Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 21
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January 10, 1967
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Section 14. Local Government.
Fifteen members, with jurisdiction
over: (1) all matters relating to
counties, their creation, organization,
boundaries, government and finances,
and the compensation and duties of
their officers; (2) all matters relat-
ing to other units of local govern-
ment not otherwise assigned by these
rules to other standing committees;
and (3) all proposals affecting the
reapportionment or redistricting of
Texas into congressional or legisla-
tive districts, unless otherwise as-
signed to a select committee by reso-
lution adopted by the House.
Section 15. Urban Affairs. Fif-
teen members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) all matters relating to munici-
palities and town corporations, their
creation, organization, powers, gov-
ernment and finances, and the com-
pensation and duties of their officers;
(2) all matters relating to home-rule
cities, their relationship to the State
and their powers, authority, and
limitations; and (3) all proposals for
the creation or change of metro-
politan areas and the form of gov-
ernment to be used therein.
Section 16. Business Affairs. Fif-
teen members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) all problems of banking, the
state banking system, and the State
Department of Banking; (2) all
matters relating to savings and loan
associations and the state agency
regulating and controlling such in-
stitutions; (3) all matters relating
to the lending of money as a business
undertaking, including jurisdiction
over the Regulatory Loan Agency of
the State of Texas; (4) all proposals
affecting commerce, trade and manu-
facturing; and (5) all matters re-
lating to industry and the industrial
development of the State of Texas.
Section 17. Liquor Regulation. Fif-
teen members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) regulation of the sale of intoxi-
cating beverages and local option con-
trol thereof; (2) all proposals to re-
vise, modify, amend or change the
Texas Liquor Control Act; and (3)
all matters relating to the Texas
Liquor Control Board, its organiza-
tion, functions, and responsibilities.
Section 18. Transportation. Fifteen
members, with jurisdiction over: (1)
control, regulation, licensing andoperation of commercial motor ve-
hicles, both bus and truck; (2) the
Texas Highway System and all roads,
bridges, and ferries constituting a
part thereof; (3) licensing of private
passenger vehicles to operate on roads
and highways; (4) regulation and
control of traffic on the public high-
ways of the State; (5) all matters
nertaining to the Texas Highway
Department, its organization, func-
tions, and responsibilities; and (6)
the Texas Railroad Commission, its
organization, functions, and responsi-
bilities on all matters pertaining to
transportation over public roads and
highways.
Section 19. Common Carriers. Fif-
teen members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) railroads, street and interurban
railway lines, steamship companies
and express companies; (2) telegraph
and telephone companies, and other
means of communication; (3) pipe-
lines and pipeline companies and all
others operating as a common car-
rier; (4) the Texas Railroad Com-
mission, its organization, functions
and responsibilities on all matters
pertaining to common carriers other
than bus and truck; and (5) airports
and air traffic, airlines, and other
organizations engaged in transporta-
tion by means of aerial flight.
Section 20. Agriculture and Live-
stock. Twenty-one members, with
jurisdiction over: (1) all matters re-
lating to agriculture, horticulture,
and farm husbandry; (2) all matters
relating to livestock and the live-
stock industry; and (3) all matters
pertaining to the Department of
Agriculture, its organization, func-
tions and responsibilities.
Section 21. Conservation. Twenty-
one members, with jurisdiction over:
(1) conservation of the natural re-
sources of Texas; (2) control of
water and water resources, includ-
ing the taking, storing, control and
use of all waters within the State,
their appropriation and allocation; (3)
all matters pertaining to irrigation
and the incorporation, management
and powers of irrigation companies
and irrigation districts; (4) all propos-
als for the improvement of rivers, har-
bors and other water facilities; (5)
development and preservation of
forests and the regulation and pro-
amotion of the lumber industry; (6)HOUSE JOURNAL
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