** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, April 29, 1997

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Allen Place

Bills Include Those Previously Posted and Posting Rule Suspension

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HB 888            Turner, Bob / et al.
Relating to the imposition of a cost of court on criminal
convictions and the creation of a fund for the payment of
extraordinary costs of prosecution in certain counties.

HB 1116            Turner, Sylvester / et al
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an offense
motivated by bias or prejudice.

HB 1333            Hochberg / et al.
Relating to the punishment for an offense motivated by bias or
prejudice.

HB 1684            Clark
Relating to circumstances in which less than the whole number of a
jury may render a verdict in a criminal case.

HB 2218            Talton / et al.
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of an offense
involving driving, boating, or flying while intoxicated.

HB 2281            Clark
Relating to the admissibility of evidence in criminal cases.

HB 2283            Farrar
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting sexual activity
between certain public servants and persons in custody.

HB 2431            Kamel
Relating to clerk's duties in criminal procedures.

HB 2439            Chisum
Relating to peace officers from adjoining states enforcing the law
in a bordering municipality in this state.

HB 2434            Keel, Terry
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless
arrest.

HB 2568            Clark
Relating to the oral or sign language statement of an accused.

HB 2710            Clark
Relating to an amended indictment.

HB 2753            Greenberg
Relating to the offense of possessing a firearm, illegal knife,
club, prohibited weapon, or a concealed handgun in a movie theater.

HB 2897            Crabb
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a rail
car.

HB 2958            Farrar
Relating to the release of certain information contained in a
criminal defendant's presentence or postsentence report.

HB 2969            Shields
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files when an
indictment or information is dismissed or quashed.

HB 3009            Farrar
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of burglary.

HB 3235            Hinojosa
Relating to the right to counsel in criminal cases.

HB 3236            Hinojosa
Relating to the notice of right to counsel in criminal cases.

HB 3377            Hinojosa
Relating to prima facie evidence of theft by check.

HB 3378            Hinojosa
Relating to prima facie evidence of theft of agricultural products
by check.

HB 3466            Greenberg
Relating to the insanity defense and to sentencing of a criminal
defendant found to be mentally ill.

HB 3582            Gallego
Relating to procedures regarding an application for a writ of
habeas corpus filed in a capital case.

SB 674            Brown
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possession or
promotion of child pornography.












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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 3235
HB 3236
HB 3377
HB 3378
HB 3582