.
HCR 39 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to each house granting permission to the other to adjourn for more than three days beginning with adjournment on Wednesday, January 30, 1985, and ending on Monday, February 4, 1985.
HJR 69 Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the jurisdiction of justice courts and giving those courts jurisdiction in certain criminal cases punishable by confinement in jail.
HJR 72 Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require the prior approval of the expenditure or emergency transfer of other appropriated funds.
69th 2nd Called Session
HB 98 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to the rate of the state sales and use tax and to the creation and use of and dedication of revenue to a state public protection fund for prisons.
HJR 13 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating seven-eighths of one percent of sales and use tax revenue for corrections purposes.
HR 82 Caption: In memory of Geneva Rusk Reynolds.
69th 3rd Called Session
HB 26 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating the rate of the state sales and use tax and to the creation and use of and dedication of revenue to a state public protection fund for prisons.
HB 27 Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm.
Caption: Relating to the withholding, transfer, time of payment, and commitment of legislative appropriations.
HJR 6 Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating seven-eighths of one percent of sales and use tax revenue for corrections purposes.
68th Regular Session
HB 379 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Relating to the quail season in Van Zandt County.
HB 405 Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute
Caption: Relating to school district bond or tax election.
HB 472 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Relating to the taking and possession of squirrels in Upshur County.
HB 672 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and powers of a juvenile board in Upshur County; definition of "advice and consent"; composition of the board, selection of chairman, meetings; compensation of members; designation of fiscal officers; duty of fiscal officer; duty of board to keep records and make records available to commissioners court, hire necessary and qualified employees with approval from the commissioners court, hire necessary and qualified employees with approval from the commissioners court, establish juvenile probation department, designate a court as a juvenile court, inspect detention facilities and report on conditions, report to commissioners court on condition of the juvenile court, and make recommendations and establish policies and procedures for the provision of services; finances and reimbursement of employee expenses.
HB 928 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to judicial reviews of the placement of a child with an institution or agency or with a person who is not the child's parent.
HB 1216 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the designation of emergency interim successors to assume the powers and duties of unavailable legislators in the event of enemy attack.
HB 1397 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to sales and use tax exemption for horses.
HJR 27 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing statutory provisions for succession of public office during disasters caused by enemy attack.
HJR 30 Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing statutory provisions for succession of public office during disasters caused by enemy attack, authorizing suspension of certain constitutional rules relating to legislative procedure during those disasters or during immediate threat of enemy attack.
HJR 35 Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit certain counties to abolish the office of constable in the counties.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 41 Last Action: See remarks
Caption: Relating to the number of days of instruction, student attendance, and teacher inservice training and preparation in public schools.
HB 112 Last Action: Coauthor authorized
Caption: Relating to the lease of certain state-owned land for oil and gas development.
67th Regular Session
HB 965 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and finances of the Winnsboro-Quitman Water District.
HB 969 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the compensation of the tax assessor-collector of the Wood County Central Hospital District.
HB 970 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to publication of school district financial statements and of notice of school district fiscal hearings.
HB 1215 Last Action: No action taken
Caption: Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Wood and Van Zandt counties and the reorganization of the 86th Judicial District.
HR 15 Caption: Suspending the constitutional rule relating to the regular order of business of the House.
HR 51 Caption: Commending and welcoming Sissy Spacek.
HR 286 Caption: Welcoming former Speaker James A. Turman.
66th Regular Session
HB 338 Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to exemption of certain school district appointments from the nepotism law.
HB 348 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the hunting of turkey in Van Zandt County.
HB 353 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the boundaries, taxing power, directors, and bonds of the Wood County Central Hospital District of Wood County, Texas.
HB 702 Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Agencies and Licensing
Caption: Relating to regulation of electricians and electrical inspectors; providing penalties.
HB 952 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the sale of certain wild animals.
HB 958 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the sale of certain wild animals in Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Wood counties.
HB 1166 Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Property and Casualty
Caption: Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in suits founded on certain oral or written contracts.
HB 1194 Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing
Caption: Relating to an exemption of coffins and certain burial vaults from state and local sales and use taxes.
HB 1340 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to municipal zoning.
HB 1433 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to payment of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state; making an appropriation
HB 2225 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the per diem received by the members and certain employees of the legislature while on travel status.
HCR 41 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Mrs. Ruby Pyle.
HR 18 Caption: Relating to the certification of the election of members of the House.
HR 109 Caption: Amending HR 4 as it relates to the per diem received by certain members and employees of the legislature.
