HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, March 5, 1997

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson

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To consider the following


HB 359            Puente
Relating to the creation of three county courts at law in Bexar
County.

HB 367            Moreno
Relating to fees collected by a judge or justice for certain
services.

HB 411            Thompson
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Transfer On Death Security
Registration Act.

HB 480            Craddick
Relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the
142nd Judicial District.

HB 759            Howard
Relating to associate judges appointed by the district courts and
county courts at law of Fort Bend County.

HB 1143            Patterson, L.P. "Pete"
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Lamar
County.

HB 1152            Hartnett
Relating to the definition of statutory probate court.

HB 1157            Hartnett
Relating to the transfer of certain proceedings to a statutory
probate court.

HB 1403            Kamel / et al.
Relating to the statutory county courts of Smith County.

HB 1492            Hochberg / et al.
Relating to the powers of a judge.

HJR 24            Thompson
Proposing a constitutional amendment granting the supreme court
jurisdiction to answer questions of law certified from the court of
criminal appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals
jurisdiction to answer questions of law certified from the supreme
court.

HJR 55            Dutton
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a deadline for
supreme court action on a motion for rehearing.








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