Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-Second Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 33
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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1971
"An Act providing for the compen-
sation to District Attorneys in cer-
tain counties, prohibiting their en-
gaging in the private practice of
law; and declaring an emergency."
To Committee on County, District
and Urban Affairs.
By Senator Moore:
S. B. No. 41, A bill to be entitled
"An Act relating to the minimum cash
requirement in local funds for state
financial assistance to a Regional
Planning Commission; amending Sec-
tion 6, Chapter 570, Acts of the 59th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as
amended (Article 1011m, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring
an emergency."
To Committee on State Affairs.
By Senator Moore:
S. B. No. 42, A bill to be entitled
"An Act amending Sections, 1, 2, 3,
4, and 10, Chapter 86, Acts of the
60th Legislature, Regular Session,
1967, as amended (Article 6228f, Ver-
non's Texas Civil Statutes); provid-
ing for assistance payments by the
State of Texas to the surviving spouse
and minor children of campus security
personnel commissioned as peace of-
ficers who suffer violent death in the
course of the performance of their
duties; and declaring an emergency."
To Committee on State Affairs.
By Senator Schwartz:
S. B. No. 43, A bill to be entitled
"An Act relating to the appointment,
powers and duties of reserve deputy
sheriffs and reserve deputy con-
stables, providing a severability
clause; and declaring an emergency."
To Committee on County, District
and Urban Affairs.
By Senators Harrington, Mauzy,
Bernal, McKool, Wilson, Brooks, Jor-
dan, Kothmann, Kennard, Wallace,
Schwartz, Bridges, Herring, Snelson,
Beckworth, Patman, Hall and Wat-
son:
S. J. R. No. 7, Proposing an amend-
ment to Article VIII, Section 1-b, of
the Texas Constitution, to provide an
exemption of $3,000 of the value of
residence homesteads of all persons
65 years of age or older from all ad
valorem taxes levied by any county,
city, town, school district, or otherpolitical subdivision or instrumen-
tality of the state.
To Committee on Constitutional
Amendments.
By Senators McKool, Mauzy, Ber-
nal, Brooks, Jordan, Wallace, Koth-
mann, Kennard, Hall, Harrington,
Watson, Wilson, Hightower, Herring,
Word, Schwartz, Bridges, Sherman,
Christie, Snelson and Bates:
S. J. R. No. 8, Proposing an amend-
ment to Section 2, Article VI, Con-
stitution of the State of Texas, to
repeal the requirement that voters
register annually and to add a pro-
vision that a period of registration
may not exceed four years without re-
newal.
To Committee on Constitutional
Amendments.
Resolutions Signed
The President signed in the pres-
ence of the Senate after the caption
had been read, the following enrolled
resolutions:
H. C. R. No. 1.
H. C. R. No. 2.
H. C. R. No. 3.
Message From the Governor
The following message received
from the Governor was read and was
referred to Committee on Nomina
tions:
January 18, 1971.
To the Senate of the Sixty-second
Legislature:
I ask the advice, consent, and con-
firmation of the Senate with respect
to the following appointments:
To be District Attorney of the 69th
Judicial District until the next Gen-
eral Election and until his successor
shall be duly elected and qualified:
Michael P. Metcalf, Dumas, Moore
County, Texas.
Respectfully submitted,
PRESTON SMITH,
Governor of Texas.
Motion to Adjourn
On motion of Senator Aikin the
Senate agreed to stand adjourned at
the conclusion of the Joint Session
until 11:00 o'clock a.m. tomorrow.~_ __~~_
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