HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Tuesday, April 07, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.026 
CHAIR:       Rep. John Smithee 

HB 39         Smithee
Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons.

HB 704        Farrar                 
Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution.

HB 1079       Thompson, Senfronia | et al.
Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties and civil restitution received by the attorney general.

HB 1091       Schofield              
Relating to the creation of a special three-judge district court.

HB 1306       Hughes                 
Relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county.

HB 1492       Miller, Doug           
Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries.

HB 1494       Hughes                 
Relating to the filing by a court reporter of an official transcript of a court proceeding.

HB 1560       Hernandez              
Relating to investment options for property recovered in a suit by a next friend or guardian ad litem on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person.

HB 1688       Faircloth              
Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats.

HB 1692       Sheets                 
Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens.

HB 2154       Dutton                 
Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings.

HB 2419       Wray                   
Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code.

HB 2428       Wray                   
Relating to the adoption of the Texas Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act.

HB 2768       Smithee                
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government and the composition of certain juvenile boards.

HB 2774       Smithee                
Relating to the annual state salary supplement for certain county judges.

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