** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs

TIME & DATE:  3:00PM or upon adjournment
             Monday, April 12, 1999

PLACE: E2.028

CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson

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To consider the following:


HB 58            Cuellar
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Webb
County.

HB 100            Howard / et al.
Relating to the creation of two judicial districts in Fort Bend
County.

HB 125            Puente / et al.
Relating to the creation of five judicial districts composed of
Bexar County.

HB 400            Thompson / et al.
Relating to the creation of certain district courts.

HB 593            Hinojosa
Relating to the creation of three judicial districts in Hidalgo
County.

HB 602            Naishtat / et al.
Relating to the creation of two judicial districts in Travis
County.

HB 929            Junell
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Tom
Green County.

HB 978            McCall / et al.
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Collin
County.

HB 1012            Lewis, Glenn
Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed
of Tarrant County.

HB 1222            Krusee / et al.
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of
Williamson County.

HB 1239            Ramsay
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Wood
County and the composition of the 114th and 294th judicial
districts.

HB 1252            Chavez / et al.
Relating to the creation of three judicial districts in El Paso
County.

HB 1253            Chavez / et al.
Relating to the creation of two judicial districts in El Paso
County.

HB 1695            Solis, Jim
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Cameron
County.

HB 2474            Solomons / et al.
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Denton
County.

HB 2857            Chavez / et al.
Relating to the creation of one judicial district in El Paso
County.

HB 3360            Eiland
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of
Galveston County.

HB 3408            Williams
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Grimes
and Madison Counties.

HB 561            Puente / et al.
Relating to the creation of three county courts at law in Bexar
County.

SB 158            Luna, Gregory
Relating to the creation and organization of certain courts in
Bexar County.

HB 572            Howard
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Fort Bend
County.

HB 2136            Hilderbran
Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Kendall
County.

HB 3780            Luna, Vilma / et al.
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Nueces County.

SB 181            Shapiro
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Collin County.

SB 612            Ogden
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Williamson
County.

SB 136            Harris
Relating to donations of juror reimbursements.

SCR 15            Ellis, Rodney
Directing the Texas Judicial Council to examine the costs of increasing
reimbursement of jurors' expenses to $40 after the first day of trial and
to examine the feasibility of allowing counties to offer incentives to
jurors for service.

HB 762            Dutton
Relating to prohibiting certain personnel in a prosecuting
attorney's office or a city attorney's office from running for  an
elected judicial office.

HB 829            Telford
Relating to the location where the court of appeals for the Sixth
Court of Appeals District transacts business.

HB 2196            Hope
Relating to the duties of the district attorney for the 9th
Judicial District.

SB 952            Luna, Gregory
Relating to the referral of cases to certain magistrates.

HB 1833            Counts
Relating to the issuance of an identification card to a justice of
the peace or municipal court judge by the Office of Court
Administration of the Texas Judicial System.

HB 2313            McReynolds
Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in Angelina County.

HB 2580            Hartnett
Relating to the transfer of certain proceedings to a statutory
probate court.

HB 3173            Hartnett
Relating to the deposit of recognizances, bail bonds, fines,
forfeitures, judgments, jury fees, and other obligations recovered
in the name of the state by a justice of the peace.

HB 3174            Hartnett
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the criminal district attorney of Dallas County.

HB 2758            Turner, Bob
Relating to placing the district attorney for the 33rd judicial
district under the Professional Prosecutors Act.

HB 3779            Luna, Vilma / et al.
Relating to the duties and responsibilities of the District
Attorney for the 105th Judicial District and the County Attorney of
Nueces County.

HB 2246            Homer
Relating to the responsibilities of the district attorney for the
8th Judicial District and the county attorney of Rains County.

HB 804            Gallego / et al.
Relating to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.

HB 928            Junell / et al.
Relating to the annual salary supplement paid by the state to
certain county judges.

HB 2863            Uher
Relating to the salary of a retired judge or justice assigned to a
district court.

HB 3563            Luna, Vilma
Relating to longevity pay for certain assistant prosecutors.

HB 3801            Smithee
Relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney in