Overview
Texas. Legislature.
Senate.
Records of Senator
Jerry
Patterson
1993-1998
Records include
correspondence, memoranda, legislative records, reports, summaries, printed
material, publications, and notes that document Texas State Senator Jerry
Patterson's activities from 1993 through 1998. Records comprise bill files
from
the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Legislatures and correspondence between Senator
Patterson and his constituents. Subjects include material on a variety of
issues ranging from police pensions, prevention of horse theft, building
codes,
common-law marriage, fugitive apprehension, home equity lending,
electioneering, insurance, the lottery, and hate crimes, to the protection
of
coastal resources, tort reform, concealed weapons, utilities, sports
stadiums,
taxes, shrimp fisheries, and various health and education
issues.
17.74 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under
the Public Information Act exceptions including violations of the privacy
of
individuals, these records must be reviewed by an archivist before they can
be
accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the
provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter
552).
The researcher may request an interview with an archivist or submit a
request
by mail, fax, or email including enough description and detail about the
information requested to enable the archivist to accurately identify and
locate
the information requested. If our review reveals records covered by
exceptions
to the Public Information Act, we are obligated to seek an Open Records
Opinion
from the Attorney General before the files can be provided to the
researcher.
The Public Information Act allows the Archives ten business days after
receiving the written request to make this determination.
Restrictions on Use
Where necessary, records will be redacted or restricted to comply
with the Public Information Act and the Attorney General's decision.
Technical Requirements
None.
Agency History
Born in 1946, Jerry Patterson received his bachelors degree from
Texas
A&M and worked for a time as an Employee Benefits Consultant before
being
elected to the Texas State Senate by the 11th District, parts of Brazoria,
Galveston, and Harris counties. A Republican, Senator Patterson served from
1993 through 1998 (73rd through 75th Legislative Sessions). Patterson was
active on numerous committees during his tenure, serving on the State
Affairs,
Redistricting, Intergovernmental Relations, Health and Human Services,
Economic
Development, Administration, and Criminal Justice committees. In addition,
he
served as Vice-Chair of the International Relations, Trade and Technology
Committee and as Chair of the Veterans Affairs and Military Installations
Committee. Senator Patterson chose not to run for re-election for the 76th
Legislative Session.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Records include correspondence, memoranda, legislative bill copies,
bill analyses, committee hearing request forms, fiscal notes, witness
lists,
committee reports, amendments, summaries of committee actions, printed
material, publications, and notes that document Texas State Senator Jerry
Patterson's activities from 1993 through 1998. Records comprise bill files
from
the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Legislatures and correspondence between Senator
Patterson and his constituents. Subjects include material on a variety of
issues ranging from police pensions, prevention of horse theft, building
codes,
common-law marriage, fugitive apprehension, veterans, home equity lending,
electioneering, insurance, the lottery, and hate crimes, to the protection
of
coastal resources, tort reform, concealed weapons, utilities, sports
stadiums,
taxes, shrimp fisheries, and various health and education issues.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Organization of the Records
These records are organized into two series.
- Bill files, 1993-1998, 10.24 cubic ft.
- Correspondence, 1993-1998, 7.5 cubic ft.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms
can
be used to find similar or related records.
Personal Names:
Patterson,
Jerry--1946-
Subjects:
Horse
stealing--Texas.
Electioneering--Texas.
Hate
crimes--Texas.
Health maintenance
organizations--Texas.
Insurance
law--Texas.
Lotteries--Texas.
Shrimp
industry--Texas.
Taxation--Texas.
Torts--Texas.
Legislators--Texas.
Coastal zone
management--Texas
Firearms--Law and
legislation--Texas.
Fugitives from
justice--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Bills--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Legislative
records--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Reports--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Publications--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Notes--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Lists--Texas--Legislators--1993-1998.
Functions:
Representing
state.
Texas State Archives
Texas Legislature, Senate, Committee on
Economic
Development, 1974-1997, 90.17 cubic ft.
Texas Legislature, Senate, Committee on
State Affairs, Bill
files and meeting files, 1983-1996, 46.5 cubic ft.
Texas Legislature, Senate, Committee on
State Affairs,
Records of the Chair, 1992-1994 (bulk 1993), 4 cubic ft.
Preferred Citation
Records of Senator Jerry Patterson, Senate, Texas Legislature.
Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and
Archives
Commission.
