Legislation authored by D. Roy Harrington
Includes legislation with D. Roy Harrington as the primary author for the 55th through 64th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.
| 64th Regular Session | |
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| SB 29 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission to authorize recreational hunting at Sea Rim State Park. |
| SB 74 |
Last Action: 90 day bill Caption: Making a supplemental appropriation to the Texas Department of Labor and Standards; providing for transfer of funds from the Texas Mobile Home Standards Fund by the comptroller and authorizing certain appropriations. |
| SB 177 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: To supplement the appropriation to Lamar University for utilities for the year ending August 31, 1975, by the amount of $215,000 to pay additional cost of purchased utilities to the educational and general facilities of the university. |
| SB 178 |
Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation and inspection of boilers. |
| SB 179 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the taking of alligators. |
| SB 211 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the adoption of the Interstate Mining Compact and the creation of the Interstate Mining Commission and the Texas Mining Council; providing for the cooperation among the party states in regard to mining and conservation practices; providing for the membership, organization, powers, duties, and procedures for operation of the commission and the council; providing for payment of expenses of members; providing for advisory committees; providing for financing; stating the relationship of the Act to laws of the party states; authorizing participation in retirement programs and benefits; providing a severability clause and time at which the compact becomes effective; authorizing withdrawal by a party state. |
| SB 332 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the term of branch pilots' licenses. |
| SB 526 |
Last Action: Motion to suspend rules lost Caption: Relating to firemen's and policemen's civil service in certain cities. |
| SB 527 |
Last Action: Resolution adopted recalling from Governor Caption: Relating to "deferred service retirement" as defined in this Act; relating to withdrawal from service with certain creditable service prior to attainment of age 60, with subsequent retirement. |
| SB 615 |
Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably Caption: Relating to notification of purchasers of real property located downstream from a dam or proposed site for a dam. |
| SB 660 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to regulation of boxing and wrestling by the Texas Department of Labor and Standards. |
| SB 733 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the payment of certain wages. |
| SB 916 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Health and Welfare Caption: Relating to providing protective services for elderly persons; authorizing reports as to need of services, investigations by an investigative agency as defined in the Act, and court action under certain circumstances; granting immunity to persons making good faith reports; providing for venue and certain rules of evidence in court actions. |
| SB 988 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the authority of the Trinity Bay Conservation District to regulate plumbing, sewers, and other drains within the district and to adopt, publish, and enforce rules and regulations within the district; providing for liens for work done or improvements made on certain property by the district under certain circumstances. |
| SB 992 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources Caption: Changing the name of Sabine-Neches Conservation District (Neches River Conservation District) to Angelina-Neches River Authority; and substituting the name "Angelina River" for "Sabine River" in this section. |
| SB 995 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the adoption of the Interstate Library Compact; providing for regional library cooperation between member states and state agencies of member states; providing for the establishment by agreement between public and private agencies of states of library districts and the duties, authority, and functions of the district through a governing board. |
| SB 1118 |
Last Action: Reported from committee favorably Caption: Prohibiting the purchase of more than one special hunting license; providing for deer tags. |
| SCR 11 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Providing for a committee of five to appoint and designate some outstanding and recognized poet who is a citizen of Texas, who shall be Poet Laureate of the State of Texas, who shall be Poet Laureate of the State of Texas for the year beginning May 1, 1975, and ending April 30, 1976, and a poet laureate with like qualifications to be designated for the year beginning May 1, 1976, and ending April 30, 1977; providing for an alternate poet laureate in each of these years; providing that said committee shall consist of two members of the senate to be named by the lieutenant governor, two members of the house to be named by the speaker, and the said committee shall meet with the governor who is hereby designated as the fifth member of the committee; authorizing to designate the fifth member of the committee if the governor does not serve. |
| SCR 59 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Acknowledging its debt of gratitude to Angus L. McDonald for his service and extend to him and his family in his retirement its best wishes, and providing for copies of this resolution to be sent to Mr. Angus L. McDonald by the secretary of the senate, under the seal of the senate, and providing for a page in the journal to be set aside for this resolution. |
| SCR 92 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Requesting that the governor return Senate Bill Number 527 to the senate for correction; declaring null and void the action of the president of the senate and the speaker of the house in signing Senate Bill 527 and authorizing the two presiding officers to remove their signatures from the enrolled bill. |
| SJR 4 |
Last Action: Consideration postponed Caption: Amending Constitution to provide for an exemption of not less than $3,000 of assessed value of certain homesteads of persons 65 years old or over. |
| SJR 5 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Texas Constitution Caption: Amending Constitution to provide that petroleum products manufacturing taxes are not subject to dedication for certain highway purposes. |
| SR 135 | Caption: Extending welcome to Jack K. Paquette, Pete L. Chism and Lee C. Nelson. |
| SR 370 | Caption: Extending welcome to Gary Steven Willis. |
| SR 381 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Neal Miller and Mrs. Virginia Lee Cameron. |
| SR 384 | Caption: Extending welcome to and designating Robert E. Cousins as honorary page. |
| SR 437 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Television Station KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. |
| SR 449 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Everett. |
| SR 516 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Great Western Group. |
| SR 587 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Clifton Joseph Ozen. |
| SR 615 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Guy H. Dalrymple. |
| 63rd Regular Session | |
| SB 7 |
Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Relating to increasing the penalty for certain capital offenses. |
| SB 220 |
Last Action: Sent to subcommittee Caption: Requiring that sentences be consecutive when the same defendant is convicted in two or more cases and punished by a term of imprisonment either in the penitentiary or in jail. |
| SB 504 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to requirements for the promotion of certain firemen who are covered by civil service. |