65th Regular Session
HB 145 Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of Criminal District Attorney of Wood County; and abolishing the office of County Attorney of Wood County.
HB 256 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the inheritance tax owed by Class A estates.
HB 257 Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the acceptance of certain funds by the adjutant general.
HB 433 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to expenses of court reporters in judicial districts of more than one county.
HB 506 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain cities and towns with regard to delapidated structures.
HB 1575 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Making appropriations for and directing payment of certain miscellaneous claims and judgements out of funds designated herin; requiring approval of the claims inthe manner specified in the Act before payment is made; providing for severability; repealing laws in conflict.
HB 1800 Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute
Caption: Relating to inspection of electrical equipment and regulation of electrical contractors; providing a penalty.
HB 2182 Last Action: Effective in 90 days
Caption: Relating to name, boundaries, creation, election, and directors of the Mabank-Kemp Hospital District.
65th 2nd Called Session
HB 32 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Caption: Relating to the inheritance tax owed by Class A estates.
64th Regular Session
HB 224 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Amending the Texas Code of Military Justice.
HB 483 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the inheritance tax owed by Class A estates.
HB 1031 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a person's ingress and egress to land that is wholly or partially surrounded by land owned by another.
HB 1328 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Making appropriations for and directing payment of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments out of funds designated herein; requiring approval of the claims in the manner specified in the Act before payment is made; providing for severability.
HB 1420 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the consitutional office of Criminal District Attorney of Van Zandt County; abolishing the office of County Attorney of Van Zandt County.
HB 2182 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of Criminal District Attorney of Van Zandt County; abolishing the office of County Attorney of Van Zandt County.
HB 2214 Last Action: Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the requirement that motor carriers attach and display identification plates on vehicles.
63rd Regular Session
HB 156 Last Action: Subcommittee hearing notice posted
Caption: Providing for the appointment of notaries public at any time for two-year terms; amending Sections 1 and 6, Article 5949, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended; and declaring an emergency.
HB 186 Last Action: Subcommittee hearing notice posted
Caption: Relating to the amount of receipts from the registration of vehicles retained by counties; amending Section 10, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929, as amended (Article 6675a-10, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency.
HB 187 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Amending Subsection (a), Section 15, Article 42.12 and Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965, as amended, relating to a prisoner's eligibility for parole and abolition of indeterminate sentence requirements; and declaring an emergency.
HB 188 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the liability of units of state government for certain property damage under the Texas Tort Claims Act; amending Sections 3 and 16, Chapter 292, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 6252-19, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency.
HB 194 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Providing for presidential preference primary elections in this state and for selection of delegates to the national conventions of political parties by the winning candidates in the primaries; also making provisions in regard to the selection of presidential elector candidates and the placement of the names of presidential elector candidates and the placement of the names of presidential and vice-presidential candidates on the general election ballot; amending the Texas Election Code by amending Subsection (a), Section 238, as amended (Article 13.58, Vernon's Texas Election Code), and by adding Section 235a; and declaring an emergency.
HB 247 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Relating to barring the collection of ad valorem taxes delinquent prior to and including December 31. 1954.
HB 335 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to certain retirement benefits for certain volunteer firemen.
HB 346 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Prohibiting parole for persons convicted of certain offenses.
HB 416 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the creation, establishment, administration, maintenance, operation, and financing of the Mabank-Kemp Hospital District.
HB 428 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the imposition, collection, and use of fees to be paid to the district clerk in suits for divorce, for the payment of child support, and in certain contempt proceedings for failure to pay child support; andd declaring an emergency.
HB 448 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Caption: Relating to open season for the taking of deer in Wood County.
HB 449 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of Criminal District Attorney of Kaufman County; abolishing the office of County Attorney of Kaufman County; and declaring an emergency.
HB 451 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Authorizing judges to remove guardians and terminate guardianships within their jurisdiction under certain conditions, after notice to the guardians and wards; amending the Texas Probate Code.
HB 496 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Relating to open season for taking quail in Wood County and authorizing of hunting quail in Wood County on Sunday.
HB 1449 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to abolishment of indeterminate sentence requirements and credit for good conduct in and release from the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 1568 Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to including Wood County under the provisions of The Uniform Wildlife Regulatory Act, as amended (Article 978j-1, Vernon's Texas Penal Code); and declaring an emergency.
HB 1634 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Adjutant General to accept and expend funds from federal and state agencies and political subdivisions; amending Article 5781, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, by adding a Section 15; and declaring an emergency.