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1999/078, 2000/165, 2001/091
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by
Senator
Jerry Patterson and the Secretary of the Senate on December 8, 1998;
January 7,
1999; June 28, 2000; and January 16, 2001.
Processing Information
Nancy Enneking, January 1999, January 2001
Detailed Description of the Records
Bill files,
1993-1998,
10.24 cubic ft.
Bill files contain bill copies, bill analyses, committee hearing
request forms, fiscal notes, witness lists, committee reports, amendments,
summaries of committee actions, correspondence, printed material, publications,
newspaper clippings, and notes. The files date from the 73rd, 74th, and 75th
Legislatures, 1993-1998, and consist of legislative bills authored and
sponsored by Senator Jerry Patterson and a few background working files. Note
that, according to Patterson's staff, much of the 73rd legislature bill
material was destroyed in the mid-1990s. Subjects range from background checks,
police pension, in-state tuition, prevention of horse theft, drainage programs,
National Guard, and building codes to common-law marriage, home equity lending,
jails, fugitive apprehension, electioneering, life and health insurance,
lottery, gambling devices for the disabled, mental health, bulletproof vests,
hate crimes, polygraph tests, abandoned vehicles, taxpayer liability,
conservatorship of a child, vehicles, boating records, and the protection of
coastal resources.
Arrangement
Material is arranged in reverse order by legislative session, i.e.
75th then 74th then 73rd. Within each session, materials are arranged in
roughly bill number order with intervening subject and background files. Bills
are in numerical but not consecutive order.
Preferred Citation
Bill files, Records of Senator Jerry Patterson, Senate, Texas
Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.
Processed by
Nancy Enneking, January 1999, January 2001
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1999/078, 2001/091
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Senator
Jerry Patterson on December 8, 1999; January 7, 1999; and January 16, 1999.
Restrictions on Access
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under the Public Information Act exceptions including violations of the privacy
of individuals, these records must be reviewed by an archivist before they can
be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the
provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552).
The researcher may request an interview with an archivist or submit a request
by mail, fax, or email including enough description and detail about the
information requested to enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate
the information requested. If our review reveals records covered by exceptions
to the Public Information Act, we are obligated to seek an Open Records Opinion
from the Attorney General before the files can be provided to the researcher.
The Public Information Act allows the Archives ten business days after
receiving the written request to make this determination.
Restrictions on Use
Where necessary, records will be redacted or restricted to
comply with the Public Information Act and the Attorney General's decision.
Bill files by and/or sponsored by
Senator Patterson, 75th Legislature,
1997:
1999/078-2
House Bill 57 through House Bill 1465
1999/078-2
House Joint Resolution 31/Senate Joint Resolution 12,
Home Equity Constitutional Amendment
1999/078-2
Requests for specific legislation from constituents:
1999/078-2
Amending the appropriations rider,
1997
1999/078-2
Title Insurance Premium Fund,
1997
1999/078-2
School district accountability,
1997
1999/078-2
Home Equity Loan,
1996
1999/078-2
Alan Than vs. The State of Texas,
1996
1999/078-1
House Bill 1564 through House Bill 3586
1999/078-3
House Bill 2596/House Joint Resolution 106
1999/078-5
Senate Committee staff contacts
1999/078-5
Witness testimony sheets
1999/078-5
Loose committee bill hearing requests
1999/078-5
Senate Bill 62 through Senate Bill 99
[Senate Bill 94 includes a second file with background
information 1994-1997]
1999/078-5
Senate Bill 100 (Participation by home-schooled
students in public school activities),
1996-1997
1999/078-5
Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, Dr. Lee vs. University
of Texas
1999/078-9
Senate Bill 91, CAD [central appraisal district] bill
1999/078-9
Senate Bill 100, Home School Athletics
1999/078-3
Senate Joint Resolution 30
1999/078-3
Senate Bill 107 through Senate Bill 1030
1999/078-4
Senate Bill 1031 through Senate Bill 1715
1999/078-4
[Loose material consisting of Senate bills and
resolutions, bill drafts, correspondence, printed material, 2 3 ΒΌ inch
floppy disks, all
1997]
1999/078-9
Home Equity Loans, Senate Bill 173 and Senate Joint
Resolution 12,
1996-1997:
1999/078-9
Articles - pro
1999/078-9
Vote count
1999/078-9
Initial press packet
1999/078-9
RAM [Reverse Mortgage(?)]
