MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                              Tuesday, August 24, 2004 
                                     1:30 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Criminal  
         Justice was held on Tuesday, August 24, 2004, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Whitmire                   Senator John Carona 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Tommy Williams                  Senator Juan Hinojosa 
                                                 Senator Kel Seliger 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.  The  
         following business was transacted: 
          
         The Committee heard invited and public testimony on Interim  
         charge 1 relating to the study of Identity theft and the impact  
         of recent legislation addressing the issue.  Witness's  
         testifying and registering on the Interim charge are shown on  
         the attached witness list. 
          
         The Committee then heard invited and public testimony on Interim  
         charge 6 relating to the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund,  
         including state and local competition, use in agency methods of  
         finance, evaluation of grant programs, possible diversion of  
         funds from crime victims as a result of prior legislation, and  
         whether the fund meets the objectives of its authorizing  
         legislation.  Witness's registering and testifying on the  
         Interim charge are shown on the attached witness list. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:25 p.m. Senator Whitmire  
         moved that the Committee be recessed subject to the call of the  
         Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator John Whitmire, Chair 
          
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         Carley Rose, Clerk