HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, April 30, 1997

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson

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SB 580            Duncan
Relating to application of the professional prosecutors law to the
county attorney of Crosby County.

HB 2698            Gallego
Relating to judicial efficiency.

HB 881            Reyna, Arthur
Relating to the priority of payment of claims against a decedent's
estate.

HB 391            Mowery
Relating to voting in connection with certain judicial races.

HB 928            Denny
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Denton
County.

HB 1175            Thompson
Relating to the appointment of appellate justices and judges, to
the nonpartisan election of district judges, to the retention or
rejection of district and appellate judges, and to the creation of
certain judicial districts.

HB 1352            Goodman / et al.
Relating to the appointment, election, and retention or rejection
of appellate justices and judges.

HJR 22            Zbranek
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of
judicial districts and to the selection of district judges.

HJR 69            Thompson
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appointment
of appellate justices and judges by the governor with retention
elections on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges,
for the nonpartisan election and retention or rejection of district
judges, for the election of certain district judges from
commissioners court precincts, and for the alteration of the terms
of certain judicial offices.

HJR 75            Goodman / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial
appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices
and judges, for a partisan election followed by retention elections
on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges, and for the
appointment of district judges in accordance with certain
standards.

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