House Committee on Judicial Affairs
75th Legislature
March 19, 1997
2:00 pm or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E2.016
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 13, 1997, the House
Committee on Judicial Affairs met in a public hearing and was
called to order by the Chair, Representative Senfronia
Thompson at 5:38 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Thompson; Hartnett; Clark; Crabb;
Garcia; Luna, Vilma; Shields; Solis; Zbranek (9).
Absent: None (0).
A quorum was present.
The chair recognized the Honorable Dan Morales, Attorney
General of Texas, representing himself, to testify on child
abduction and to introduce dignitaries from Mexico.
The following were recognized to testify on child abduction:
(please note that the following were under the advice of the
Consul General of San Antonio not to fill out our witness
affirmations because they needed permission from Mexico and
they did not want to fall under the jurisdiction of the United
States)
Alicia L pez de la Torre, Federal Senator from the State of
Coahuila, Mexico, representing herself;
Ma. de Lourdes Carrizales de Cortes, Presidenta, Fundacion
Ni os Robados de America (Foundation President for the
Foundation of Abducted Children of America) in Mexico City,
Mexico, representing herself and the Foundation; and,
Sra. Reyna X chitl Gonz lez de Lopez, Fundacion
Pro-Localizacion de Ni os (Foundation to Locate Missing
Children) in Torreon, Coahuila, representing herself and the
Foundation;
Melanie Headrick, Criminal Investigator w/the Santa Clara
County District Attorney's office in California, representing
herself, profession and the California Counties Committee on
Parental Kidnapping; (witness affirmation enclosed)
(Representative Hartnett in chair.)
(Representative Thompson in chair.)
Continued testimony:
Carlos Diaz De Leon, from Attorney General Jorge Madrazo
office in San Antonio, representing the Attorney General of
Mexico;
Roberto Canseco M., Deputy Consul General from the Consulado
General de Mexico, representing himself; and,
(swore in) Deanna Tidwell, Supervisor, Missing Persons
Clearinghouse, representing herself and her occupation.
The chair moved that the Committee stand at ease. There being
no objection, the Committee stood at ease at 7:42 pm
At 7:50 pm, the chair called the committee to order.
HB 1516 by Rep. Thompson
The chair laid out HB 1516 and explained.
(Rep. Hartnett now chair)
Testimony was taken.
The chair moved to leave HB 1516 pending. There were no
objections.
HB 410 by Rep. Thompson
The chair laid out HB 410 and recognized the author, Rep.
Thompson, to explain.
There were no witnesses.
The chair moved to leave HB 410 pending. There were no
objections.
HB 1880 by Rep. Thompson
The chair laid out HB 1880 and recognized the author, Rep.
Thompson, to explain.
There were no witnesses.
The chair moved to leave HB 1880 pending. There were no
objections.
(Representative Thompson in chair.)
The chair referred the following bills directly to the
Subcommittee on Local Bills:
HB 2820 by G. Lewis
HB 3143 by Danburg
HB 3260 by Puente
The chair referred the following bill directly to the
Subcommittee on Probate
HB 3432 by Naishtat
At 8:10 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the Committee on Judicial Affairs adjourned.
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Rep. Senfronia Thompson, Chair
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Milda Mora, Clerk