** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  8:30AM, Tuesday, May 6, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire

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To take up and consider:

HB 260            Pickett / et al.         SP: Shapleigh
Relating to certain offenses involving criminal mischief and
graffiti; providing penalties.

HB 1422            Hightower                SP: Whitmire
Relating to prohibiting employment discrimination against certain
employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for refusing
to take a polygraph examination.

HB 1482            Carter                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to computer and telecommunications offenses; providing
penalties.

HB 1747            Place                    SP: Moncrief
Relating to procedures to deal with an individual who is in the
criminal justice system and who has a mental illness or is a person
with mental retardation.

HB 2699            Gray                     SP: Brown
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Council on Sex
Offender Treatment and to the administration of certain of those
functions by the Texas Department of Health.

HB 2827            Place                    SP: Duncan
Relating to procedures applicable to an investigation involving the
death of an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice or imprisoned in a facility operated by or under
contract with the department.

HB 3212            Raymond                  SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice to Duval County.

HB 3558            Cook                     SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county
attorney in Wharton County.

Pending business:

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

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 260