** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Monday, May 10, 1999 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 827 Shapleigh Relating to the fees paid by defendants in certain cases. SCR 72 Ratliff Granting Dean Lumber Company, Inc., permission to sue the state and the Tex Natural Resource Conservation Commission. HB 82 Solomons SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the method by which a county reconstitutes the jury wheel and to the selection and service of jurors in certain counties. HB 734 Goodman SP: Harris Relating to the conversion of separate property to community property. HB 919 Naishtat SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to an attorney who represents a ward, proposed ward, guardian, or other interested person in certain guardianship proceedings. HB 1475 Thompson SP: Harris Relating to management and investment of trust assets. HB 1477 Oliveira SP: Harris Relating to the amount of court costs imposed for the support of the county law library. HB 1521 Siebert SP: Harris Relating to penalties for violating certain statutes relating to real property. HB 1660 Naishtat SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to closing the administration of a decedent's estate. HB 1661 Naishtat SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the final accounting of a decedent's or ward's estate. HB 1662 Naishtat SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to investments of the estates of wards. HB 1663 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to the creation, modification, or closing of a guardianship of an incapacitated person. HB 1752 Coleman SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the compensation of certain private investigators and witnesses who are retained by appointed counsel. HB 1767 Lewis, Glenn SP: Harris Relating to the legal representation of county officials and employees by district and county attorneys. HB 1839 Smith SP: Moncrief Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the criminal district courts in Tarrant County. HB 1851 Thompson SP: Harris Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons. HB 2060 Counts SP: Haywood Relating to the terms of court of the 50th District Court. HB 2246 Homer SP: Cain Relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the 8th Judicial District and the county attorney of Rains County. HB 2313 McReynolds SP: Nixon, Drew Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in Angelina County. HB 2354 Goodman SP: Harris Relating to the liability of the Title IV-D agency for certain costs incurred in providing child support services. HB 2441 Goodman SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the requirement that parents participate in a parenting course and counseling in certain suits involving children. HB 2535 Thompson SP: West, Royce Relating to the dismissal of certain offenses involving the failure to maintain financial responsibility for a motor vehicle. HB 2580 Hartnett SP: Wentworth Relating to the transfer of certain proceedings to a statutory probate court. HB 2594 Uresti SP: Madla Relating to the collection of child support payments made after termination of the child support order. HB 2653 Elkins SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the law that applies to a contract made over the Internet. HB 2671 Turner, Sylvester SP: Shapleigh Relating to the admissibility of a statement made by a child and to the requirement that the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services notify the parent or guardian of certain children taken into possession by a law enforcement agency. HB 3081 Telford SP: Lindsay Relating to the seizure of a work of fine art. HB 3130 Chisum SP: Gallegos Relating to the judges empowered to waive the waiting period for a marriage ceremony. HB 3207 Ramsay SP: Madla Relating to the requirement for insurance coverage for district clerks. HB 3337 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to guardianships for missing persons. HB 3338 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to a waiver of the bond requirement for certain guardians of children. HB 3779 Luna, Vilma SP: Truan Relating to the powers and duties of the district attorney for the 105th Judicial District. HJR 36 Goodman SP: Harris Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting the conversion of separate property to community property. HB 2208 Goodman SP: Lindsay Relating to the authority of the office of the attorney general to contract with a statewide organization to provide services to children's advocacy centers. HB 1507 Wolens SP: Duncan Relating to the definition of the practice of law. HB 625 Reyna, Arthur SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the hearing date on an adoption. HB 865 Puente SP: Nelson Relating to the change of a driver's license or personal identification certificate number of a victim of domestic violence. HB 2196 Hope SP: Bernsen Relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 9th Judicial District. HB 3635 Naishtat SP: Wentworth Relating to the Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County. Pending Business: HB 1324 Garcia SP: Carona Relating to termination of an employee who performs jury duty; providing a criminal penalty. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: HB 625 HB 865 HB 2196 HB 3635