| SB 834 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to collective bargaining rights of certain public employees and to the creation of a state labor relations board, its duties and powers; repealing all laws in conflict; providing for severability; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 839 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Authorizing the board of regents of Lamar University to convey a certain tract of land to the city of Port Arthur, Texas, in exchange for a certain tract of land owned by the city of Port Arthur; and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 856 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the compensation paid from county funds to the district judges of the 58th, 60th, 136th, and 172nd Judicial Districts and Criminal District Court of Jefferson County for services rendered to the county; amending Section 1, Chapter 212, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 6819a-39, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 859 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to competitive bidding on and giving of bond for faithful performance of certain contracts made by cities and counties; amending Section 2, Chapter 163, General Laws, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1931, as amended (Article 2368a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 860 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to cancellation and nonrenewal of family automobile liability insurance policies except for stated reasons; prohibiting refusal to renew because of age of insureds; providing for endorsements incorporating provisions of this Act; amending the Insurance Code, by adding Article 5.01-1; and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 876 |
Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Creating and establishing, without consent of political subdivisions, a conservation and reclamation district under Article XVI, Section 59, as amended, of the Texas Constitution, to be known as "Bevil Oaks Municipal Utility District," and declaring the district a governmental agency and body politic and corporate; finding the boundaries form a closure, and related matters; finding that confirmation election is not required; finding that no exclusion hearing is required; defining the boundaries; conferring on district the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions of the general laws of the Texas applicable to municipal utility districts created under Chapter 54, Water Code, where not in conflict with the Act, and adopting same by reference; naming the first directors and providing for filling of vacancies; providing and declaring that the requirements of Article XVI, Section 59(d), as amended, of the Texas Constitution, have been performed and accomplished; enacting other provisions relating to the above mentioned subjects; providing a severability clause; and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 892 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as amended Caption: Relating to the creation, maintenance, operation, administration, powers and duties, and financing of the Sabine Pass Port Authority; and declaring an emergency. |
| SB 906 |
Last Action: 90 Day Bill Caption: Relating to the power of the district court to charge certain costs against the defendent in certain proceedings. |
| SB 929 |
Last Action: Reported favorably as amended Caption: Relating to the optional retirement program for faculty members at institutions of higher education; defining the program and providing for termination of participation in the program. |
| SB 974 |
Last Action: Received from the Senate Caption: Relating to certain bids for certain materials supplied to a county. |
| SCR 3 |
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Creating a five (5) member Poet Laureate Committee. |
| SCR 6 |
Last Action: Signed by Governor Caption: Creating a Poet Laureate of the State of Texas. |
| SCR 19 |
Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Extending time for State of Texas to prepare response to the draft report study by the National Water Commission. |
| SCR 52 |
Last Action: Sent to Governor Caption: The Congress of the United States be memorialized to withhold all funds for restoration in Southeast Asia, et al. |
| SJR 37 |
Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to revise provisions on age and residence requirements for voting in conformity with mandates of the Constitution of the United States; to eliminate the requirement for annual registration; and to add a requirement for renewal of registration at intervals not exceeding four years. |
| SR 193 | Caption: Extending welcome to James T. Ackerman. |
| SR 254 | Caption: Extending welcome to Jimmy Lee, et al. |
| SR 297 | Caption: Memorial resolution for Curtis G. Hamill. |
| SR 407 | Caption: Congratulating Julian P. Greer. |
| SR 483 | Caption: Extending welcome to Herman A. DeNunzio. |
| SR 506 | Caption: Commending city of Port Arthur on 75th Anniversary. |
| SR 525 | Caption: Commending Texas Senior Citizens Association for efforts in all fields of government and society. |
| SR 577 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Sam T. Ross on his efforts in behalf of Golden Triangle Area. |
| SR 814 | Caption: Extending congratulations to George D. Taylor. |
| SR 858 | Caption: Extending welcome to Bryan Beck, Otha Plummer and Zeke Zbranek. |
| SR 887 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gayle of Port Arthur. |
| 62nd Regular Session | |
| SB 39 | Caption: Relating to permitting the use of certain seines to catch limited amounts of shrimp for personal use in certain outside waters of this State; providing for a penalty for exceeding this privilege. |
| SB 53 | Caption: Relating to declaring and prescribing rights, duties and obligations of public employers and some public employees and their representatives in matters of collective bargaining. |
| SB 88 | Caption: Relating to repealing certain laws authorizing counties to pay bounties for the destruction of animals. |
| SB 136 | Caption: Relating to amending Statutes relating to retirement system for Texas counties and districts, to provide qualifications for membership, prior service, etc. |
| SB 259 | Caption: Relating to the leasing of certain areas to the National Audubon Society for the purpose of propagating, protecting, and conserving birds and bird life. |
| SB 303 | Caption: Relating to declaring and prescribing the rights, duties, and obligations of public employers and some public employees and their representatives in matters of collective bargaining. |
| SB 339 | Caption: Relating to the fees to be paid to the Board of Barber Examiners for renewal and issuance of certificates of registration and examinations. |
| SB 352 | Caption: Relating to requiring liability insurance on all motor vehicles registered in this state. |
| SB 367 | Caption: Relating to renaming Lamar State College of Technology as Lamar University and providing for the adoption of a seal. |
| SB 421 | Caption: Relating to vesting of benefits under the optional retirement program. |
| SB 564 | Caption: |
| SB 565 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the use of spotlight, etc., on public or private property on game animals or birds with firearm or device for wounding or killing same in possession between sunset and sunrise; including penalty. |
| SB 566 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Parks and Wildlife Commission to set a fee for species of fish supplied to or placed in private lakes. |
| SB 567 | Caption: Relating to providing for increased penalties for second and third violations of "game laws" during any 5-year period; providing penalties. |
| SB 592 | Caption: Relating to automobiles for each commissioner in certain counties. |
| SB 593 | Caption: Relating to the compensation of county attorneys in certain counties. |
| SB 594 | Caption: Relating to repealing statutes and creating a Court of Domestic Relations in and for Orange County. |
| SB 595 | Caption: Relating to amending statutes relating to payments of certain fees by parties in family law matters in Orange County, duties of Orange County Juvenile Board and juvenile probation officer. |
| SB 624 | Caption: Relating to the inspection of steam boilers. |
| SB 625 | Caption: Relating to the Orange County Juvenile Board and the Juvenile Probation Department. |
| SB 671 | Caption: Relating to the selection of persons for jury selection in certain counties. |
| SB 672 | Caption: Relating to the authority of the district clerk to withhold certain names drawn from the jury wheel in certain counties. |
| SB 729 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of Jefferson County, Texas, to fix the salary of the commissioners of Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7. |
| SB 892 | Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of Civic Center Authorities without taxing power. |
| SB 893 | Caption: Relating to authorizing cities, towns, and villages to contract with civic center Authorities. |
| SB 900 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of Jefferson County to fix compensation for commissioners of the Jefferson County Drainage District No. 3 and to levy for the Jefferson County Drainage No. 3 a maintenance tax not exceeding 80 cents on each $100 of the total assessed valuation of such district after approval of such tax in an election. |
| SB 930 | Caption: Relating to uniform reciprocal enforcement of support. |
