Legislation authored by Frank Calhoun

Includes legislation with Frank Calhoun as the primary author for the 60th through 63rd Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

63rd Regular Session
HB 67 Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee
Caption: Relating to delinquent children, children in need of supervision, and children with mental illness, retardation, disease, or defect.
HB 507 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Relating to establishing permanent motor fuel tax permits with exceptions and establishing continuous bonds; providing for saving, severability and repealer clauses.
HB 508 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Relating to providing permit lists to suppliers of liquefied gas; authorizing the automatic renewal of permits under certain conditions; establishing continuous bonds; providing saving, severability, and repealer clauses.
HB 509 Last Action: Committee hearing date
Caption: Relating to the issuance of permit lists to suppliers of diesel fuel; authorizing automatic renewal of permits under certain conditions; providing certain exemptions for certain suppliers or users; establishing continuous bonds; providing saving, severability, and repealer clauses.
HB 652 Last Action: Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to adding the wild Felis concolor (native cougar or mountain lion) to the list of game animals.
HB 1053 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Providing that a defendant must give notice prior to trial in a criminal case if he intends to raise a defense of alibi or insanity.
HB 1145 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the salary of certain assistant county school superintendents.
HB 1306 Last Action: Considered in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the number of signatures necessary to require submission of charter amendments.
HB 1660 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to conveyance to abutting landowners by the State of Texas of title to certain land owned by the permanent school fund and located along Elm Creek within the City of Abilene in exchange for cash in the amount of the fair market value; and declaring an emergency.
HCR 143 Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Robert M. Wagstaff.
HJR 35 Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules
Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to dispense with the required order of business.
62nd Regular Session
HB 54 Caption: Relating to the conservation of oil and gas and the protection of coorelative rights.
HB 397 Caption: Relating to laws of the United States concerning hours of work for female employees.
HB 464 Caption: Relating to defining bicycle, implement of husbandry, light truck, motor-driven cycle, passenger car, special mobile equipment, trackless trolley coach and muffler.
HB 629 Caption: Relating to conforming certain definitions and administrative provisions of the Certificate of Title Act to the Business and Commerce Code.
HB 752 Caption: Relating to amending the Motor Fuel Tax Law, as amended, by eliminating the practice of adjusting volumes of motor fuel sold to bulk users to a volume at sixty degrees (60°) Fahrenheit to cover losses.
HB 874 Caption: Relating to abolishing contributory negligence as an absolute defense in negligence cases.
HB 875 Caption: Relating to increasing the penalty for possession of LSD.
HB 1057 Caption: Relating to removing the authority of a court granting a divorce to waive the six-month prohibition against remarriage.
HB 1058 Caption: Relating to abolishing the six months prohibition against remarriage.
HB 1059 Caption: Relating to the issuance of occupational drivers' licenses.
HB 1060 Caption: Relating to permitting a court to instruct a jury that it may not consider any possible future action by the Board of Pardons and Paroles in assessing punishment.
HB 1061 Caption: Relating to research and experimentation for the purpose of determining the effects of narcotic and dangerous drug use; providing immunity from prosecution in certain cases.
HB 1062 Caption: Relating to the salary of assistant county school superintendents and the office and travel expenses of supervisors assigned positions under county superintendents.
HB 1195 Caption: Relating to the salaries of the official shorthand reporters for the 42nd and 104th Judicial Districts of Texas.
HB 1196 Caption: Relating to transferring Jones County from the 104th Judicial District to the 39th Judicial District and fixing terms of court.
HB 1197 Caption: Relating to the creation of the position of state apiarist in the Department of Agriculture and transferring the powers and duties of the state entomologist that pertain to honey bees to the Department of Agriculture.
HB 1224 Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of the State Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers to regulate and license ophthalmic dispensers; providing penalties; providing effective dates.
HB 1791 Caption: Relating to providing for the re-creation of the Stamford Hospital District in Jones and Haskell Counties so as to include additional territory within the boundaries of the district which is located in Jones County.
HB 1800 Caption: Relating to the auditing of the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund in certain cities.
HB 1861 Caption: Relating to levy, assessment, and collection of taxes in certain common school districts.
