SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence
TIME & DATE: 2:30PM or upon adjournment
Wednesday, May 9, 2001
PLACE: E1.016
CHAIR: Senator Royce West
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To consider the following:
HB 65 Pitts SP: Cain
Relating to the assignment of the judge of the 378th District Court
as a visiting judge.
HB 374 Wohlgemuth SP: Shapiro
Relating to the assessment of court costs for certain offenses to
finance child health and safety programs in municipalities.
HB 534 Thompson SP: Wentworth
Relating to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of an assigned
statutory probate court judge.
HB 535 Thompson SP: Wentworth
Relating to recording information concerning appointment of certain
visiting judges.
HB 560 Keffer SP: Haywood
Relating to the liability of certain religious charitable
organizations for transportation services provided to certain
welfare recipients.
HB 586 Brown, Betty SP: Cain
Relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial
assistance.
HB 628 Naishtat SP: Moncrief
Relating to authorizing a person other than a corporate fiduciary
to serve as trustee of certain trusts.
HB 840 Hinojosa SP: West, Royce
Relating to a defendant's waiver of arraignment.
HB 842 Keel SP: Duncan
Relating to the authority of less than the whole number of a jury
to render a verdict in a felony case when a juror dies or becomes
disabled.
HB 947 Turner, Sylvester SP: Duncan
Relating to the survival of a wrongful death suit on the death of
the plaintiff.
HB 1073 Farabee SP: Moncrief
Relating to the hours of operation of certain courts for
proceedings under the Texas Mental Health Code.
HB 1515 Janek SP: Bernsen
Relating to the recovery of damages by a parent, managing
conservator, or guardian in a suit brought by a person who was
younger than 18 at the time the cause of action accrued.
HB 1712 Maxey SP: West, Royce
Relating to online public access to certain information regarding
attorneys.
HB 2087 Clark SP: Haywood
Relating to civil liability for the manufacture of methamphetamine.
HB 2550 Uher SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the application of the child support guidelines to
certain children receiving social security old age benefits.
HB 2557 Jones, Elizabeth SP: Wentworth
Relating to the payment of certain judgments.
HB 2788 Solomons SP: Duncan
Relating to the transfer of certain cases from a district court of
a judicial district to a newly created district court of that
judicial district.
HB 3144 Hartnett SP: Bernsen
Relating to incapacitated persons, wards, and former wards.
HB 3356 McReynolds SP: Staples
Relating to the appointment of bailiffs by the judges of the
district courts and county courts at law in Angelina County.
HB 3586 Hartnett SP: West, Royce
Relating to an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain
Dallas County courts.
HB 3662 Thompson SP: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Relating to the administration of the justice courts of Harris
County.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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