| SB 1042 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Banking Code relative to "Branch Banking Prohibited" in certain counties. |
| SCR 11 | Caption: Providing for the appointment of a five member committee to designate a Poet Laureate of the State of Texas. |
| SCR 47 | Caption: Granting Ellis D. Wheeler permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 48 | Caption: Granting permission to Rufus J. Ingo to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 49 | Caption: Granting Pearl Staggs permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 125 | Caption: Suspending Joint Rules in order that S.B. No. 1042 might be considered at any time. |
| SJR 7 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Texas Constituion to provide that the various political subdivisions of the State may exempt not less than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older from ad valorem taxes under certain conditions. |
| SJR 9 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to eliminate the prohibition against receiving State pension retirement funds or direct aid from the State of Texas from more than one retirement fund. |
| SR 180 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Kutcher, Mrs. R. W. Batty and daughter Carol of Port Arthur. |
| SR 288 | Caption: Extending commendation to City of Port Arthur, finalist in 'All-American City' competition. |
| SR 308 | Caption: Extending welcome and privileges of the floor for today to Leonard Steel. |
| SR 407 | Caption: Extending welcome and privileges of the floor to Frank Arnaud, et al. |
| SR 490 | Caption: Extending congratulations to 1970 Longhorn Football Team. |
| SR 595 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Steve Worster. |
| SR 619 | Caption: In memory of James C. Webb. |
| SR 739 | Caption: Extending welcome to Exchange Students from Lima, Peru. |
| SR 822 | Caption: Designating March 30, 1971 as Jefferson County Day. |
| SR 953 | Caption: In memory of Coy Hubbard. |
| SR 954 | Caption: Extending congratulations to James "Bubba" Busceme. |
| SR 1015 | Caption: Extending commendation to John F. Ayres for the significant contributions he has made in his career of journalism. |
| SR 1181 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mrs. Roy Perkins and Mrs. Elisabeth Crews. |
| SR 1236 | Caption: Extending congratulations to City of Beaumont for its contribution to the field of professional athletics. |
| SR 1238 | Caption: Extending congratulations to members and coaches of Port Arthur Lincoln High School Track Team. |
| SR 1239 | Caption: Extending commendation to Everett Brashear, Sr., for his dedication to the preservation of fields, streams and marshes of Texas. |
| SR 1268 | Caption: Providing for the creation of an interim committee to study rising medical costs. |
| SR 1289 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mrs. Ray Duke, et al. |
| SR 1295 | Caption: Providing for the interim committee to study rising medical costs. |
| SR 1386 | Caption: Extending commendation to Vernon T. Sanford for his distinguished service to the State of Texas and the profession of journalism. |
| SR 1437 | Caption: Extending commendation to Commissioner John C. White for his significant efforts and contributions in the field of agriculture. |
| SR 1451 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. O. D. LaBove, et al. |
| 62nd 2nd Called Session | |
| SCR 14 | Caption: In memory of The Honorable Will Smith. |
| SR 9 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Hans Matthofer of Kronber, Germany. |
| 62nd 3rd Called Session | |
| SR 5 | Caption: Extending congratulations to Miss Liz Wickersham on her selection as Miss Orange of 1971. |
| SR 294 | Caption: Extending welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Brabham. |
| 61st Regular Session | |
| SB 134 | Caption: Relating to reciprocal hunting and fishing privileges between Texas residents and residents of other states. |
| SB 169 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Penal Code concerning regulating the practice of barbering in this state. |
| SB 170 | Caption: Relating to protecting alligators in this state; providing a penalty for violation. |
| SB 171 | Caption: Relating to prohibiting the issuance of permits to take marl, gravel, shells or mudshell from and around exposed shell reefs. |
| SB 177 | Caption: Relating to the amounts to be paid and eligibility to receive certain benefits under the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund for fully paid fire departments in cities and towns having a population of less than 185,000. |
| SB 178 | Caption: Relating to provide for the sale and issuance of a patent to the County of Jefferson, for park purposes, and for general public use, on certain lands in Jefferson County, with a reservation of all minerals, along with the leasing rights to the State. |
| SB 179 | Caption: Relating to providing for the sale by the state to the City of Port Arthur Texas, a tract of land in Jefferson County, Texas. |
| SB 180 | Caption: Relating to the sale and patenting of certain lands to the City of Port Arthur, Texas. |
| SB 226 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the commissioners court in certain counties to furnish each county commissioner an automobile for use in official business. |
| SB 227 | Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Orange County Juvenile Board and the Juvenile Probation Department; providing for the powers and duties of the board and the department. |
| SB 253 | Caption: Relating to requiring liability insurance on all motor vehicles registered in this state; providing for administration and enforcement. |
| SB 254 | Caption: Relating to adopting the Driver License Compact, and providing for implementation of uniform provisions relating to issuance, suspension, and revocation of drivers' licenses. |
| SB 255 | Caption: Relating to providing for uniform fees to be received by clerks of the district courts in certain counties. |
| SB 256 | Caption: Relating to declare and prescribe rights, duties and obligations of public employers and some public employees and their representatives in matters of collective bargaining; to create a state labor relations board and provide for its jurisdiction, power, authority, and functions. |
| SB 270 | Caption: Relating to providing that in all counties having a population of not more than 100,000 inhabitants, according to the last preceding federal census, every owner of any tract of land situated outside the corporate limits of any city in the State of Texas is prohibited from dividing the same in two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any subdivision of any such tract of land, or an addition outside the corporate limits of any town or city, or for laying out streets, alleys or parks, or other portions intended for public use, or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, without first causing a plat to be made thereof and filed for record and be recorded in the office of county clerk of the county in which the land lies, all in compliance with certain Statutes; authorizing the commissioners court to refuse to approve maps and plats which do not meet the prescribed requirements and to enjoin any violation of the provision of this Act. |
| SB 278 | Caption: Relating to provide for matching funds in surveys of the buried mud-shell reserves in the inland coastal water ways of the state. |
| SB 279 | Caption: Relating to authorizing a faculty member participating in an Optional Retirement Program and the Governing Board of the institution of higher education with which he is employed to enter into a salary reduction agreement instead of having the participating member's salary deducted. |
| SB 280 | Caption: Relating to providing faculty development leaves to faculty members of public junior colleges. |
| SB 291 | Caption: Relating to the creation of The Spindletop Memorial Museum. |
| SB 309 | Caption: Relating to compensation of court reporters in Jefferson County. |
| SB 318 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the governing body of any participating subdivision to elect to include in the System classes of employees made eligible by this amendment; providing that the governing body of any participating subdivision may allow prior service credit to employees serving in a hospital, utility or other facility while it was operated by a predecessor county, city or other public corporation or governmental agency, etc. |
| SB 354 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Penal Code by adding thereto the power to acquire interest in real property by purchase. |
| SB 372 | Caption: Relating to providing for power to purchase and sell necessary land, buildings, supplies, and equipment and methods of purchase; providing methods of disbursing funds. |