HCR 118 Caption: Congratulating the Ex-Students Association of Texas Tech University.
HCR 154 Caption: Recommending continuation of the work of the Committee on Faculty Compensation in the area of college and university faculty fringe benefits.
HCR 184 Caption: Creating an Interim Committee on the Penal Code of Texas.
HR 115 Caption: In memory of Oscar Rose.
HR 370 Caption: Congratulating Charles Coody.
62nd 2nd Called Session
HR 13 Caption: Providing for committees to notify the Governor and the Senate that the House of Representatives is organized and ready to transact business.
62nd 4th Called Session
HCR 32 Caption: Granting permission to Harding Oil Company or James L. Lamb and Delta Drilling Company to sue the state or to join the state as a party to the suit.
61st Regular Session
HB 234 Caption: Relating to the Court of Domestic Relations for Taylor County, Texas.
HB 279 Caption: Relating to amending the State Bar Act relating to disbarment proceedings against any attorney.
HB 398 Caption: Relating to the pay of jurors in the justice court.
HB 399 Caption: Relating to jury fees for trials in small claims courts.
HB 426 Caption: Relating to registration fees for certain farm trailers and semitrailers.
HB 447 Caption: Relating to assessment and collection of taxes in certain common school districts.
HB 508 Caption: Relating to suspension of a person's driver's license for certain violations.
HB 541 Caption: Relating to providing compensation from county funds for court-appointed counsel in habeas corpus hearings.
HB 1319 Caption: Relating to the salary of assistant county school superintendents in certain counties.
HCR 23 Caption: Commending the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band for representing Texas at the Inauguration Ceremony in Washington.
HCR 91 Caption: Congratulating the Ex-Students Association of Texas Technological College on observing their 15th annual "Tech Day".
HR 8 Caption: Providing for Committees to notify the Governor and the Senate of the Organization of the House.
HR 20 Caption: In memory of Robert E. Nail of Albany.
HR 31 Caption: In memory of Clifford Mott Caldwell of Abilene, Texas.
HR 36 Caption: In memory of Conda Wylie of Ballinger, Texas.
HR 37 Caption: In memory of Mrs. Dallas Scarborough, the former Louise Jewel Davis, of Abilene, Texas.
HR 42 Caption: In memory of Ouida Davis Wright of Abilene, Texas.
HR 43 Caption: In memory of Gideon William (G. W.) Waldrop of Abilene Texas.
HR 50 Caption: In memory of Walter Scott Pope of Abilene, Texas.
HR 378 Caption: Welcoming the Eighth Grade English Class from Pearce Junior High School in Austin, Texas to the Capitol.
61st 1st Called Session
HR 12 Caption: In memory of Jesse P. Sewell of Abilene, Texas.
HR 13 Caption: In memory of the wife of Morgan Jones, Sr., of Abilene, Texas.
HR 14 Caption: In memory of James B. Dunigan of Abilene, Texas.
HR 47 Caption: Congratulating Representative Hilary B. Doran, Jr., on his birthday.
61st 2nd Called Session
HR 35 Caption: In memory of William Gray Swenson of Abilene, Texas.
60th Regular Session
HB 487 Caption: Relating to payroll deductions for charitable contributions of county employees.
HB 817 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the regulatory authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission in certain counties, so as to add Haskell County to the list of counties regulated.
HB 818 Caption: Relating to the pay of jurors in the justice court.
HB 845 Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of the Haskell County Hospital District, such district to embrace all of Haskell County, except that portion of said County now embraced within the Stamford Hospital District.
HB 1341 Caption: Relating to the compensation of members of the County School Trustees of counties having a population of not less than 95,000 and not more than 115,000.
HCR 50 Caption: Granting Edward Borgomainerio permission to sue the State of Texas.
HCR 82 Caption: Commending Mrs. Percy Jones and her family for their tradition of civic responsibility, and expressing appreciation for the gift of a public park in Abilene.
HR 214 Caption: Commending the Fifth Grade class of Reynolds Ward School in Stanford for their interest in State Government.
HR 293 Caption: Commending the students of Paint Creek High School for their interest in State Government.
HR 395 Caption: In memory of Eva May Hanks of Abilene.