** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Thursday, April 17, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire

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To take up and consider:

SB 119            Ellis
Relating to the definition of "school" for purposes of enhancing
the punishment for certain offenses committed in a drug-free school
zone.

SB 559            Truan
Relating to the suspension of the driver's license of a minor for
certain conduct.

SB 703            Nelson
Relating to the consolidation of the fiscal and program audit
functions of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

SB 873            Shapiro
Relating to the manner in which the testimony of a child who is the
victim of or witness to an alleged offense may be taken in certain
criminal proceedings.

SB 881            Brown
Relating to the denial of the renewal of the driver's license  of
persons who violate their promise to appear on certain offenses or
who fail to pay the fine for certain offenses.

SB 1120            Armbrister
Relating to the interception of wire, oral, or electronic
communications, to the use of pen registers and trap and trace
devices, and to the civil and criminal consequences of improperly
engaging in those activities.

SB 1523            Lucio
Relating to the manner in which grand jurors are selected.

SB 1609            Whitmire
Relating to the administration of the Uniform Act for out-of-State
probationer and parolee supervision.

SB 1610            Whitmire
Relating to the county jail work release program and to
participation by certain inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, with the approval of a sheriff, in that program.

SB 1611            Whitmire
Relating to the creation of the victim services division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the assignment of certain
powers and duties to that division.

SB 1738            Armbrister
Relating to the assessment of punishment in criminal proceedings.

Pending business:

SB 108            Cain
Relating to conditions of community supervision, parole, and
mandatory supervision for certain violent offenders.

SB 1827            Shapleigh
Relating to characteristics of a defendant that may not be used by
a judge or jury to deny community supervision, and to
characteristics of a defendant that may not be used by a prosecutor
to urge a judge or jury to deny community supervision.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 1523