House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence 
         75th Legislature 
         April 29, 1997 
         8:00 am  
         Capitol Extension, E2.016 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 24, 1997,   the House  
         Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met in a public hearing  
         and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Allen  
         Place at 8:15 am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Place; Talton; Farrar; Dunnam;  
                   Galloway, Carolyn; Keel, Terry; Nixon, Joe; Reyna,  
                   Arthur (8). 
          
         Absent:    Hinojosa (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 2283 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2283.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2958 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2958.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2439 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2439.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 1116 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1116.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 1333 
         The chair laid out HB 1333.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 888 
          
         The chair laid out HB 888.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2434 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2434.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2897 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2897.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 1684 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1684.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2281 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2281.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2568 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2568.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2710 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2710.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2969 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2969.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 9:55 am, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until  one hour after adjournment in  
         Room 103, Reagan Building. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 7:50 pm in Room 103 of the Reagan  
         Building and was called to order by Representative Talton.   
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Talton; Farrar; Hinojosa; Keel,  
                   Terry; Reyna, Arthur (5). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Place; Dunnam; Galloway, Carolyn;  
                   Nixon, Joe (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The Chair moved that the minutes of the April 14, 1997, formal  
         meeting, of the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, be  
         corrected.  There being no objection, the motion passed.   
          
         HB 2218 
         (Representative Place now present.)   
         (Representative Place in chair.)   
         (Representative Galloway, Carolyn now present.)   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2218.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2753 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2753.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         (Representative Talton in chair.)   
          
         HB 3466 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3466.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3235 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3235.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3236 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3236.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3377 
          
         The chair laid out HB 337.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3378 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3378.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         (Representative Dunnam now present.)   
          
         HB 3009 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3009.   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3582 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3582.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         SB 674 
          
         The chair laid out SB 674.   
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 9:10 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.   
          
         ______________________ 
         Rep. Allen Place, Chair 
          
         ______________________ 
         Arlene Zirkel, Clerk