SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment
             Wednesday, April 7, 1999

PLACE: E1.016

CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister

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I.   Call to Order
II.  Roll Call
III. Consideration of the following:


SB 6            Shapiro
Relating to the eligibility for release on community supervision,
parole, or mandatory supervision for a defendant convicted of
soliciting a minor to deliver a controlled substance.

SB 8            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to the compilation of criminal intelligence information
pertaining to criminal street gangs.

SB 634            Madla
Relating to the reporting of criminal justice statistics.

SB 734            Armbrister
Relating to the number of certified peace officers commissioned and
employed by the Office of the Attorney General.

SB 840            West, Royce
Relating to the automatic expunction of certain arrest records.

SB 919            Wentworth
Relating to the temporary sealing of certain affidavits on which
search warrants are based.

SB 1123            Armbrister
Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports officials.

SB 1256            Nelson
Relating to the provision of certain tax information to a crime
control and prevention district.

SB 1409            Zaffirini
Relating to creating a presumption regarding a person's alcohol
concentration level for purposes of the administrative suspension
of the person's driver's license.

SB 1486            Armbrister
Relating to an audit of the proceeds of criminal asset forfeitures.

SB 1571            West, Royce
Relating to venue in juvenile delinquency proceedings.

SB 1576            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to notifying local law enforcement of the release of
certain gang members from the institutional division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 1577            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to training for parole officers who supervise gang members
released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or
mandatory supervision.

SB 1578            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to the creation of a statewide law enforcement gang
resource system.

SB 1579            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to the creation of the offense of soliciting membership in
a criminal street gang.

SB 1580            West, Royce / et al.
Relating to the creation of the Texas Violent Gang Task Force.

SB 1774            Zaffirini
Relating to administrative license revocation and or suspension for
driving while intoxicated.

SB 1789            Nelson
Relating to the duties and authority of the Crime Stoppers Advisory
Council; providing a criminal penalty.

Pending Business:


SB 22            Nelson / et al.
Relating to the eligibility for release on community supervision or
parole for a defendant convicted of aggravated assault.

SB 194            Ogden
Relating to the creation of a complex crime unit within the
Department of Public Safety.

SB 280            Bivins
Relating to graduated driver licensing.

SB 302            Lucio
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of operating a
motor vehicle, a watercraft, or an aircraft while intoxicated.

SB 403            Armbrister
Relating to the liability of a criminal defendant and the
defendant's sureties on a personal bond or a bail bond and to
certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.

SB 452            Armbrister
Relating to the imposition of a cost of court on criminal
convictions and the creation of a fund for the payment of
extraordinary costs of prosecution in certain counties.

SB 559            Lucio
Relating to the punishment for the offense of injury to a child.

SB 565            Jackson
Relating to the creation of a sex offender compliance unit in the
Texas Department of Public Safety.

SB 739            Armbrister
Relating to the regulation of bail bondsmen.

SB 1124            Armbrister
Relating to mediation in family violence cases.

SB 1125            Armbrister
Relating to mediation in criminal cases.

IV. Other Business
V.  Adjourn / Recess





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