SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  8:30AM, Thursday, May 1, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire

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To take up and consider:

HB 432            Place / et al.           SP: Whitmire
Relating to the ineligibility of certain inmates for release on
mandatory supervision.

HB 480            Craddick                 SP: Bivins
Relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the
142nd Judicial District.

HB 806            Greenberg                SP: Wentworth
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or
retaliation.

HB 975            Hightower                SP: Whitmire
Relating to preventing and prosecuting the criminal offense of
escape.

HB 2073            Hightower                SP: Brown
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Juvenile
Probation Commission.

HB 2074            Hightower                SP: Brown
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Youth
Commission.

HB 2075            Hightower                SP: Whitmire
Relating to the authority of the Texas Youth Commission to access
criminal history record information relating to certain persons and
business entities.

Pending business:

HB 311            Place                    SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving firearms,
illegal knives, clubs, or prohibited weapons.

SB 279            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the prevention of horse theft.

SB 1220            Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the use of inmate and probationer labor for state
highway system projects.

SB 1523            Lucio
Relating to the manner in which grand jurors are selected.

SB 1738            Armbrister
Relating to the assessment of punishment in criminal proceedings.

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