SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE: 1:30PM or upon adjournment,
Thursday, May 15, 1997
PLACE: E1.012
CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire
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To take up and consider:
HB 462 Zbranek SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 88th Judicial District.
HB 500 Finnell SP: Haywood
Relating to application of the professional prosecutors law to the
district attorney of the 50th Judicial District.
HB 844 McReynolds SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to the creation of the office of district attorney for
Judicial District 1-A and to the abolition of the jurisdiction of
the district attorney for the 1st Judicial District in Newton
County.
HB 907 Madden SP: Shapiro
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the criminal district attorney of Collin County.
HB 1229 Counts SP: Fraser
Relating to application of the professional prosecutors law to the
district attorney of the 32nd Judicial District.
HB 3572 Cook SP: Armbrister
Relating to the powers of and the application of the professional
prosecutors act to the county attorney for Colorado County.
HB 3588 Lewis, Glenn SP: Harris
Relating to criminal law magistrates in Tarrant County.
Pending business:
HB 195 Turner, Bob SP: Carona
Relating to the punishment of theft committed against elderly
individuals.
HB 237 Goolsby SP: Ellis
Relating to the prosecution of failure to return public library
property as theft of service.
HB 279 West, George "Buddy" SP: Duncan
Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice participate in work and educational programs.
HB 438 Alvarado SP: Whitmire
Relating to the implementation of a controlled substances testing
program to be administered to inmates housed in facilities operated
by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
HB 818 Cuellar SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to a study of the incidence of dual supervision of certain
persons by the pardons and paroles division of the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice and community supervision and corrections
departments.
HB 1070 Van de Putte SP: Madla
Relating to drug regulation and enforcement under the Texas
Controlled Substances Act and to the authority of certain state
agencies under that Act and to certain penalties for the use of a
controlled substance to commit the offense; imposing criminal
penalties.
HB 1233 Kubiak SP: Gallegos
Relating to the offense of furnishing alcohol to a minor.
HB 2257 Luna, Vilma SP: Brown
Relating to the audit required for forfeited property and proceeds
received by a law enforcement agency or an attorney representing
the state.
HB 2561 Gallego SP: Moncrief
Relating to the administration of the Sexual Assault Prevention and
Crisis Service.
HB 2825 Place SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the use of inmate and probationer labor for state
highway system projects.
HB 2830 Place SP: Bivins
Relating to a statutory lien to secure the amount of restitution to
which a crime victim is entitled.
HB 3062 Hightower SP: Whitmire
Relating to comprehensive revisions to Subchapter B, Chapter 56,
Code of Criminal Procedure, the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
HB 3278 Counts SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to designating the Texas National Guard as a law
enforcement agency in certain circumstances.
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