1999/078-9
Legislators responses
1999/078-9
75th Session
1999/078-9
Senate Joint Resolution 12
1999/078-9
Home Equity Reform - Lobby materials
[2 copies]
2001/091-1
75R14597 Sen. Patterson,
1996-1997
2001/091-1
AAS Resolutions,
1996
2001/091-1
Mandatory release background,
1996
2001/091-1
Parole, TDCJ [Texas Department of Criminal Justice],
1996
2001/091-1
Parole reform,
1996
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 202, House,
1995
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 202, HMO [Health Maintenance Organization]
single-service,
1995-1996
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 202,
1995
2001/091-1
Fugitive apprehension:
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 918, fugitive apprehension,
1997
[three files and loose materials]
2001/091-1
75R16271, Senator Patterson,
1997
2001/091-1
75R12178, Senator Patterson,
1997
2001/091-1
75R12126, Senator Patterson,
1997
2001/091-1
Fugitive Apprehension Summit,
1996
2001/091-1
Crusader information,
1996-1997
2001/091-1
Fugitive alert WWW,
1996
2001/091-1
[Untitled wallet file]:
2001/091-1
Veterans home,
1997
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 1060, floor packet,
1997
2001/091-1
Family cap,
undated
2001/091-1
Responsibility agreement,
undated
2001/091-1
Time limited benefits,
undated
2001/091-1
House Bill 2941, veterans,
[1995?]
2001/091-1
Senate Bill 22, Welfare reform,
[1995?]
2001/091-2
[Untitled wallet file]:
2001/091-2
Correspondence Patterson,
1997-1998
2001/091-2
Correspondence - parents, industry,
1997-1998
2001/091-2
Correspondence - other members,
1998
2001/091-2
Immunization rules and legislation,
1997
2001/091-2
Immunization background,
1998
2001/091-2
[Untitled wallet file re: Senator Patterson's Fort
Hood tour],
1997
Bills by and/or sponsored by Senator
Patterson, 74th Legislature,
1995:
1999/078-7
Health and Human Services Committee packet, "Medicaid
'R Us,"
[3 files]
1999/078-7
Health and Human Services Committee packet, Welfare
[6 files]
1999/078-7
Drafting request for unidentified bill (re: funds for
habeas corpus),
1994
1999/078-7
Senate Bill 72 through Senate Bill 993
1999/078-5
Senate Bill 473, helmet law
1999/078-5
Senate Bill 751, central appraisal districts
1999/078-5
Galveston CAD,
1994-1996
[background information for Senate Bill 751]
1999/078-6
Senate Bill 999
1999/078-6
Drug bills (Senate Bill 1002)
1999/078-6
Senate Bill 1144 (preventing child access to firearms)
1999/078-6
Senate Bill 1223
1999/078-6
Senate Bill 1436
1999/078-6
Senate Joint Resolution 6, Texas Lottery
[3 files]
1999/078-6
Senate Concurrent Resolution 24, flag desecration
[3 files]
1999/078-6
Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, Battleship Texas
1999/078-6
Senate Bill 750, (Licenses for commercial fishing)
[3 files]
1999/078-6
House Bill 18 through House Bill 2429
1999/078-9
House Bill 2177 through House Bill 3226
1999/078-8
House Bill 2766/Senate Bill 1071 Patient Protection
Act,
1995
[multiple files and loose material in a wallet folder,
bill copies, printed material, correspondence, bill analyses, reports, and
publications]
1999/078-8
House Bill 369 on small employer insurance,
1994-1995
[multiple files and loose material in a wallet folder,
bill copies, printed material, correspondence, amendments, bill analyses, and
reports]
1999/078-8
Committee Substitute House Bill 2128
Telecommunications,
1995
[includes multiple files and loose material in a wallet
folder contains amendments, bill copy, photocopies, correspondence,
notes]
1999/078-8
Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1332
1999/078-8
Senate Bill 1332, protection of coastal resources
1999/078-9
"Bill Analyses of Enrolled Legislation, 74th
Legislature, Regular Session,"
August 1995
1999/078-9
Bill Analyses of Enrolled Legislation Sponsored by
Jerry Patterson, 73rd Regular Session
Legislative bills by Senator
Patterson, 73rd Legislature,
1993:
1999/078-3
Horse theft:
1999/078-3
Branding information
1999/078-3
Media
1999/078-3
Other associations
1999/078-3
Bill analysis, Senate Bill 109
1999/078-3
Letters
1999/078-3
HOOT [Horse Owners of Texas]
1999/078-3
Phone numbers
1999/078-3
Horse theft, House Bill 1143
Correspondence,
1993-1998,
7.5 cubic ft.
