SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM or upon adjournment
             Monday, May 7, 2001

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Royce West

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To consider the following:


HB 59            Puente                   SP: West, Royce
Relating to making a voter information guide for judicial elections
available to the public on the Internet.

HB 176            Luna, Vilma              SP: West, Royce
Relating to the use of certain communication equipment in certain
civil and criminal pretrial and trial proceedings.

HB 178            Luna, Vilma              SP: West, Royce
Relating to longevity pay for certain assistant prosecutors.

HB 363            Gallego                  SP: Moncrief
Relating to the issuance of a written notice to appear for certain
misdemeanor offenses punishable by fine only.

HB 706            Morrison                 SP: Truan
Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the
parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children.

HB 952            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to interstate guardianships.

HB 978            Eiland                   SP: Bernsen
Relating to the appeal of certain orders, judgments, and decrees.

HB 1015            Gallego                  SP: Madla
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 83rd Judicial District.

HB 1037            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to jurisdiction of a court over certain matters related to
the ward's estate after a ward's guardianship is settled.

HB 1220            Hartnett                 SP: West, Royce
Relating to payments made to certain counties from the judicial
fund and to the creation and use of a contributions fund in each of
those counties.

HB 1420            Jones, Jesse             SP: Armbrister
Relating to the definition of the practice of law.

HB 1999            Cook                     SP: Armbrister
Relating to the authority of a magistrate in certain counties to
issue a search warrant for certain property or items.

HB 2249            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2814            Hartnett                 SP: West, Royce
Relating to the operation of statutory probate courts.

HB 2882            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the jurisdiction of the Probate Court No. 1 of Travis
County.

HB 3134            Chavez                   SP: West, Royce
Relating to certain conduct of notaries public; providing a
penalty.

HB 3174            Solis, Jim               SP: Truan
Relating to the operation of the Court of Appeals for the
Thirteenth Court of Appeals District and the creation of an
appellate judicial system for the district.

HB 3403            King, Tracy              SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the establishment of visitation centers and visitation
exchange facilities by counties.

HCR 104            Jones, Jesse             SP: Barrientos
Memorializing congress to pass legislation relating to giving a tax
credit for jury service.

Pending Business:


SB 653            Staples
Relating to certain counseling and treatment that may be required
under a protective order of a person found to have committed family
violence.

SB 1098            Madla
Relating to juror reimbursement in certain counties.

SB 1584            Van de Putte
Relating to evidence of innocence in criminal trials.

HB 80            Gallego                  SP: Sibley
Relating to immunity applicable to certain persons acting under the
Texas Anatomical Gift Act.

HB 689            Thompson                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts and to
conforming procedures for transferring juvenile proceedings to
certain courts.

HB 1118            Goodman                  SP: West, Royce
Relating to the adjudication and disposition of juvenile conduct
and the administration of the juvenile justice system.

HB 1365            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the establishment, modification, and enforcement of
child support.

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