HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, April 9, 1997

PLACE: E1.010

CHAIR: Rep. Allen Hightower

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To consider the following:


HB 917            Jones, Jesse
Relating to the ability of  the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice to enter into contracts for inmate labor that provide
inmates with access to personal information about persons who are
not confined.

HB 1392            Cuellar
Relating to the consolidation of the fiscal and program audit
functions of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 1693            Hinojosa
Relating to authorizing the state jail division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to house county jail inmates in a
state jail felony facility.

HB 2136            Dutton
Relating to requiring the consent of local governments to place a
correctional or rehabilitation facility in certain areas.

HB 2324            Allen
Relating to the organization and operation of prison industries,
agricultural programs, and work programs of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice; providing a penalty.

HB 2326            Allen
Relating to the creation of the victim services division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the assignment of certain
powers and duties to that division.

HB 2825            Place
Relating to the use of inmate and probationer labor for state
highway system projects.

HCR 132            Counts / et al.
Encouraging the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Texas Youth Commission,
Juvenile Probation Commission, county commissioners, and sheriffs to
support faith-based correctional programming and facilities.

SB 188            Madla
Relating to creating an offense for possession of certain
information by an inmate of the institutional division or the state
jail division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.


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