| SB 490 | Caption: Relating to making it unlawful to deny employment on account of refusal to submit to a polygraph examination. |
| SB 528 | Caption: Relating to the extending of the Optional Retirement Program to the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System; authorizing the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System and the Central Education Agency to enter into agreements with their respective employees for the purchase of annuities. |
| SB 760 | Caption: Relating to making unlawful certain acts relating to the use of strikebreakers by any person, as that term is defined, who is not the employer directly involved in a labor dispute, and providing exemptions; making unlawful strikebreaking by certain persons; making unlawful certain acts relating to transportation of strikebreakers; defining terms; providing penalties. |
| SB 782 | Caption: Relating to providing for terms of office for branch pilots for Galveston County ports. |
| SB 786 | Caption: Relating to providing for the procedures to be followed by certain commissioners of pilots in fixing rates of pilotage and removing in the statutory ceiling on such rates in the ports of Orange and Jefferson Counties. |
| SB 787 | Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law of Jefferson County in certain civil matters and cases. |
| SB 789 | Caption: Relating to the salary of the judge of the County Court at Law of Orange County. |
| SB 801 | Caption: Relating to the pay of jurors. |
| SB 807 | Caption: Relating to uniform reciprocal enforcement of support. |
| SCR 32 | Caption: Authorizing the appointment of a Faculty Compensation Committee. |
| SCR 38 | Caption: Directing the Interagency Natural Resources Council to make a comprehensive study of certain State land. |
| SCR 43 | Caption: Granting Pearl Staggs, et vir, permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 44 | Caption: Granting Rufus H. Ingo permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 45 | Caption: Granting Ellis D. Wheeler permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 102 | Caption: Requesting the Parks and Wildlife Department to study the feasibility of setting aside sufficient acreage of park lands for fox hunting. |
| SJR 1 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to provide for an exemption of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivisions or instrumentality of the State. |
| SJR 14 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas creating the Special Game and Fish Fund and limiting the purposes for which it may be used. |
| SJR 30 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to give Jefferson County the power to issue bonds for the construction, maintenance, and operation of macadamized, graveled, or paved roads, or in aid thereof, upon a vote of a majority of the resident property taxpayers voting thereon who are qualified electors of said county, and to provide that bonds heretofore or hereafter issued shall not be included in determining the debt limit, and fixing the date for the election on the adoption of said amendment. |
| SR 11 | Caption: Welcoming Max Greiner, et al, to the State Capitol. |
| SR 18 | Caption: Welcoming Jim Flanagan and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 67 | Caption: Welcoming Faruk Barut, et al, to the State Capitol. |
| SR 71 | Caption: Welcoming James N. Johnson to the State Capitol. |
| SR 99 | Caption: Welcoming Will E. Wilson, et al, to the State Capitol. |
| SR 104 | Caption: Recognizing John E. Gray for his distinguished and outstanding service and contributions to his community, his State, and his country. |
| SR 165 | Caption: Authorizing the Lieutenant Governor to appoint an Oil and Pipeline Committee composed of five members of the Senate. |
| SR 314 | Caption: In memory of Richard W. Setzer. |
| SR 449 | Caption: Welcoming Associate Justice Quentin Keith of the Court of Civil Appeals to the State Capitol. |
| SR 497 | Caption: Welcoming William S. Dickson to the State Capitol. |
| SR 515 | Caption: Commending W.J. "Joyce" Townsend for her unselfish service to the State of Texas. |
| SR 525 | Caption: Welcoming John Burget and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 567 | Caption: Welcoming Louis Mayberry and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 703 | Caption: Welcoming B.B. Elster and his wife to the State Capitol and granting privileges of the floor for the day. |
| SR 706 | Caption: Welcoming Harway U. Vinson and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 858 | Caption: Welcoming the students of the Better Government Association of Jefferson County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 859 | Caption: Welcoming the Distributive Education Clubs of Beaumont to the State Capitol. |
| SR 1048 | Caption: Congratulating Susan Keating on her many accomplishments. |
| SR 1049 | Caption: Congratulating Donna Gentry, et al, on performances in the State Solo and Ensemble Contest. |
| 61st 1st Called Session | |
| SR 16 | Caption: Congratulating H. Alfred miller on the occasion of his 82nd birthday. |
| SR 21 | Caption: Welcoming the Smiths and the Hewitts to the State Capitol. |
| SR 32 | Caption: Congratulating the Jefferson Bar Association on the receipt of the American Bar Association's Annual Award of Merit. |
| SR 33 | Caption: Congratulating the Texas Trial Lawyers Association on receipt of a citation from the American Trial Lawyers Association. |
| SR 47 | Caption: Congratulating H.F. Hubbard and his wife on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary. |
| SR 92 | Caption: Congratulating Little League All Star Team of Port Neches on winning the Texas State Little League Championship. |
| SR 93 | Caption: Congratulating the Beaumont Colt All Star Baseball team on winning the southern Division Colt League Championship. |
| SR 115 | Caption: Congratulating the Assumption Church of Beaumont Softball team on winning the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation State Junior Softball Tournament. |
| 61st 2nd Called Session | |
| SR 9 | Caption: Congratulating Joan Letulle, "Handicapped Woman of the Year". |
| SR 10 | Caption: In memory of Samuel Clarence (Sam) Simon. |
| 60th Regular Session | |
| SB 23 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to increase the rate of pilotage. |
| SB 49 | Caption: Relating to establishing the Public Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide certain retirement, disability and death benefits for officers and employees of counties or other political subdivisions of the State, and of political subdivisions of counties. |
| SB 68 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes so as to allow the Commissioners Court of Jefferson County to set the salary of the judge of the County Court of Jefferson County at Law No. 2 at not more than $19,800. |
| SB 93 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to allow the Commissioners Court of Jefferson County to set the salary of the judge of the County Court of Jefferson County at Law at not more than $19,800. |
| SB 96 | Caption: Relating to amending the Sections of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act relating to benefits and contributions; providing an effective date for this Act. |
| SB 163 | Caption: Relating to permitting the use of certain seines to catch limited amounts of shrimp for personal use on the Gulf beach of Jefferson, Galveston, Chambers, and Brazoria Counties. |
| SB 202 | Caption: Relating to cigarette tax stamps and the sale of stamps to distributors by the treasurer. |
| SB 225 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts by authorizing the district to issue its bonds in the denomination of $100.00 and any multiple thereof. |
| SB 258 | Caption: Relating to providing for determination, establishment and payment of prevailing scale of wages to all workers who perform labor on public works and for maximum hours of work by all such workers; defining offenses and penalties necessary and incident thereto. |
| SB 285 | Caption: Relating to providing for the sale of certain unsold school land and the issuance of patent to the City of Port Arthur with all oil, gas, and other minerals reserved to the state, along with leasing rights. |
| SB 292 | Caption: Relating to an optional retirement program for teachers and administrative personnel employed by state-supported institutions of higher education and annuity and insurance contracts issued for these and related purposes. |
| SB 293 | Caption: Relating to faculty development leaves of absence for faculty members of State institutions of higher learning. |
| SB 294 | Caption: Relating to amending the Insurance Code of Texas so as to permit the expenditure of state funds to pay all or any portion of the premiums for certain group insurance contracts covering employees of the state. |
