The House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 
         79th Legislature 
         February 9, 2005 
         10:30 a.m. or upon final adjourn./recess 
         Capitol Extension, E2.014 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 4, 2005, the House  
         Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Dutton, at 12:07 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Dutton; Goodman; Castro; Davis,  
                    Yvonne; Thompson (5). 
          
         Absent:    Representatives Dunnam; Moreno, Joe E.; Nixon; Strama  
                    (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Strama now present.) 
          
         The chair recognized invited testimony from the following  
         agencies: 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The Honorable Thomas Stansbury, Texas Family Law Foundation 
          
         Ms. Vicki Spriggs, Executive Director- Texas Juvenile Probation  
         Commission 
          
         Mr. Dwight Harris, Executive Director- Texas Youth Commission 
          
         Mr. Weldon T. Graham, Budget Director- Texas Youth Commission 
          
         Dr. Linda Reyes, Deputy Executive Director- Texas Youth  
         Commission 
          
         Mr. Richard Casey Hoffman, Deputy Attorney General- Office of  
         the Attorney General 
          
         Ms. Alicia Key, Director, Child Support Division- Office of the  
         Attorney General 
          
         Mr. Jim Underwood, Director, Family and Legal Policy- Office of  
         the Attorney General 
          
         Mr. Robert Martinez, Director, Juvenile Crime Intervention-  
         Office of the Attorney General 
          
         Professor John J. Sampson, Self 
          
         At 1:57 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
          the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Dutton, Chair 
          
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         Nicole R. Bates, Clerk