The House Committee on County Affairs
84th Legislature
September 21, 2016
10:00 a.m.
JHR 140
Pursuant to a notice posted on September 14, 2016, the House Committee on County Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Coleman, at 10:12 a.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Coleman; Burrows; Romero, Jr.; Schubert; Spitzer; and Wu.
A quorum was present.
The House Committee on County Affairs met jointly with the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
(Representative Stickland now present.)
Review pretrial service and bonding practices throughout the state. Examine factors considered in bail and pre-trial confinement decisions, including the use of risk assessments; assess the effectiveness and efficiency of different systems in terms of cost to local governments and taxpayers, community safety, pretrial absconding rates and rights of the accused.
Testimony taken/registration recorded. (See attached witness list.)
At 5:59 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. Coleman, Chair
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Katy Reagan, Clerk