Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 198
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198 HOS ORA
By Vickery:
H. J. R. No. 15, House Joint Re-
solution Proposing an Amendment to
Article VIII of the Constitution of
the State of Texas by adding a new
Section O10a authorizing the Legisla-
ture to provide that a portion of the
State's share of ad valorem taxes col-
lected in a county, under certain con-
ditions, may be released for use by
that county, and providing for the is-
suance of the necessary proclamation
by the Governor.
Referred to Committee on Constitu-
tional Amendments.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST
READING
The following House Bills were to-
day laid before the House, read sever-
ally first time, and referred to the
appropriate Committees as follows:
By Traeger, Clayton, Schiller, Li-
garde, Simpson and Blaine:
H. B. No. 207, A bill to be entitled
An Act authorizing incorporated cit-
ies, towns and villages, by majority
vote of the qualified voters of any
such city, town or village, voting at
an election held for that purpose, to
impose a local sales and use tax of
one per cent (1%) on the sale or use
of certain tangible personal property
in such cities, towns and villages;
providing for the abolition of the
local sales and use tax authorized
herein by majority vote of the quali-
fied voters of any such city, town or
village; providing for the administra-
tion and collection and enforcement of
such tax by the State of Texas; au-
thorizing the Comptroller of Public
Accounts of the State of Texas to
prescribe rules, regulations, and forms
for the administration of this Act;
providing that the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Tex-
as may promulgate a bracket system
formula for the joint collection of the
taxes authorized by this Act and the
taxes authorized by the Limited Sales,
Excise and Use Tax Act of the State
of Texas, and prescribing the stand-
ards to be followed by the Comp-
troller in promulgating such bracket
system formula; providing for the al-
location of revenues from taxes col-
lected under this Act; providing for
surety bonds for the Comptroller of
Public Accounts and his staff and forpayment of premiums on such bonds;
prescribing procedure in contests of
election for elections held under this
Act; providing that this Act shall be
cumulative of all existing powers of
taxation of any city; providing for
penalty; repealing all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent or in conflict here-
with; providing for severability; and
declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Revenue
and Taxation.
By Rapp:
H. B. No. 208, A bill to be entitled
An Act authorizing the Texas State
Department of Health to adopt and
enforce rules and regulations concern-
ing camping or housing facilities for
migrant agricultural labor; providing
for issuance of permits for construc-
tion and operation of such facilities;
providing for injunctions and penal-
ties for violation; and declaring an
emergency.
Referred to Committee on Public
Health.
By Lockridge, Orr, Murphy, Stroud,
Clark of Dallas, Field, Braecklein,
Blanton, Ratcliff, Wright and Mc-
Kissack:
H. B. No. 209, A bill to be entitled
An Act amending Section 4, Chapter
511, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Re-
gular Session 1957, as amended (Sec-
tion 4, Article 2338-9 Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes) permitting the assign-
ment of judges from District Courts
in the State of Texas to sit for the
Court of Domestic Relations and
Juvenile Court of Dallas County, Tex-
as; providing for payment of such
service, and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
By Lockridge, Orr, Murphy, Stroud,
Clark of Dallas, Field, Braecklein,
Blanton, Ratcliff, Wright and Mc-
Kissack:
H. B. No. 210, A bill to be entitled
An Act amending Section 6, Chapter
13, Acts of the 56th Legislature,
Third Called Session 1959 (Section
6, Article 2333-9a, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes) permitting the assign-
ment of judges from District Courts
in the State of Texas to sit for the
Domestic Relations Court Number
Two, of Dallas County, Texas; provid-198
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