SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Monday, May 5, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis

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To consider the following:


SB 1329            Ellis
Relating to the offense of interfering with child custody.

HB 259            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Duncan
Relating to municipal courts of record in Odessa.

HB 412            Hartnett                 SP: Shapiro
Relating to the statutory county courts in Dallas County.

HB 598            Shields                  SP: Wentworth
Relating to reimbursement of certain administrative costs incurred
by an employer in implementing a garnishment order.

HB 906            McCall                   SP: Duncan
Relating to approval by a lienholder required for payment of an
insurance claim; providing a civil penalty.

HB 971            Hartnett                 SP: Shapiro
Relating to the jurisdiction of county criminal courts in Dallas
County.

HB 984            Hochberg                 SP: Sibley
Relating to a digital signature.

HB 1091            Goodman                  SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the parent-child relationship, including suits
affecting the parent-child relationship, the establishment of
paternity, the termination of the parent-child relationship, and
the adoption of children; providing penalties.

HB 1126            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to the sale or distribution of the property of minors and
certain wards.

HB 1193            Rhodes                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to free trial transcripts for appeals in which an
affidavit of inability to pay costs has been filed.

HB 1312            Naishtat                 SP: Moncrief
Relating to modification of an order for outpatient mental health
services and the temporary detention of a patient pending hearing
on the modification.

HB 1316            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the investment of assets by the guardian of an estate.

HB 1602            Kamel                    SP: Ratliff
Relating to dry fire hydrants.

HB 1965            Kuempel                  SP: Wentworth
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 2003            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to emergency intervention proceedings concerning a
decedent's estate.

HB 2007            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to the administration of a decedent's estate.

HB 2215            Staples                  SP: Madla
Relating to court-ordered family counseling for conflicts regarding
issues of conservatorship or possession of or access to a child.

HB 2271            Thompson                 SP: Ellis
Relating to the liability of certain persons concerning abandoned
property.

HB 2683            Dukes                    SP: Wentworth
Relating to subdivision descriptions in contracts to convey real
property.

HB 2734            Uher                     SP: Armbrister
Relating to the creation of a statutory county court in Matagorda
County.

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

HB 3559            Hawley                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the County Court at Law of Bee County.

Pending buisiness:


SB 219            Haywood
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 100th Judicial District.

SB 692            Lindsay
Relating to civil actions relating to municipal annexation.

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