HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Tuesday, February 27, 2001

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty

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HB 123            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice participate in educational programs.

HB 124            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to restricting certain recreational amenities available to
inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 261            Ritter
Relating to the transfer of a defendant from county jail to the
institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
pending an appeal by the defendant.

HB 588            Garcia
Relating to the creation of a DNA record for certain persons
convicted of a felony or adjudicated as having engaged in
delinquent conduct constituting a felony offense.

HB 773            Haggerty
Relating to the purchase of prescription drugs for persons confined
in institutions operated by the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.

HB 1429            Danburg
Relating to the time during which certain inmates may be considered
for release on parole.

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