| SB 333 | Caption: Relating to providing for the conservation and management of reefs, oyster beds, oysters, potential oyster beds and bird-life; providing for penalties for violations. |
| SB 380 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts relating to the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas. |
| SB 537 | Caption: Relating to increasing the membership of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners to nine members. |
| SB 548 | Caption: Relating to the salary of the Criminal District Attorney of Jefferson County. |
| SB 565 | Caption: Relating to the creation, establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Orange County Airport Authority. |
| SCR 9 | Caption: Directing the continuation of the Committee on Faculty Compensation in State Colleges and Universities. |
| SCR 74 | Caption: Instructing the Enrolling clerk to make certain corrections on S. B. No. 565. |
| SCR 75 | Caption: Instructing the Governor to return S. B. No. 292 to the Senate Enrolling Clerk in order to make certain corrections. |
| SJR 1 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas to provide for an exemption of Three Thousand Dollars of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the State. |
| SR 8 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hanks to the State Capitol. |
| SR 35 | Caption: Congratulating Blake Mackan of Roy Guest Elementary School of Jefferson County. |
| SR 37 | Caption: Welcoming the family of Joe Mackan to the State Capitol. |
| SR 48 | Caption: Recognizing the Bridge City High School football team for winning the Class 9-AAA state championship. |
| SR 49 | Caption: Recognizing the Thomas Jefferson High School football team of Port Arthur for winning a championship. |
| SR 64 | Caption: Welcoming Glen Wortham, et al. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 140 | Caption: Directing the appointment of a committee to study insurance rate regulatory statutes. |
| SR 143 | Caption: Welcoming Jack Scott, et al. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 195 | Caption: Directing the appointment of a committee to study the feasibility of installing a microphone at every Member's desk. |
| SR 263 | Caption: Welcoming Johanna Liester, et al. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 296 | Caption: Welcoming Bob Montagne to the State Capitol. |
| SR 306 | Caption: Extending good wishes to Dora Parkhouse as she recovers from illness. |
| SR 347 | Caption: Recognizing the Little Cypress High School women's basketball team for winning the Class AA state championship. |
| SR 348 | Caption: Recognizing the Hardin-Jefferson High School men's basketball team for winning the Class AA state championship. |
| SR 349 | Caption: Congratulating Lorena Cotts Simon for her accomplishments as a poet and musician. |
| SR 374 | Caption: In memory of F. L. McDonald. |
| SR 407 | Caption: In memory of John R. Sadler. |
| SR 439 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to Mrs. C. T. Wickersham and Mrs. E. A. Meek. |
| SR 478 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to Roy Wingate. |
| SR 504 | Caption: Congratulating the Civics Club of St. James School of Port Arthur. |
| SR 508 | Caption: Congratulating Jack Ray of Austin, owner of "The Barn", for being named one of the top 4 restaurants in the nation. |
| SR 527 | Caption: Welcoming Mayor Glen Seale, et al. to the State Capitol. |
| SR 528 | Caption: Welcoming the St. James Civics Club to the State Capitol. |
| SR 568 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to Donna Hoffpauer. |
| SR 673 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to Jerry Hanks, et al. |
| SR 692 | Caption: Congratulating Julia Plummer. |
| 60th 1st Called Session | |
| SB 10 | Caption: Relating to amending statutes creating Jefferson County Drainage District No. 6 to provide power to purchase and sell necessary land, buildings, etc. |
| SR 19 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor to the Honorable Jep Fuller for a day. |
| SR 40 | Caption: Congratulating Ralph Edward Viator on his many accomplishments. |
| SR 42 | Caption: Congratulating Ira M. Powell on his retirement after serving 45 years in the ministry. |
| SR 55 | Caption: Welcoming the family of Mr. C. L. Keene to the Capitol. |
| SR 93 | Caption: Congratulating Miss Ava Joubert on her election as Chief Justice of the Girls; State Texas Supreme Court. |
| SR 129 | Caption: Welcoming Charles T. Wickersham to the Capitol. |
| SR 193 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor to Jess Harrington for the day. |
| SR 220 | Caption: Granting the privileges of the floor for a day to Brad Kilpatrick. |
| 59th Regular Session | |
| SB 16 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Jefferson County Drainage District Number 7 to issue its bonds in the denomination of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and any multiples thereof. |
| SB 117 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation to the Lamar State College of Technology. |
| SB 177 | Caption: Relating to making an emergency appropriation to the Lamar State College of Technology for replacing, equipping and furnishing the science building destroyed by fire. |
| SB 178 | Caption: Relating to adjustment and settlement of industrial controversies; creating a State Mediation Service within the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| SB 371 | Caption: Relating to creating an additional County Court at Law in Jefferson County to be known as the County Court of Jefferson County at Law No. 2. |
| SB 380 | Caption: Relating to amending the Workmen's Compensation Laws of the State of Texas. |
| SB 409 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the district to issue its bonds in the denomination of One Hundred Dollars and any multiple thereof. |
| SB 430 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district known as "South China Improvement District." |
| SB 465 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes by providing that "consignee" shall include (i) the master, (ii) the owner, (iii) the agent, (iv) the sub-agent, and (v) any person, firm or corporation who enters or clears said vessel at the collector of customs. |
| SB 481 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "Cardinal Meadows Improvement District". |
| SB 482 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district to be known as "North Nome Improvement District". |
| SB 499 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts authorizing the District to issue its bonds in the denomination of One Hundred Dollars and any multiple thereof. |
| SB 500 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district known as "Cardinal Meadows Improvement District." |
| SB 501 | Caption: Relating to creating and establishing a conservation and reclamation district known as "North Nome Improvement District." |
| SB 586 | Caption: Relating to amending statutes relating to Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County relative to board of commissioners and proof of notice. |
| SCR 29 | Caption: Granting Eugene A. Megas permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 39 | Caption: Granting Jannie S. Custer and Jimmy E. Custer permission to sue the State of Texas. |
| SCR 56 | Caption: Requesting an Interim Committee to study the feasibility of "Big Thicket" as a State Park. |
| SCR 71 | Caption: Requesting the Legislative Council to study methods of protecting buildings of State-supported institutions of higher education. |
| SJR 3 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide for an exemption of Three Thousand Dollars of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the State. |
| SJR 4 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas authorizing the Legislature to enact laws establishing, subject to the limitations stated, a State-wide System of Retirement, Disability and Death Compensation benefits for the officers and employees of the counties and other political subdivisions of the State, and of the political subdivisions of any county. |
| SJR 8 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas authorizing each county or other political subdivisions of the State, or the political subdivisions of any county, to provide a Retirement, Disability and Death Compensation Fund for all officers and employees. |
| SR 13 | Caption: Welcoming A. H. Montague and Richard E. Long to the State Capitol. |
| SR 17 | Caption: Welcoming Myrtle Britt to the State Capitol. |
| SR 18 | Caption: Welcoming Myrtle Williams to the State Capitol. |
| SR 38 | Caption: Welcoming Marsha Tanner to the State Capitol. |
| SR 39 | Caption: Welcoming Sam Tanner to the State Capitol. |