HR 144 Caption: Amending the House Rules concerning the term of office for the Speaker of the House.
59th Regular Session
HB 39 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts concerning the allocation of State moneys to the "Blind Assistance Fund," the "Children's Assistance Fund," the "Old Age Assistance Fund" and the "Disabled Assistance Fund".
HB 299 Caption: Relating to disability retirement benefits paid to members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
HB 300 Caption: Relating to the hunting of quail in Henderson County.
HB 301 Caption: Relating to wildlife resources in Henderson County and on certain waters of Lake Tawakoni and certain waters of the Joe B. Hogsett Reservoir, known as the Cedar Creek Reservoir; prescribing penalties.
HB 302 Caption: Relating to barring the collection of ad valorem taxes due for any year prior to the year 1940.
HB 352 Caption: Relating to providing an open season for hunting quail in Rains County, Texas.
HB 353 Caption: Relating to the taking of mink pelts in Henderson County.
HB 354 Caption: Relating to validating proceedings relating to the adoption of a Home Rule Charter or an amendment or amendments to an existing Home Rule Charter under certain circumstances and conditions.
HB 410 Caption: Relating to the State Militia, duty travel of members of the State Military Forces, administration of oaths, interference with the performance of military duties, voting privileges, the Texas State Guard qualifications of General Officers and the Texas National Guard Armory Board.
HB 411 Caption: Relating to repealing certain Acts relating to water well drillers.
HB 412 Caption: Relating to the abolishing of the office of county superintendent in certain counties.
HB 437 Caption: Relating to amending the Notary Public Act of 1943, relating to the time of re-appointment and the period of re-qualifying of Notaries Public.
HB 497 Caption: Relating to authorizing the construction, acquisition, and equipping of buildings and other structures and additions to existing buildings and other structures and acquiring land therefor by the governing boards of the several junior college districts heretofore or hereafter organized.
HB 693 Caption: Relating to establishing a juvenile board in Van Zandt County.
HB 735 Caption: Relating to an additional class of counties that are to use jury wheels in selecting jurors.
HB 973 Caption: Relating to amending the Position Classification Act of 1961 so as to provide a minimum salary for all regular, full time salaried employments covered by said act.
HJR 15 Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide that notaries public may perform their prescribed duties in any county in the state unless the Legislature otherwise provides by law.
HR 514 Caption: In memory of John Bratton of Fort Worth.
58th Regular Session
HB 38 Caption: Relating to making it a felony, in the drilling or reworking of an oil or gas well, to intentionally deviate such well from the vertical so that it crosses the boundary line in which the mineral ownership differs; prescribing penalties for violations.
HB 666 Caption: Relating to providing for verification by signed declaration of statements and reports filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas; providing penalties for the making of false statements or reports so verified by written signed declarations as provided herein.
HB 980 Caption: Relating to an additional maintenance tax for any common or independent school district having five hundred (500) scholastics or less, according to the last preceding scholastic census, and lying within a county having a population of twenty-one thousand, five hundred (21,500) or more but less than twenty-one thousand, eight hundred (21,800), according to the last preceding Federal Census.
57th Regular Session
HB 38 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act increasing the amounts to be allocated from the Clearance Fund to the Blind Assistance Fund and the Old Age Assistance Fund and allowing certain credits from the first revenues collected to be deposited to these Funds; fixing an operative date of the Act.
HB 295 Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Penal Code relating to offenses of assault with intent to murder; if any person shall assault another with intent to murder, he shall be confined in the penitentiary for a certain number of years.
HB 296 Caption: Relating to providing for the licensing of by-product, source and special nuclear materials and the registration of other sources of ionizing radiation; authorizing the Governor to enter into agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission transferring from the Federal Government to the State certain regulatory powers; designating the Texas State Department of Health as the State Radiation Control Agency; establishing the Radiation Advisory Boars; prescribing penalties for violation thereof; permitting the development and utilization of sources of ionizing radiation for peaceful purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public.
HB 850 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act relating to the Athens Municipal Water Authority; providing that the territory comprising the Authority shall be confined to that which was embraced within the corporate limits of the City of Athens, Henderson County, Texas providing that no territory annexed to the City of Athens subsequent to May 2, 1957, shall hereafter be considered a part of said Authority solely by virtue of the annexation thereof to the City of Athens.
HB 1016 Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute relating to condemnation proceedings by certain Water Control and Improvement Districts.
HCR 31 Caption: Directing an assembly of a Joint Session of the Legislature in order to accept gifts from the Texas Heritage Foundation.
