HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, March 23, 1999

PLACE: E2.014

CHAIR: Rep. Juan Hinojosa

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HB 248            Puente
Relating to the requirement that a surety notify a principal of a
bail bond or the principal's attorney of the surety's intention to
surrender the principal.

HJR 27            Lewis, Glenn
Proposing a constitutional amendment to lengthen the period during
which a district judge may issue an order denying bail in certain
criminal cases.

HB 488            Lewis, Glenn
Relating to the release of a criminal defendant on partial bail and
to the procedures governing a cash bond.

HB 490            Lewis, Glenn
Relating to the procedures and standards governing release on
personal bond.

HB 780            Thompson
Relating to designation of a municipal court judge as a member of a
county bail bond board.



HB 882            Talton
Relating to the liability of a criminal defendant and the
defendant's sureties on a personal bond or a bail bond.

HB 883            Talton
Relating to the regulation of bail bondsmen.

HB 884            Talton
Relating to the authority of a private investigator or security
officer to execute a capias issued after a forfeiture of bail.

HB 1162            Crabb
Relating to the authority of a judge to require certain public
notice as a condition of community supervision.

HB 1321            King, Phil
Relating to the authority of a magistrate to impose certain
reasonable conditions of bond.

HB 1480            Hinojosa
Relating to the certification of bail bondsmen by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation; providing a penalty.

HB 1481            Hinojosa
Relating to the liability of a criminal defendant and the
defendant's sureties on a personal bond or a bail bond and to
certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.

HB 1534            Allen
Relating to the eligibility of certain convicted felons for release
on bail pending appeal.

SB 306            Lucio
Relating to the eligibility of certain defendants convicted of
felonies for release on bail pending appeal.

HB 2055            Giddings
Relating to the regulation of bail bondsmen and of private
investigators acting on behalf of sureties on bail bonds; providing
penalties.

HB 2972            Staples
Relating to the eligibility of a defendant convicted of a felony
for release on bail pending appeal.

HB 3168            Keel
Relating to default on a bail bond.

HB 3456            Hinojosa
Relating to the power of a bondsman to execute bail bonds.

HB 3457            Hinojosa
Relating to the renewal of certain bail bondsman licenses.

HB 3500            Puente
Relating to a licensed bail bondsman's authority to act as a
bondsman in a county in which the bondsman is not licensed.


HB 1817            Goolsby
Relating to the use of deadly force to protect property.

HB 1876            Hinojosa
Relating to theft of or tampering with multichannel video or
information services; providing penalties.

HB 2190            Hinojosa
Relating to prima facie evidence of the offense of theft by check.

SB 216            Duncan
Relating to the disqualification of a person convicted of theft
from selection or service as a grand juror.











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