| SR 40 | Caption: Welcoming Lloyd Hayes to the State Capitol. |
| SR 48 | Caption: Welcoming Cary Young to the State Capitol. |
| SR 57 | Caption: Welcoming Archie Walker and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 58 | Caption: Welcoming Neal Miller, Jr., and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 63 | Caption: Welcoming John McCoy to the State Capitol. |
| SR 64 | Caption: Welcoming Charles T. Wickersham to the State Capitol. |
| SR 68 | Caption: Welcoming Mary Brian to the State Capitol. |
| SR 69 | Caption: Welcoming Martha McClellan Davis to the State Capitol. |
| SR 76 | Caption: Welcoming Loither Adams, Jr., to the State Capitol. |
| SR 100 | Caption: Recognizing the coaches and football team of Vidor High School. |
| SR 117 | Caption: Welcoming Carlton Young, Jr., to the State Capitol. |
| SR 149 | Caption: Recognizing Sally Harrison on the occasion of her 18th birthday. |
| SR 226 | Caption: Welcoming Robert H. Wood and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 227 | Caption: Welcoming Dusty Rhodes and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 234 | Caption: Welcoming Alpha Peterson to the State Capitol. |
| SR 235 | Caption: Welcoming Mary Jane Wheeler to the State Capitol. |
| SR 254 | Caption: Recognizing the Deweyville Pirates for winning second place in Class B Championship in the Texas High School Basketball Tournament. |
| SR 255 | Caption: Recognizing West Orange Chiefs for winning third place in the Class AAA State Basketball Championship Tournament. |
| SR 256 | Caption: Recognizing the players, staff, students and officials of Stephen F. Austin High School for winning second place in the Class AA State Basketball Tournament. |
| SR 275 | Caption: Welcoming J. P. Brown, M. T. Coon, Nick Warren and his wife and Dale Warren and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 301 | Caption: Welcoming F. Allen Nelson to the State Capitol. |
| SR 382 | Caption: Welcoming Karol Hathaway and Bret Hathaway to the State Capitol. |
| SR 412 | Caption: In memory of Samuel L. Evans. |
| SR 430 | Caption: Welcoming Sam C. Naifeh to the State Capitol. |
| SR 450 | Caption: In memory of Clyde E. Broussard. |
| SR 460 | Caption: Recognizing Lillian Granger for being named "Most Beautiful Student" at Orangefield High School. |
| SR 461 | Caption: Recognizing David Harrington for being named the "Most Handsome Student" at Orangefield High School. |
| SR 531 | Caption: Welcoming the officers and members of the National Petroleum Workers Union of Bolivia to the State Capitol. |
| SR 552 | Caption: Welcoming Von McReynolds and Billy E. Nulbord to the State Capitol. |
| SR 570 | Caption: In memory of Maurice Brice Wallace. |
| SR 589 | Caption: In memory of Huel H. Chandler. |
| SR 598 | Caption: Welcoming the delegates of the "Students for Better Government" program to the State Capitol. |
| SR 691 | Caption: Welcoming Everett Parker to the State Capitol. |
| SR 693 | Caption: Recognizing the Relay Team of Port Neches-Groves High School for winning a State Championship. |
| SR 700 | Caption: Welcoming Charles D. Elliott and his wife and children Donna, Nancy, Chuck and David to the State Capitol. |
| SR 794 | Caption: Welcoming J. E. Richardson and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 805 | Caption: Welcoming W. E. Williams and his wife to the State Capitol. |
| SR 817 | Caption: Welcoming Dale and Rufus Kilpatrick, Jr., to the State Capitol. |
| SR 822 | Caption: Welcoming Ben Graylino and his wife and their children Tommy, James and Peggy. |
| SR 838 | Caption: In memory of Edward Cleveland Lack. |
| 59th 1st Called Session | |
| SR 89 | Caption: Recognizing Bridge City High School for attaining finals in the State Football Championship. |
| SR 98 | Caption: Recognizing the French High School Basketball Team for winning a bi-district competition. |
| SR 99 | Caption: Recognizing the players, staff and students of West Orange High School for winning the district competition. |
| SR 100 | Caption: Recognizing David Sartin for being named to the All-State Football Team. |
| SR 101 | Caption: Recognizing Steve Worster for being named to the All-State Football Team. |
| 58th Regular Session | |
| SB 58 | Caption: Relating to requiring registration with the Texas State Department of Health, Division of Veterinary Public Health, of any person, firm or corporation who shall slaughter cattle, calf, sheep, swine, goat, poultry or domestic rabbit for human consumption; providing for penalty for non-registration. |
| SB 65 | Caption: Relating to professional sanitarians; providing for the establishment of a State Board of Registration for Professional Sanitarians; providing a penalty for violation. |
| SB 102 | Caption: Relating to adjustment and settlement of industrial controversies; creating a State Mediation Service within the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| SB 104 | Caption: Relating to amending the Revised Civil Statutes and the Penal Code of Texas to provide for a "Texas Labor Code"; creating a Department of Labor and transferring to it duties and functions of the Bureau of Labor Statistics now provided by law, and providing further and additional duties and functions of the Department of Labor including a State Mediation Service, and a Labor Management Representation Election Service. |
| SB 187 | Caption: Relating to providing all rules of the Railroad Commission entered and promulgated by said commission before January 1, 1962 determining the method of division of the daily allowable production of gas among individual wells completed in a non-associated gas reservoir of any field shall remain in force and effect until changed by statute; that all rules of said commission entered and promulgated before January 1, 1962 determining the method of division of the daily allowable of oil among individual wells in any field shall remain in force and effect until changed by statute; said provision to apply equally to any such rules involved in litigation. |
| SB 237 | Caption: Relating to amending the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, relating to the compensation to be paid the Criminal District Attorney of Jefferson County, Texas, and the appointment of assistants and other personnel. |
| SB 257 | Caption: Relating to allowing interested persons aggrieved by conservation laws relating to crude petroleum or natural gas or waste thereof or by any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Railroad Commission to file suit, with certain exceptions in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where any well or wells, land or mineral interest or a part thereof affected lies. |
| SB 261 | Caption: Relating to limiting the size of oil and gas proration units. |
| SB 267 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to provide inspection, grading and classification of certain agricultural products, and to enter into cooperative agreements in connection with such inspecting, grading or classification and to issue certificates specifying the grade or quality of such products so graded, classified or inspected. |
| SB 273 | Caption: Relating to revising the employers' liability and workmen's compensation insurance laws of this state; providing an effective date. |
| SB 390 | Caption: Relating to conferring upon the judge of the County Court of Jefferson County at Law concurrent jurisdiction with the judge of the county court in juvenile, lunacy and probate matters and to provide that he may perform for the county judge any and all ministerial acts required by the laws of this state, and while acting for the judge of the county court, exercise all powers and duties of the county judge except those connected with the transaction of business of the county as presiding officer of the Commissioners Court. |
| SB 423 | Caption: Relating to repealing statutes and re-enacting the Shrimp Conservation Act; providing an effective date; providing penalties. |
| SB 426 | Caption: Relating to establishing and providing for a state school for mentally retarded persons, to be known as the "Southeast Texas State School". |
| SB 437 | Caption: Relating to county-wide special day schools for the deaf; authorizing any two contiguous counties which have combined population exceeding 300,000 to establish a school in either county approved by the Central Education Agency. |
| SB 440 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court of Orange County to pay the District Judge of the 128th Judicial District compensation in addition to the compensation paid by the state. |
| SB 467 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act by making it lawful to transport in certain Texas coastal waters, under certain conditions, any trawl or equipment lawfully used in the waters of another state or foreign nation. |
