SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, April 1, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire

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To take up and consider:

SB 48            Shapiro
Relating to the definition of "victim" in the context of
maintaining the confidentiality of a sex offense victim's identity.

SB 66            Moncrief
Relating to notice to the public and to public officials concerning
activities affecting certain community corrections facilities.

SB 80            Ellis
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an offense
motivated by bias or prejudice.

SB 113            Moncrief
Relating to the duty of the pardons and paroles division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to notify law enforcement of a
prisoner's pending release or transfer to a halfway house.

SB 625            Whitmire
Relating to the dissemination of information contained in the
juvenile justice information system.

SB 1001            West, Royce
Relating to the offense of possessing a firearm, illegal knife,
club, or prohibited weapon in a place where weapons are prohibited.

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