HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  1:00PM, Wednesday, March 26, 1997

PLACE: E1.010

CHAIR: Rep. Allen Hightower

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To consider the following:


HB 104            Greenberg / et al.
Relating to the punishment and eligibility for release on parole of
criminal defendants who commit certain sexual offenses and sexually
assaultive offenses.

HB 489            Allen / et al.
Relating to the applicability of a sexual offender registration
program to certain defendants and to the procedures used to
register and monitor sex offenders.

HB 547            Culberson / et al.
Relating to the eligibility for release on parole of certain
inmates serving sentences for violent offenses.

HB 658            Burnam
Relating to the county of residence of certain persons released on
parole or to mandatory supervision after serving sentences for
sexual offenses.

HB 659            Burnam
Relating to the eligibility for parole of certain defendants
convicted of sexual assaults or other sexual offenses.

HB 769            Gallego
Relating to the treatment of repeat sex offenders.

HB 779            Tillery / et al.
Relating to the punishment and eligibility for release on parole for
certain defendants convicted of assaultive offenses, including sexual
assault, and for certain offenses committed with intent to commit assaults.

HB 1799            Wise
Relating to procedural requirements applicable to the release on
parole of certain sex offenders.

HB 2699            Gray
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Council on Sex
Offender Treatment and to the administration of certain of those
functions by the Texas Department of Health.

HB 2918            Place / et al.
Relating to the extension of a period of supervision under
community supervision for a defendant charged with  or convicted of
certain sexual or sexually assaultive offenses and to the
classification of inmates in the custody of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice on the basis of need for treatment.

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