Legislation authored by Ray Hutchison

Includes legislation with Ray Hutchison as the primary author for the 63rd through 64th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

64th Regular Session
HB 179	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Concerning the designation of trustees to receive death benefits under employees' trusts; the payment thereof when no trustee makes claim; the exemption of such death benefits from certain obligations of the employee's estate; allowing commingling of death benefits with other assets; the validation of beneficiary designations prior to the effective date of this Act.
HB 180	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Revenue and Taxation Caption: Relating to increasing the hotel occupancy tax for cities to four percent.
HB 822	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to disclosure of contributions and gifts to certain elected officers; providing penalties.
HB 825	Last Action: Notice given - to call motion to reconsider Caption: Relating to a system of fiscal notes for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting units of local government.
HB 826	Last Action: Reported from committee with substitute Caption: Relating to a requirement of advertisement and public sale for obligations issued under the Clean Air Financing Act.
HB 827	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of certain home-rule cities to issue a temporary permit to a person with an operator's license to operate a taxicab.
HB 838	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to alcoholism and intoxication; establishing an alcoholism program; providing certain commitment procedures; removing certain criminal sanctions; providing an effective date.
HB 1133	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf.
HB 1134	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Amending Section 63, Texas Election Code, as amended (Article 6.07, Vernon's Texas Election Code), to provide that the constitutional amendments proposed by Senate Joint Resolution No. 11 as passed by the 64th Legislature in regular session are to be printed and numbered on the official ballot in the order that the propositions are numbered by that resolution, and to declare this amendment to the Election Code a temporary law.
HB 1552	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to hotel occupancy tax.
HB 1567	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Realting to the payment of current operating expenses of certain authorized counties and hospital districts; authorizing the execution of revenue anticipation agreements by which advances can be made of operating funds to the districts and providing for their repayment during the term of the agreement; authorizing the delivery of bonds to evidence obligations to repay such advances and pledging revenues and taxes as security therefor; providing methods of enforcement; providing certain limitations and terms.
HB 1574	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to pension systems for firemen, policemen, and fire alarm operators in certain cities in the State.
HB 1638	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to methods of publicizing proposed amendments revising one or more articles of the Texas Constitution.
HB 1639	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Providing for inclusion in future publications of the Texas Constitution a list indicating the sections of the constitution that are renumbered or relocated as a result of the adoption of a constitutional amendment and declaring an emergency.
HCR 131	Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Creating an joint interim committee to study matters pertaining to SJR 11.
HCR 132	Last Action: Committee appointed Caption: Providing for a joint session on Friday, May 23, to sign SJR 11.
HJR 34	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to permitting a city charter to be amended at any general city election.
HJR 78	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to proposing ten amendments to the constitution.
HJR 79	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to capital financing of state senior institutions of higher education.
HJR 80	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Revision Caption: Relating to revising the state debt provisions of the constitution; continuing the composition and terms of the Veterans Land Board.
HR 142	Caption: Amending the House rules pertaining to floor amendments to constitutional revision proposals.
63rd Regular Session
HB 71	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: To permit sales in public transportation terminals on Sunday and on both the consecutive days of Saturday and Sunday.
HB 72	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing notice posted Caption: Exempting the sale of certain real property interests of political subdivisions from bid procedures and publication requirements; requiring sale or trade at market value.
HB 425	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Human Resources Caption: Adapting and incorporating certain provisions of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act into Texas law relating to the Texas Commission on Alcoholism.
HB 696	Last Action: Commitee substitute Caption: Adapting and incorporating certain provisions of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act into Texas law relating to Texas Commission on Alcoholism.
HB 957	Last Action: Received from House Caption: Declaring an State Policy as to an alternate method of electing the governing bodies of certain municipalities and making findings with respect thereto; providing methods for the adoption of this act by optional and anticipatory referendum elections as to cities under and over 150,000 population and for mandatory and anticipatory referendum elections for cities over 600,000 population; providing procedures for the conduct of elections to adopt this Act; stating the method by which by ordinance cities adopting this Act may implement a plan of single-member district elections, or combination plans therewith; providing statutory standards and limitations as to the content of said ordinances; providing that certain matters shall continue to be controlled by the charters of cities adopting this Act; specifying the consequences of failure to pass necessary ordinances implementing this Act after its adoption by the voters; specifying the qualifications of candidates desiring to be elected from single-member districts; providing for elections for at large places; providing for compliance by any referendum election; providing for subsequent elections hereunder including provisions for repealing the action of a prior election; providing for severability and declaring an emergency.
HB 990	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing the commissioners courts of certain counties with a population in excess of 900,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal census to provide for the increase in tax for the payment of bonds issued pursuant to such act from one cent per $100 of taxable property to two and one-half cents per $100 of taxable property; providing for severability and declaring an emergency.
HB 1060	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Declaring a state policy as to an alternate method of electing governing bodies of certain municipalities and making findings with respect thereto; providing methods for the adoption of this Act by optional and anticipatory referendum elections as to cities under 150,000 population and for optional and anticipatory referendum elections for cities over 150,000 population; providing procedures for the conduct of elections to adopt this Act; stating the method by which by ordinance cities adopting this Act may implement a plan of single-member district elections, or combination plans therewith; providing statutory standards and limitations as to the content of said ordinances; providing that certain matters shall continue to be controlled by the charters of cities adopting this Act; specifying the consequences of failure to pass necessary ordinances implementing this Act after its adoption by the voters; specifying the qualifications of candidates desiring to be elected from single-member districts; providing for elections for at large places; providing for compliance by any referendum election; providing for subsequent elections hereunder including provision or repealing the actions of a prior elections; providing for severability.
HB 1183	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing counties and cities to issue revenue certificates of obligation.
HB 1279	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: To amend the Texas Revised Civil Statutes.
HB 1565	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to bribery involving certain officers and candidates; providing penalties; amending Title 5, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, as amended, by adding Article 158a; and declaring an emergency.