Legislation authored by Nelson Cowles

Includes legislation with Nelson Cowles as the primary author for the 57th through 59th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

59th Regular Session
HB 100 Caption: Relating to creating the "Caddo Lake Navigation District" within the counties of Harrison, Marion, Morris and Upshur.
HB 442 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the hunting of deer in Shelby, Rusk, Gregg, and Harrison Counties.
HB 1099 Caption: Relating to creating a Navigation, Conservation and Reclamation District, comprising the territory contained within Harrison and Marion Counties, to be known as the "Cypress Valley Navigation District."
HCR 31 Caption: Granting the Mount Ridge Baptist Church of Karnack, Texas, permission to sue the State of Texas.
HR 115 Caption: In memory of Russell Martin Matson of Marshall.
HR 280 Caption: Naming Michael Richard McKissack and Patrick Kelly McKissack as Mascots of the House.
HR 378 Caption: Congratulating John and Doris Allen on the occasion of their anniversary.
HR 477 Caption: Congratulating Mrs. Beatrice Lloyd on her retirement as second grade teacher at the Sam Houston School.
HR 544 Caption: Expressing appreciation for those who prepare gavels for House Committee Chairmen.
HR 600 Caption: Commending the community of Woodlawn in Harrison County for being named the top community in Texas.
58th Regular Session
HB 573 Caption: Relating to declaring noxious certain aquatic plants in that portion of Caddo Lake situated in Harrison and Marion Counties; authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to execute exclusive contracts for removal of noxious aquatic plants.
HB 728 Caption: Relating to prescribing the deer season in Harrison County; providing that deer with pronged horns and other deer as permitted by the Game and Fish Commission may be killed in Harrison County.
HB 745 Caption: Relating to authorizing the Game and Fish Commission to enter into contracts or agreements with the Federal Government for the eradication of noxious vegetation in the navigable waters of this State.
HB 852 Caption: Relating to providing that no public school librarian or similar official shall permit literature containing obscene language to be deposited in the library by which he or she is employed; providing penalties for violation of this Act.
HB 853 Caption: Relating to establishing a calendar for state textbook selection, which shall be adhered to by the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education, the Commissioner of Education, and the Texas Education Agency.
HR 48 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 49 Caption: Congratulating Penny Lee Rudd for winning Second Runner-up in the 1962 Miss America Contest.
57th Regular Session
HB 819 Caption: Relating to limiting the provisions of this Act to Harrison County; making it unlawful for any person to hunt, take, kill or possess any game bird, game animal, fur-bearing animal, fresh-water fish or other aquatic life in said county; providing penalties.
57th 3rd Called Session
HB 112 Caption: Relating to abolishing the office of county superintendent in certain counties; delegating any duties of the county superintendent in such counties to the county judge.