Records consist of correspondence, printed materials, clippings,
lists, photographs, and an audiocassette that date from 1993 to 1998 and
document the correspondence files and a few office files of Texas State Senator
Jerry Patterson. Major subjects include, among others, tort reform, concealed
weapons, home equity lending, utilities, aviation taxes, employee pay raises,
sports stadiums, taxes, school prayer, teacher retirement, shrimp fisheries,
and various health and education issues.
Arrangement
Some records arrived loose and jumbled (with the exception of a
few subject files); the original order of the materials has been reconstructed
and letters have been housed in wallet files for purposes of protection and
support. Materials are in order by year and, within each year, in alphabetical
order according to the name of the constituent/sender.
Preferred Citation
Correspondence, Records of Senator Jerry Patterson, Senate,
Texas Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession numbers: 1999/078, 2000/165
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Senator
Jerry Patterson on December 8, 1998; January 7, 1999; and June 28, 2000.
Restrictions on Access
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall
under the Public Information Act exceptions including violations of the privacy
of individuals, these records must be reviewed by an archivist before they can
be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the
provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552).
The researcher may request an interview with an archivist or submit a request
by mail, fax, or email including enough description and detail about the
information requested to enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate
the information requested. If our review reveals records covered by exceptions
to the Public Information Act, we are obligated to seek an Open Records Opinion
from the Attorney General before the files can be provided to the researcher.
The Public Information Act allows the Archives ten business days after
receiving the written request to make this determination.
Restrictions on Use
Where necessary, records will be redacted or restricted to
comply with the Public Information Act and the Attorney General's decision.
Processed by
Nancy Enneking, January 1999, January 2001
Correspondence:
1999/078-10
A-P,
1993
1999/078-10
A-M,
1994
1999/078-11
N-Z,
1994
1999/078-11
School prayer,
1994
1999/078-11
Texas Teacher Retirement,
1994
1999/078-11
Shrimps,
1994
1999/078-11
A-E,
1995
1999/078-12
F-R,
1995
1999/078-13
S-Z,
1995
1999/078-13
A-J,
1996
1999/078-14
N-P, R, T-Z,
1996
1999/078-14
Flags sent,
1996
1999/078-14
Flag forms,
1997
1999/078-14
A-Z,
1997
1999/078-15
Competitive electricity,
1997
1999/078-15
Home equity,
1997
1999/078-15
House Bill 2909 right-to-carry,
1997
1999/078-15
Privatization of TWC-DHS,
1997
1999/078-15
Tort reform,
1997
1999/078-15
Sports stadiums,
1997
1999/078-15
Aviation tax,
1997
1999/078-15
State employee pay raise,
1997
1999/078-15
Assorted correspondence, A-Z,
1997
1999/078-16
Assorted correspondence,
1998
[2 files]
2000/165
Administrative office memos,
1997-1998
2000/165
Appointments,
1998
2000/165
Attorney General opinions, submitted,
1995-1998
2000/165
Flags, letters of congratulations,
1997-1998
2000/165
Constituent and legislative suggestions,
1997
2000/165
Coach Hart,
1996-1998
2000/165
Environmental issues FYI's,
1997
2000/165
FEDEX/LSO/UPS, etc.,
1997-1998
2000/165
Greater Austin Right to Life,
1997
2000/165
Health care, all,
1997
2000/165
Issues oriented information,
1997
2000/165
Home equity, consumer credit,
1998
2000/165
HEL [home equity lending] AGOP [Attorney General's
opinions] only,
1998
2000/165
Attorney General opinions, finished,
1996-1997
2000/165
Larry/Jerry projects, finished,
1996-1997
2000/165
Legislative oriented,
1997
2000/165
Miscellaneous leters, FYI,
1997-1998
2000/165
PUC [Public Utilities Commission], electric telephone
deregulation,
1997-1998
2000/165
Texas Citizen Action and Public Citizen,
1998
2000/165
Taxes, general school,
1997
2000/165
Jim Jamail,
1997
2000/165
Miscellaneous information,
1997
2000/165
TEA [Texas Education Agency] and education (general),
1997-1998
2000/165
Casework, stalled,
1997
2000/165
Casework, current,
1997-1998
2000/165
Casework, finished (through January 1998),
1996-1997