SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  6:00PM or 30 min. upon adjournment,
             Sunday, May 18, 1997

PLACE: E1.028

CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire

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To take up and consider:

HCR 132            Counts / et al.          SP: Sibley
Encouraging the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Texas Youth Commission,
Juvenile Probation Commission, county commissioners, and sheriffs to
support faith-based correctional programming and facilities.

HB 43            McCall                   SP: Fraser
Relating to certain punishments as a result of driving while a
driver's license is suspended or revoked.

HB 57            Wilson                   SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the authority of active and retired judicial officers
to carry certain weapons.

HB 126            Danburg                  SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the time of the day at which a defendant confined on
conviction of a misdemeanor discharges the sentence of confinement.

HB 133            Hochberg                 SP: Gallegos
Relating to the standard of alcohol concentration used in defining
the offense of driving while intoxicated.

HB 156            Driver                   SP: Shapiro
Relating to prohibiting contact with the victim as a mandatory
condition of parole or mandatory supervision for certain offenders
and to facilitating victim-offender mediation in certain
circumstances.

HB 253            Denny                    SP: Wentworth
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
marshals and deputy marshals of the United States Marshals Service.

HB 278            Cuellar                  SP: Harris
Relating to searches of certain students and children.

HB 507            Dutton                   SP: Whitmire
Relating to educational and employment experience requirements for
certain individuals hired as guards in facilities that house
inmates; providing a penalty.

HB 547            Culberson                SP: Brown
Relating to the eligibility for release on parole of certain
inmates serving sentences for violent offenses.

HB 677            Solomons                 SP: Haywood
Relating to the punishment for certain persons who sell,
manufacture, distribute, or possess a document that is deceptively
similar to a driver's license.

HB 819            Cuellar                  SP: Ellis
Relating to reducing the recidivism rate for individuals under the
supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 837            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Duncan
Relating to the disposition of stolen property pending the trial of
an offense involving the theft of the property.

HB 921            Danburg                  SP: Shapiro
Relating to the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses
committed against children.

HB 972            Jones, Jesse             SP: Whitmire
Relating to systems for providing access to driver's license record
information held by the Department of Public Safety.

HB 981            Alexander                SP: Cain
Relating to fines for traffic offenses in highway or street
construction or maintenance work zones.

HB 1142            Patterson, L.P. "Pete"   SP: Cain
Relating to the determination of the inmate population of a county
jail.

HB 1230            Place                    SP: Duncan
Relating to the place of detention for juveniles in certain
counties and to the use or establishment of certain criminal
detention facilities.

HB 1259            Thompson                 SP: Whitmire
Relating to the prosecution of and the punishment for the offense
of interference with child custody.

HB 1333            Hochberg                 SP: Ellis
Relating to the punishment for an offense motivated by bias or
prejudice.

HB 1370            Garcia                   SP: Shapiro
Relating to the punishment for the offense of criminal mischief.

HB 1427            Hightower                SP: Whitmire
Relating to the possession and use of tobacco products by employees
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 1467            Puente                   SP: Shapleigh
Relating to extending the period of community supervision for
certain persons convicted of a misdemeanor.

HB 1684            Clark                    SP: Duncan
Relating to circumstances in which less than the whole number of a
jury may render a verdict in a criminal case.

HB 1912            Wise                     SP: Lucio
Relating to the reporting of certain information to the national
crime information center.

HB 1917            Goodman                  SP: West, Royce
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Juvenile Probation
Commission and of juvenile boards.

HB 1928            McClendon                SP: West, Royce
Relating to the operation of juvenile pre-adjudication and
post-adjudication secure detention and correctional facilities.

HB 1968            Garcia                   SP: Carona
Relating to punishing as contempt the violation of a condition of a
peace bond.

HB 2065            King                     SP: Wentworth
Relating to the statistical recording of juvenile cases initially
referred to the office of the prosecuting attorney.

HB 2222            Rhodes                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the bond and oath requirements applicable to a sheriff.

HB 2283            Farrar                   SP: Shapiro
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting sexual activity
between certain public servants and persons in custody.

HB 2324            Allen                    SP: Wentworth
Relating to the organization and operation of certain prison
industries in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas
Youth Commission, and certain county correctional facilities and to
agricultural programs and work programs of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice; providing a penalty.

HB 2396            Finnell                  SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the prevention of horse theft.

HB 2502            Elkins                   SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to the venue for prosecution of the offense of failing or
refusing to pay the toll imposed for the operation of a motor
vehicle on a toll project of certain counties.

HB 2516            Chavez                   SP: Whitmire
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of
disorderly conduct.

HB 2592            Tillery                  SP: West, Royce
Relating to judicial proceedings involving the disposition of
allegedly stolen property.

HB 2634            Place                    SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to administrative fees collected by community supervision
and corrections departments.

HB 2693            Serna                    SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the development of information to identify missing
persons.

HB 2738            Uher                     SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to authorizing the Texas Board of Criminal Justice to
convey real property in exchange for property of equivalent fair
market value.

HB 2749            McClendon                SP: West, Royce
Relating to standards adopted for and registry of juvenile
pre-adjudication and post-adjudication secure detention and
correctional facilities by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.

HB 2829            Place                    SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the disposition of restitution payments made to victims
of crime.

HB 2874            Goodman                  SP: Whitmire
Relating to the collection and disposal of information pertaining
to a criminal combination.

HB 2897            Crabb                    SP: Whitmire
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a rail
car.

HB 2899            Crabb                    SP: Whitmire
Relating to the development of information to identify missing
children or persons.

HB 2909            Carter                   SP: Patterson, Jerry
Relating to persons eligible for a license to carry a concealed
handgun, to the rights and duties of license holders, and to
certain offenses involving weapons.

HB 3229            Oakley                   SP: Cain
Relating to the appointment of criminal law magistrates in Kaufman
County.

HB 3244            Gray                     SP: Whitmire
Relating to the efficient use of services and facilities for adult
offenders determined to have alcohol or drug abuse problems.

HB 3256            Oakley                   SP: Whitmire
Relating to the operation and management of the Bill Blackwood Law
Enforcement Management Institute of Texas and to membership on that
institute's advisory board.

HB 3373            Yarbrough                SP: Whitmire
Relating to the unlawful interception, use, or disclosure of
certain wire, oral, or electronic communications.

HB 3375            Hamric                   SP: Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the offense of using false
identification.

HB 3377            Hinojosa                 SP: Whitmire
Relating to prima facie evidence of the offense of theft by check.

Pending business:

HB 195            Turner, Bob              SP: Carona
Relating to the punishment of theft committed against elderly
individuals.

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.

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