HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess Monday, May 14, 2001 PLACE: E2.028 CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson ___________________________________________________________________________ SB 124 Shapiro Relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and expenditures for certain candidates and officeholders. SB 129 Duncan Relating to the appointment and nonpartisan retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with district judges. SB 194 Shapiro Relating to the creation, jurisdiction, and administration of the Probate Court No. 1 of Collin County and to the administration of the county courts at law of Collin County. SB 625 Duncan Relating to the electronic storage of records by the court of criminal appeals. SB 720 West, Royce Relating to regulating certain political contributions made by judicial candidates and officeholders. SB 822 West, Royce Relating to the regulation of political contributions to judicial candidates and officeholders. SB 847 Nelson Relating to the creation of municipal courts of record in Westlake located in Tarrant and Denton counties. SB 869 Lindsay Relating to incapacitated persons, wards, and proposed wards. SB 909 Shapiro Relating to associate judges appointed by certain district courts in Dallas County. SB 1001 Zaffirini Relating to the authority of a judge of a district court to hear certain matters at a correctional facility. SB 1377 Armbrister Relating to the authority of the state auditor to review the use of money collected as court costs. SB 1378 Armbrister Relating to criminal and civil fees. SB 1379 Armbrister Relating to the implementation of a change in law imposing or changing the amount of certain court costs and fees. SB 1434 Ogden Relating to the appointment and duties of magistrates for certain courts of Brazos County. SB 1810 Sibley Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Hood County. SJR 3 Duncan Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices and judges and for nonpartisan retention elections for those justices and judges. SJR 49 Armbrister Proposing a constitutional amendment to promote uniformity in the collection, deposit, reporting, and remitting of civil and criminal fees. ___________________________________________________________________________