HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment
             Tuesday, March 16, 1999

PLACE: E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty

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To consider the following:

HB 275            West, George "Buddy" / et
Relating to restricting certain recreational amenities available to
inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 788            Capelo
Relating to the electronic transmission of certain information to
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 812            Jones, Jesse
Relating to contracts for inmate labor entered into by the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice that provide inmates with access to
personal information about persons who are not confined.

HB 854            Capelo
Relating to the identification of inmates of the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice who are subject to a warrant from another
jurisdiction.

HB 903            Tillery
Relating to the eligibility for parole of certain violent offenders.

HB 1112            Ellis, Dan
Relating to law enforcement personnel of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.

HB 1796            Reyna, Arthur
Relating to a feasibility study on the possible implementation of
sentencing guidelines for the Texas criminal justice system.

HB 1858            Capelo
Relating to the identification of defendants confined in a state
jail felony facility who are subject to a warrant.

HB 2593            Haggerty
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses related to taking
an alcoholic beverage into a correctional facility.

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