| SB 468 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the Game and Fish Commission to regulate the taking of shrimp from the coastal waters of Orange and Jefferson Counties, and to regulate the sale, transportation, possession and other handling thereof; providing a penalty for violation of such rules and regulations. |
| SB 469 | Caption: Relating to creating within the State of Texas, in addition to the districts into which the state has heretofore been divided, a port district to be known as the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas, situated in Jefferson County, Texas. |
| SJR 11 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for an exemption of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the State. |
| SJR 26 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing all political subdivisions of Jefferson County, Texas, to provide retirement, disability and death benefits for all appointive officers and employees of all political subdivisions within Jefferson County. |
| SJR 27 | Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize all political subdivisions within Jefferson County, Texas, to provide workman's compensation for all employees of all political subdivisions within Jefferson County, Texas. |
| SR 32 | Caption: Welcoming Congressman Jack Brooks to the State Capitol. |
| SR 112 | Caption: Welcoming Jewell Parker and Rosemary Dorgan to the State Capitol. |
| SR 148 | Caption: Welcoming George Jones to the State Capitol. |
| SR 149 | Caption: Welcoming the city government of Groves to the State Capitol. |
| SR 153 | Caption: Welcoming the members of the city government of Port Neches. |
| SR 165 | Caption: Welcoming Jeanette Sanders and Pauline Ford to the State Capitol. |
| SR 180 | Caption: Welcoming Nettie Bonner Lewis, Nan Dupont, Sudalise Fredeman Crawford, James C. Dunne, and Hazim Al-Sheikh o the State Capitol. |
| SR 188 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Valdes and their children to the State Capitol. |
| SR 193 | Caption: Welcoming Mmes. Garland Reeves, H. L. Prince and M. H. Harris to the State Capitol. |
| SR 194 | Caption: Welcoming Kathryn Monk, Mrs. Vincent Scalco, Mary Louis Baker, Louise Eagleson, and Mrs. Mickey Otey to the State Capitol. |
| SR 199 | Caption: Welcoming T. A. McCoy and former Senator Jep S. Fuller to the State Capitol. |
| SR 233 | Caption: Welcoming M. K. Tomer and Charlie Holcomb to the State Capitol. |
| SR 266 | Caption: In memory of W. B. Wood. |
| SR 271 | Caption: Welcoming the members of the Little Cyprus High School women's basketball team to the State Capitol. |
| SR 366 | Caption: Welcoming the students from certain schools in Jefferson County to the State Capitol. |
| SR 367 | Caption: Welcoming Blanche and Warren G. Richard to the State Capitol. |
| SR 411 | Caption: Welcoming Carroll Pfleider and Leslie LeBlanc to the State Capitol. |
| SR 414 | Caption: Welcoming the students of the Future Nurses Club of Thomas Jefferson High School of Port Arthur. |
| SR 432 | Caption: Recognizing Sunnyside Speech and Hearing Center of Port Arthur for their contributions to the community. |
| SR 449 | Caption: Welcoming Mrs. B. C. Darnell and Mrs. Rufus Kilpatrick to the State Capitol. |
| SR 450 | Caption: Recognizing the Fraternal Order of Elks for their contributions to the youth of our nation. |
| SR 456 | Caption: Welcoming Carlton Young to the State Capitol. |
| SR 458 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Pat Doyle and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Doyle to the State Capitol. |
| SR 459 | Caption: Welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Chester Young to the State Capitol. |
| SR 463 | Caption: Welcoming Mmes. Chester Young, Lamar Lawson, T. B. Ellison, Betty Ellison, and Ted R. Walker to the State Capitol. |
| SR 525 | Caption: Welcoming former State Senator W. R. Cousins, Jr. and his son to the State Capitol. |
| SR 531 | Caption: In memory of Norman Richard Sweringen. |
| SR 578 | Caption: Welcoming the Mr. and Mrs. John C. Burget and Mrs. Ruth Chester to the State Capitol. |
| SR 607 | Caption: Recognizing Alfred Franklin Holzapfel on the occasion of his retirement. |
| SR 612 | Caption: Expressing opposition to the discontinuance of certain passenger rail lines in the State. |
| 57th Regular Session | |
| HB 34 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute further amplifying duties of County Health Officer and provide the right of inspection. |
| HB 146 | Caption: Relating to amending the Plumbing License Law of 1947, relative to qualifications and minimum requirements only in cities of 50,000 inhabitants or more. |
| HB 172 | Caption: Relating to adjustment and settlement of industrial controversies; creating a State Mediation Service within the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| HB 223 | Caption: Relating to requiring the certification of fire insurance damage claims by the Fire Chief, Fire Marshall or other designated fire official of the incorporated city or town wherein such fire damage is alleged to have occurred. |
| HB 239 | Caption: Relating to amending the Election Code to provide for the filing applications for nomination by candidates of political parties making nominations for State, district and county offices by convention. |
| HB 391 | Caption: Relating to amending Article 2135, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as last amended, by providing certain additional exemptions from jury service. |
| HB 543 | Caption: Relating to creating two additional District Courts in Jefferson County to be known as the District Court for the 162nd Judicial District and the District Court for the 163rd Judicial District. |
| HB 572 | Caption: Relating to authorizing retirement, disability and death benefits for appointive and elective officers and for employees of any county and for any political subdivision of the State, the boundaries of which are completely within the boundaries of such county. |
| HB 605 | Caption: Relating to providing for reimbursement by employers for time lost because of compulsory medical or physical examinations; providing penalties. |
| HB 614 | Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Shrimp Conservation Act providing for the care, conservation, protection, and methods and means of taking shrimp; prohibiting fishing and the taking of shrimp between certain hours and prescribing the requirements for the taking of shrimp with seines. |
| HB 1099 | Caption: Relating to authorizing political subdivisions to provide for Workmen's Compensation Insurance for employees. |
| HCR 11 | Caption: Designating the second week of October in every year as Texas Literary Week. |
| HCR 12 | Caption: Directing the creation of a committee to designate a Poet Laureate of Texas. |
| HCR 58 | Caption: Directing the flag of Greece to be flown beneath the Texas flag over the State Capitol on March 23, 1961 in order to honor Greek Independence Day. |
| HJR 2 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide for an exemption of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500) of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any political subdivision or instrumentality of the State, other than a county, in addition to existing State and county exemptions. |
| HJR 25 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to authorize all counties and other political subdivisions of this State to provide insurance for all employees. |
| HJR 26 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas authorizing each county to provide retirement, disability and death benefits for appointive officers and employees of the county or precinct, and for any political subdivision of this state the boundaries of which are completely within the boundaries of such county. |
| HJR 36 | Caption: Relating to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to authorize for elected and appointive officers and employees, who serve in such capacity for twelve (12) or more years in any county or other political subdivision, a Retirement, Disability and Death Compensation Program. |
| HR 106 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the House Rules. |
| HR 142 | Caption: In memory of Mayor Earl L. Gish of Nederland. |
| HR 249 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 257 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot |
| HR 263 | Caption: Commending Roy Middleton of Port Arthur for his work in building a bird sanctuary. |
| HR 290 | Caption: Congratulating the Lamar Tech men's basketball team on winning the 1961 Lone Star Conference Championship. |
| HR 375 | Caption: Directing the creation of an interim Game and Fish Committee to study conservation efforts in the State. |