HCR 49 Caption: Directing the Legislature to assemble in a Joint Session in order to accept gifts from the Texas Heritage Foundation and the Adjutant General's Department.
HR 68 Caption: Electing children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 385 Caption: Welcoming the students of Eustace High school to the Capitol.
HR 504 Caption: Authorizing any library of the U. S. Armed Forces to reproduce the speech, "Communism--A Disease", which was addressed to a Joint Session of the Legislature by Dr. Frank Schwartz, M.D. of Australia.
57th 3rd Called Session
HB 29 Caption: Relating to creating a conservation district to be known as "Henderson County Municipal Water Authority," comprising certain territory contained within Henderson County, Texas, for the purpose of providing a source of water supply for municipal, domestic and industrial use and treating, transporting, and distributing the same, and constructing sanitary sewers and facilities; providing for the annexation of additional territory.
56th Regular Session
HB 64 Caption: Relating to providing for the issuance of distinctive motor vehicle license plates or tags to members of the Texas Army National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard for use by such persons upon their personally owned, private passenger vehicles in lieu of the standard license plates now required.
HB 227 Caption: Relating to amending certain laws so as to provide for the taking of fish by hand or with a seine or net having meshes of one and one-half (1 1/2) inch square from the waters of Rains County and that portion of the waters of the Sabine River in Van Zandt County lying between said Counties of Rains and Van Zandt.
HB 313 Caption: Relating to abolishing the Texas Aeronautics Commission.
HB 455 Caption: Relating to providing for ingress and egress of persons employed in mines; providing a penalty of mine operators for violation.
HR 95 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 96 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 97 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 250 Caption: Welcoming the students of Eustace High School to the State Capitol.
HR 554 Caption: Commending the Van High School Band as they represent the State at the Cotton Carnival in Memphis, Tennessee.
56th 1st Called Session
HR 57 Caption: In memory of William Morgan Fail, Sr. of Grand Saline.
HR 157 Caption: Congratulating Mary Ann Mobley of Mississippi for winning the 1958 Miss America Pageant.
56th 3rd Called Session
HB 50 Caption: Relating to providing for Medical Assistance on behalf of recipients of public assistance.
HR 19 Caption: Congratulating Elaine Pennington on her election as the State Future Farmers of America Sweetheart.
55th Regular Session
HB 412 Caption: Relating to granting the Commissioners Court of Henderson, Angelina and Trinity Counties permission to pay out of the General Fund of said Counties bounties for the destruction of wolves and predatory animals.
HB 508 Caption: Relating to providing Workmen's Compensation Insurance for certain employees of certain institutions and agencies under the supervision of the Board for Texas State Hospitals and State Schools.
HB 523 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to provide that both males and females, who are otherwise qualified, shall constitute the militia and be subject to military duty.
HB 526 Caption: Relating to amending certain Laws so as to provide an open season for hunting, taking, and killing quail in Rains County, Texas, and to fix the days on which such hunting is permitted.
HB 551 Caption: Relating to authorizing Junior College Districts to issue refunding bonds.
HB 588 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts relating to inspection and classification of sweet potatoes, so as to make inspection and classification discretionary with the seller.
HB 844 Caption: Relating to creating a Conservation District comprising certain territory contained in Henderson County, Texas, to be known as "Athens Municipal Water Authority".
HB 908 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing for the appointment of and qualifications for notaries public in the State of Texas.
HJR 24 Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas so as to increase the maximum payments per month for Old Age Assistance from State funds to Twenty-Seven Dollars per month per recipient and to increase the total amount of State funds for Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Blind, and Aid to Dependent Children payments of Fifty Three Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars per year.
HR 198 Caption: In memory of Kenneth Donald Horton of Grand Saline.
HR 327 Caption: In memory of LeRoy Clyde Carter of Grand Saline.
HR 380 Caption: Commending the students of Eustace High School for their interest in state government.
HR 393 Caption: In memory of Gil M. McTaggart of Emory.
55th 1st Called Session
HCR 14 Caption: Requesting the State Public Welfare Department to adopt rules regarding aid to the needy, blind or aged.
HR 14 Caption: Congratulating Representative Ted W. Myatt on his birthday.
55th 2nd Called Session
HB 12 Caption: Relating to amending certain laws so as to provide an open season for hunting, taking, and killing quail in Rains County, Texas, and to fix the days on which such hunting is permitted.
HCR 1 Caption: Requesting the State Public Welfare Department to adopt certain rules regarding aid to the needy, blind or aged.