Legislation authored by Joe Ratcliff
Includes legislation with Joe Ratcliff as the primary author for the 57th through 61st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 61st Regular Session | |
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| HB 168 | Caption: Relating to providing for mandatory inspection of the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, equines, poultry, domestic rabbits, and domesticated game birds, and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products of such animals, solely for distribution in this state; for the regulation of related industries; for cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture; and for penalties for violations, detention, seizure, and other enforcement authorities. |
| HB 169 | Caption: Relating to creating the Texas Private Employment Agency Regulatory Board. |
| HB 262 | Caption: Relating to providing that the willful making and furnishing of an affidavit containing a false statement in connection with the improvement of real property shall constitute the criminal offense of perjury; providing for severability. |
| HB 639 | Caption: Relating to the creation of The Legislative Ethics and Compensation Commission and its powers, duties, and procedures. |
| HB 1200 | Caption: Relating to the "Texas Proprietary School Act": defining proprietary school, owner, school employee, solicitor, administrator, and notice to the school, etc.; injunctions; prohibited acts; penalty; effective date. |
| HB 1201 | Caption: Relating to making a supplemental appropriation to the Dallas County Junior College District for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1969. |
| HB 1202 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code to provide that a domestic life insurance company may invest any of its funds and accumulations in first mortgage bonds or first lien notes of any solvent corporation which has not been in existence for five (5) consecutive years but whose bonds or notes are secured by leases or other contracts which provide for casualty insurance of such property executed by a corporation which has not defaulted in the payment of any debt within five (5) years next preceding such investment, etc. |
| HCR 79 | Caption: Congratulating Eugene McDermott of Dallas, Texas on receiving the Zonta Service Award. |
| HCR 127 | Caption: Commending Jimmy Duncan of Houston, Texas on his success in the music industry. |
| HJR 61 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the creation of a commission to set rules concerning conflicts of interest of and practice before state agencies by legislators, and to set rates of compensation for legislators, the Speaker of the House, and the Lieutenant Governor. |
| HR 110 | Caption: Naming James Scott Presnal, of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, as Mascot of the House. |
| HR 113 | Caption: Honoring Representative Bob L. Thomas, of Waco, Texas, on his birthday. |
| HR 231 | Caption: Commending the Texas League of Women Voters. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| HR 68 | Caption: Congratulating Representative James Moyer Allred on his election as Speaker of the House. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| HB 906 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Insurance Code by requiring the State Board of Insurance to provide fire loss lists to cities before setting fire insurance rates. |
| HB 1201 | Caption: Relating to amending The Securities Act. |
| HB 1202 | Caption: Relating to amending The Securities Act to make it a felony to engage in fraud or fraudulent practice in connection with transactions in any security. |
| HB 1203 | Caption: Relating to amending The Securities Act to clarify the secondary trading exemption for registered securities dealers, to provide for the approval, and withdrawing approval, of stock exchanges by the Commissioner. |
| HB 1204 | Caption: Relating to amending The Securities Act relating to subpoenas or other process in investigations by the Commissioner. |
| HCR 94 | Caption: Inviting Eugene M. Locke to address a Joint Session of the Legislature. |
| HCR 135 | Caption: Commending Tommy "Snuff" Garrett on his work in the music industry. |
| HCR 162 | Caption: Commending Mr. C. R. Smith and other top officials of American Airlines for their work in promoting the State of Texas. |
| HR 415 | Caption: Directing the creation of an interim Entertainment Industry Committee. |
| HR 425 | Caption: Directing the creation of an interim committee to study the feasibility of a classification or ranking system for public school teachers. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| HCR 25 | Caption: In memory of Warren Sayers Hatfield of Dallas. |
| HR 128 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Ralph "Skip" Scoggins on his retirement from the Legislature. |
| 57th Regular Session | |
| HB 101 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act providing for election of School Trustees by majority vote and providing for second election in the event no candidate receives majority vote in the first election. |
| HB 217 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code permitting contributions by employers to premiums for contracts insuring their employees under group policies. |
| HB 218 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code permitting any independent school district situated in a county having a population of over 150,000 to pay premiums for group life insurance from its funds for its employees. |
| HB 643 | Caption: Relating to providing for the standardization of time throughout the State of Texas using the method of computation known as daylight savings time. |
| HB 645 | Caption: Relating to the change in name of the North Texas State Teachers College to North Texas State College. |
| HB 959 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the commissioners courts of certain counties to purchase land outside the county to be used for facilities in connection with supplying commodities for the use and benefit of persons whose welfare is the responsibility of the county or its political subdivisions. |
| HB 998 | Caption: Relating to the licensing of certain Business Brokers and Dealers and Consultants; providing for penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act. |
| HB 1001 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Act prohibiting the registration of motor vehicles by persons who are not licensed as drivers; establishing certain offenses and providing punishments therefor. |
| HCR 37 | Caption: Directing the State Board of Insurance to make a study regarding revisions to the current merit rating plan. |
| HCR 95 | Caption: Welcoming the cadets of the U. S. Air Force Academy to the State of Texas. |
| HCR 98 | Caption: Directing the Texas Commission on Higher Education to make a study on the overall needs of the State in the field of higher education. |
| HCR 116 | Caption: Congratulating Judge Tom McCullough of Dallas on his 92nd Birthday. |
| HCR 142 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature so either house may consider H. B. No. 998. |
| HJR 19 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas providing that school taxes theretofore voted in any independent school district, the major portion of which is within Dallas County, shall not be abrogated, cancelled or invalidated by a change in boundaries nor shall bonds voted, but unissued, at the time of such change, be invalidated by such change; authorizing the levy of taxes after such change without further election in the district as changed; providing an exception in the case of the annexation or consolidation of whole districts. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 138 | Caption: Congratulating State Representative Ben Atwell on his 46th birthday. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 4 | Caption: Relating to making certain appropriations out of the General Revenue Fund to the State Highway Department for advertising tourist attractions in Texas and to the Texas Youth Council for additional parole supervisors and officers and operating expenses; out of the unexpended balances in the Special Mineral Lease Fund to the Department of Corrections for emergency purposes; out of the State Building Fund to the State Building Commission for renovation and repair of the San Jacinto Monument. |
| HB 9 | Caption: Relating to appropriating Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) out of the General Revenue Fund to the State Highway Department for advertising tourist attractions in Texas. |
| HCR 10 | Caption: Directing the Creation of a Committee to determine the extent of Texas' participation in the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. |