SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM, Monday, March 10, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis

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To consider the following:


SB 345            Harris
Relating to the requirement that the Department of Protective and
Regulatory Services perform investigations regarding children born
addicted to certain substances.

SB 416            Harris
Relating to the private enforcement and collection of child support
payments under the Child Support Collection Privatization Council.

SB 468            Armbrister
Relating to the prompt payment of contractors and subcontractors.

SB 661            Armbrister
Relating to the fraudulent exercise of certain governmental
functions and the fraudulent creation or use of certain pleadings,
governmental documents, and records; providing penalties.

SB 673            Brown
Relating to garnishment of money held in an inmate trust fund.

SB 675            Ogden
Relating to used fire control or fire rescue equipment donated to
or made available by the Texas Forest Service.

SB 694            Brown
Relating to the use of alternative dispute resolution procedures by
state agencies.

SB 726            Shapleigh
Relating to court administration in El Paso County, to the creation
of the County Courts at Law No. 6 and No. 7 of El Paso County,
Texas, and to the assignment of certain judges in El Paso County.

SB 756            Brown
Relating to certain juror donations used to compensate victims of
crime.

SCR 29            Brown
Granting Benita Fogarty permission to sue the state.

Pending Business:


SB 52            Shapiro
Relating to the validity of adoption orders.

SB 181            Shapiro
Relating to expediting certain suits to terminate parental rights
and the conservatorship of a child by the Department of Protective
and Regulatory Services.

SB 349            Shapiro
Relating to guardians ad litem and child volunteer advocates in
certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

SB 424            Bivins / et al.
Relating to false public records; creating an offense.

SB 443            Moncrief
Relating to remedies for fraudulent referrals to mental health
facilities; providing a penalty.

SB 453            Duncan
Relating to the appeal of certain interlocutory orders.

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