** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence
TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Monday, April 7, 1997
PLACE: E1.012
CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis
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To consider the following:
SB 179 Barrientos
Relating to the indemnification of certain employees of certain
institutions of higher education for admissions activities.
SB 409 Ellis
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.
SB 416 Harris
Relating to the private enforcement and collection of child support
payments under the Child Support Collection Privatization Council.
SB 502 Zaffirini
Relating to autopsies performed on a body if the deceased was a
child younger than six years of age.
SB 620 Harris
Relating to durable powers of attorney.
SB 621 Duncan / et al.
Relating to the appointment, election, and retention or rejection
of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a
straight-party vote in connection with appellate and district
justices and judges.
SB 628 Gallegos
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.
SB 692 Lindsay
Relating to civil actions relating to municipal annexation.
SB 743 Lucio
Relating to the preference for hearing juvenile and family law
cases in the 206th judicial district court of Hidalgo county.
SB 774 Lindsay
Relating to certain procedures concerning condemnation of property
by the Texas Department of Transportation.
SB 825 Ellis
Relating to educational requirements for court coordinators.
SB 883 Harris
Relating to structured settlement offers in certain personal injury
suits.
SB 885 Carona
Relating to limitations on certain covenants.
SB 948 Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the extinguishment of a taxpayer's liability for
delinquent ad valorem taxes following a tax sale.
SB 970 Wentworth
Relating to certain district courts in Bexar County.
SB 1007 Ellis
Relating to increased civil penalties for deceptive trade practices
against elderly consumers.
SB 1098 Wentworth
Relating to exempting certain support payments from seizure.
SB 1161 Carona
Relating to the authority of counties to contract with private
entities for the collection of child support and to electronic
transfer of the support payments.
SB 1172 Duncan
Relating to the offense of barratry.
SB 1180 Madla
Relating to the liability status of police officers and firefighters when
they are performing their duties.
SB 1184 Ellis
Relating to limiting the liability of the State Commission on Judicial
Conduct.
SB 1304 Ellis
Relating to funds tendered into the registry of the court.
SB 1376 Ellis
Relating to procedures for contract claims with the Texas
Department of Transportation.
SB 1402 Moncrief
Relating to protection and attribution rights of an artist.
SB 1417 Ellis / et al.
Relating to judicial efficiency.
SB 1528 Moncrief
Relating to false claims made with certain governmental entities;
providing a civil penalty.
SB 1530 Brown
Relating to the forced sale of a co-owner's interest in certain
real property.
SB 1556 Ogden
Relating to the determination of the amount of child support for a
child of certain retired or disabled obligors.
SB 1614 Harris
Relating to certain unauthorized practice of law.
SB 1684 Lindsay
Relating to writs of possession.
SB 1818 Cain
Relating to the jurisdiction of the county courts at law in Smith
County.
SJR 23 Ellis
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.
SJR 25 Duncan / 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.
SJR 26 Gallegos
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 state
representative districts or commissioners court precincts, and for
the alteration of the terms of certain judicial offices.
SJR 30 Patterson, Jerry
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a taxing unit that
seeks to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes to elect between
enforcing the lien securing payment of the taxes and enforcing
personal liability for the taxes.
Pending Business:
SB 507 Nixon, Drew
Relating to certain traffic law violations; providing penalties.
SB 808 Ratliff / et al.
Relating to limiting the liability of certain persons involved in
an issuance of securities by a small business.
SB 838 Duncan
Relating to authorizing the adoption of rules by the supreme court
for the coordination or consolidation of pretrial proceedings in
certain litigation.
SB 1864 Ellis
Relating to the powers of certain property owners' associations.
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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:
SB 1818