HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, April 9, 1997

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson

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To consider the following:


HB 284            Nixon, Joe
Relating to notification of assignment of a visiting judge.

HB 455            Lewis, Glenn
Relating to objection to a visiting judge.

HB 410            Thompson / et al.
Relating to the establishment of a statewide registry of child
support and custody orders.

HB 516            Thompson
Relating to a report by the child support enforcement division of
the Office of the Attorney General on reducing the offensive
behavior of its employees.

HB 1965            Kuempel
Relating to the creation of the constitutional office of criminal
district attorney of Comal County, to the abolition of the office
of the county attorney in Comal County, and to the abolition of the
office of the district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District.

HB 2555            Solomons
Relating to the creation of two county criminal courts in Denton
County.

HB 3379            Hinojosa
Relating to the preference for hearing juvenile and family law
cases in the 206th Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County.

HB 3507            Merritt
Relating to granting the Gregg County Court at Law jurisdiction in
family law matters.

HB 3541            Gray
Relating to the statutory probate court of Galveston County.

HB 3544            Thompson
Relating to the justice of the peace courts of Harris County.

HB 2779            Junell
Relating to requiring the office of the attorney general to defend
local community supervision and corrections departments in certain
suits brought against them.

HB 2702            Zbranek
Relating to the payment of certain probate fees.

HB 2951            Thompson
Relating to the provision of inpatient mental health services to
certain incapacitated persons.

HB 3086            Hartnett
Relating to statutory probate court judges.



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