SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence TIME & DATE: 2:15PM, Wednesday, May 14, 1997 PLACE: E1.016 CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 1329 Ellis Relating to the offense of interfering with child custody. SB 1384 Haywood Relating to counseling and education programs for certain persons in a suit for divorce or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. SB 1956 Carona Relating to the municipal courts of record in Garland. HB 308 Goodman / et al. SP: Wentworth Relating to the authority to issue protective orders. HB 494 Alvarado SP: Moncrief Relating to false claims made with certain governmental entities. HB 533 Swinford SP: Lucio Relating to certain dealer agreements concerning off-road construction equipment. HB 1314 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to a trust created for the management of a ward's assets. HB 1336 Wise SP: Zaffirini Relating to the emergency protection of children and to the inssuance of a legislative continuance in an action for a protective order. HB 1456 Goolsby SP: Cain Relating to the statute of limitations for claims against licensed interior designers and landscape architects. HB 1688 Kuempel SP: Wentworth Relating to the jurisdiction and administration of the Guadalupe County Court at Law. HB 1706 Keffer SP: Fraser Relating to the terms of court of the 42nd District Court. HB 1742 Bosse SP: Harris Relating to residential construction liability. HB 1990 Naishtat SP: Barrientos Relating to advocates for survivors of sexual assault and to confidential communications; providing a criminal penalty. HB 2005 Thompson SP: Duncan Relating to the possession of and access to grandchildren by grandparents. HB 2183 Greenberg SP: Barrientos Relating to creation of the County Court at Law Number 4 of Travis County. HB 2189 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to certain reports and accounts submitted by guardians or personal representatives of estates. HB 2227 McReynolds SP: Harris Relating to additional periods of possession or access to a child. HB 2261 Thompson SP: Lindsay Relating to providing the court with certain information regarding a party in a civil action. HB 2309 Thompson SP: Ellis Relating to fees charged by a justice of the peace. HB 2506 Dukes SP: Ellis Relating to interest charged on late payment made by certain political subdivisions under a contract for goods or services. HB 2555 Solomons SP: Nelson Relating to the creation of two county criminal courts in Denton County. HB 2727 Garcia SP: Ellis Relating to the jurisdiction of certain justice of the peace courts. HB 2779 Junell SP: Shapiro Relating to requiring the office of the attorney general to defend local community supervision and corrections departments in certain suits brought against them. HB 2845 Berlanga SP: Ellis Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to reopen an inquest. HB 2922 Thompson SP: Ellis Relating to the county clerk's and district clerk's authority to refuse to file documents that are not accompanied by the appropriate fee. HB 3086 Hartnett SP: Wentworth Relating to statutory probate court judges. HB 3101 Jones, Jesse SP: Carona Relating to reimbursement of the Texas Department of Human Services from an inmate's trust fund. HB 3135 Naishtat SP: Moncrief Relating to the application for mental retardation services by a guardian and to eligibility for guardianship. HB 3538 Sadler SP: Ratliff Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law of Rusk County. HB 3541 Gray SP: Patterson, Jerry Relating to the statutory probate court of Galveston County. HB 3542 Driver SP: Carona Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record for the City of Rowlett. HB 3556 Hinojosa SP: Lucio Relating to the county courts at law of Hidalgo County. HB 3557 Hilderbran SP: Fraser Relating to the creation of a statutory county court in Burnet County. HB 3565 Luna, Vilma SP: Truan Relating to the duties of the district clerk of Nueces County. ___________________________________________________________________________