86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 519, Chapter 1035 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 519, Chapter 1035

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 288 in Harris County as the Barbara Jordan Memorial Parkway.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 965, Chapter 1279 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 965, Chapter 1279

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to updating references to certain former health services state agencies and certain terms used to describe persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities in the Education Code.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1824, Chapter 1286 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1824, Chapter 1286

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the sale and taking of sand, gravel, marl, shell, and mudshell, including the use of funds collected from the sale of those materials and the taking of those materials from the San Jacinto River and its tributaries.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2590, Chapter 1128 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2590, Chapter 1128

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the administration, powers, and duties of water districts.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3782, Chapter 1302 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3782, Chapter 1302

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the right to remove property encroaching on areas owned or controlled by the Harris County Flood Control District.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4662, Chapter 1257 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4662, Chapter 1257

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Richfield Ranch Management District of Harris County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4686, Chapter 1262 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4686, Chapter 1262

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 478; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4731, Chapter 1011 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4731, Chapter 1011

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the name and powers of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose a tax.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1915, Chapter 1346 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1915, Chapter 1346

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2223, Chapter 1347 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2223, Chapter 1347

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the efficient provision of pilot services by the board of pilot commissioners for Harris County ports.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0367 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0367

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Harris County Animal Control must provide to a private corporation that contracts with the City of Houston information made confidential under chapter 826 of the Health and Safety Code (RQ-0338-GA)
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-232 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-232

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Eligibility for membership of the Harris County Bail Bond Board and related questions
Date: November 14, 1984
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1415 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1415

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Legality of lease contract between Harris County and Houston Sports Association, Inc., together with proposed supplemental contract.
Date: August 14, 1962
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-70 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-70

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of justices of the peace in Harris County to retain fees collected as Notary Public, as local registrar and fees collected for the performance of marriage ceremonies.
Date: July 14, 1953
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures. (open access)

Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures.

Patent for an apparatus for building concrete structures that includes the method or process of erection.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Headlight. (open access)

Automobile Headlight.

Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Head, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Childs, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Screen. (open access)

Oil Well Screen.

Patent for a new oil-well screen that prevents sand from entering an oil or water well but will allow oil and water through.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Dobson, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Disk Gin. (open access)

Pneumatic Disk Gin.

Patent for an improved version of a pneumatic disk gin. It has been designed for "ginning fibrous material, such as seed cotton" (lines 13-14) and improves the separation of the cotton and the seeds with the use of its perforated disks.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Garner, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cleaner (open access)

Seed Cleaner

Patent for cleaning seeds. This invention will improve seed cleaning and catch unwanted seeds.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Garner, James C
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump designed to draw liquid, such as oil, from a well.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Jones, Oceola
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Measuring Device. (open access)

Gasolene-Measuring Device.

Patent for a device which allows for gasoline to be measured while under constant flow.
Date: September 14, 1920
Creator: McKallip, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Barrel. (open access)

Core-Barrel.

Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Childs, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter for Oil and Other Lubricants. (open access)

Filter for Oil and Other Lubricants.

Patent for improvements in a filter for oil and other lubricants. Designed for the purpose of cleansing oils, particularly waste oils.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Schmidt, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History