| HR 395 | Caption: Inviting the Reverend Theo S. Kyritsis of Port Arthur to give the opening prayer of the House. |
| HR 439 | Caption: Commending the family of T.H. Townsend of Woodville for their hospitality towards Members of the House. |
| HR 440 | Caption: Commending Mr. Jamie Millikan and Miss Missy Millikan for their hospitality towards Members of the House. |
| HR 619 | Caption: Congratulating Representative Lloyd M. Guffey on his birthday. |
| HR 658 | Caption: Directing the Texas Legislative Council to study the Texas laws relating to the wildlife resources of the State. |
| 57th 1st Called Session | |
| HB 128 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Article of the Penal Code of Texas relating to pound nets in Gulf Waters. |
| 57th 3rd Called Session | |
| HB 14 | Caption: Relating to enlarging Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7; defining the boundaries. |
| HB 43 | Caption: Relating to amending a certain Statute to authorize and make provision for the Court of Domestic Relations for Jefferson County to sit and hold court at any time in Port Arthur and to hear and determine any civil non-jury case over which it has jurisdiction; authorizing the judges of district courts to sit for the judge of the Court of Domestic Relations. |
| HR 203 | Caption: Commending Peter Parra for the invocation he gave before the House. |
| 56th Regular Session | |
| HB 62 | Caption: Relating to adjustment and settlement of industrial controversies; creating a State Mediation Service within the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| HB 130 | Caption: Relating to providing that every employee required as a condition of employment, to submit to a medical or physical examination shall be compensated by his employer for all time lost because of such examination and that the cost of such examination and of record required to be furnished shall be borne by the employer; providing penalties. |
| HB 142 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the State Parks Board to acquire, by gift, purchase or condemnation, rights of way and sites for, and to construct, improve, and maintain access roads to and recreation areas on or in proximity to the shores of public lakes, bays and gulfs. |
| HB 303 | Caption: Relating to granting, selling and conveying to the city of Port Arthur, Texas, all right, title and interest of the State of Texas, to all minerals and all rights concerning same in and under those certain tracts of land heretofore granted to the city of Port Arthur and lying within the corporate limits of the city of Port Arthur and being lands adjacent to and under Sabine Lake in Jefferson County, Texas. |
| HB 309 | Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to increase the salaries of commissioners of drainage districts to a sum not to exceed $350.00 per month. |
| HB 358 | Caption: Relating to amending the Penal Code by making it a felony for any person legally confined in a jail upon accusation or conviction of a felony to attempt to escape therefrom and making any person legally confined in a jail upon accusation or conviction of a misdemeanor attempting to escape therefrom guilty of a misdemeanor. |
| HB 359 | Caption: Relating to providing for the creation of a Board for the examination of plumbers in every city in this State, designating the qualifications of the members of said Board; relating to the examination and licensing of plumbers. |
| HB 360 | Caption: Relating to amending "The Plumbing License Law of 1947" to provide that the qualifications and standards set forth therein are to be considered as minimum requirements only in cities in excess of fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants and permitting such cities to establish and enforce such higher standards and qualifications as they deem desirable. |
| HB 452 | Caption: Relating to the relationship of masters and apprentices. |
| HB 788 | Caption: Relating to the furnishing of a report by an examining physician. |
| HB 831 | Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes relative to recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by an employee in the course of his employment. |
| HB 920 | Caption: Relating to authorizing the creation on or after one hundred and eighty (180) days from final passage of this Act of a Hospital District within Jefferson County including only the area comprising the Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7 and the Port Arthur Independent School District as such boundaries existed on the 1st day of January, 1957, which Districts' boundaries are of record in the County Clerk's office of Jefferson County. |
| HCR 123 | Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules of the Legislature to allow either house to consider H. J. R. No. 1 at any time. |
| HJR 1 | Caption: Proposing an amendment providing for an exemption of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) of the value of residence homesteads of all persons sixty-five years of age or older from all ad valorem taxes levied by any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the State. |
| HJR 28 | Caption: Proposing an amendment authorizing all political subdivisions of all counties of this State to provide insurance for all employees of all political subdivisions. |
| HR 43 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 44 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 45 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 80 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 89 | Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot. |
| HR 167 | Caption: Commending Richard William "Dick" Lawrence for his work in labor organizing. |
| HR 289 | Caption: In memory of Gertrude A. Spiegel of Port Arthur. |
| 56th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 41 | Caption: In memory of James Clyde VanCleave of Port Arthur. |
| HR 68 | Caption: In memory of Willard R. Moser of Port Arthur. |
| HR 93 | Caption: In memory of Harley Thompson Eddingston of Port Arthur. |
| 55th Regular Session | |
| HB 168 | Caption: Relating to adjustment and settlement of industrial controversies; creating a State Mediation Service within the Bureau of Labor Statistics, providing for the personnel thereof. |
| HB 450 | Caption: Relating to providing that every employee required as a condition of employment to submit to a medical or physical examination shall be compensated by his employer for all time lost because of such examination and that the cost of such examination and of records required to be furnished shall be borne by the employer; providing penalties. |
| HB 589 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes prescribing the authority of the Navigation and Canal Commissioners of Navigation Districts in relation to construction contracts in cases of public calamity or extreme emergency or unforeseen damage to property of such navigation districts, and providing for the procedure for contracts in cases of emergency. |
| HB 610 | Caption: Relating to the taking, sale and possession of shrimp from or on coastal lakes, bays and other inland salt or tidal waters, requiring and providing for bait dealer license and for inland trawl licenses under certain circumstances; giving the Game and Fish Commission limited regulatory authority to set annual open season for trawls of certain size limit. |
| HB 649 | Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes permitting consolidation of adjoining and contiguous cities and towns. |
| HB 904 | Caption: Relating to creating a Conservation and Reclamation District to be known as the "Metropolitan Sanitary Sewer District of South Jefferson County." |
| HJR 20 | Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas to provide for an exemption of the first Five Thousand Dollars of value of all property of certain persons owning property valued for county tax purposes at Ten Thousand Dollars or less from all ad valorem taxes levied by the State or any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the State. |
| HR 153 | Caption: Urging the Federal Communications Commission to retain channels allotted to educational institutions. |
| HR 173 | Caption: Naming Judy Elizabeth Dungan Mascot of the House. |
| HR 194 | Caption: Naming Rufus U. Jr., Emery Dale, William Gerard, Ruby Dianne and Bradford Lee Kilpatrick Mascots of the House. |
| HR 241 | Caption: Congratulating the Port Arthur High School Yellowjackets on winning the Class AAAA Basketball Championship. |
| HR 321 | Caption: Recommending half price hair cuts to balding Texans. |
| 55th 1st Called Session | |
| HR 42 | Caption: In memory of Jacob H. "Jake" Rockwell of Port Arthur. |
| HR 64 | Caption: In memory of Charles Thomas Stevenson, Jr., of Port Arthur. |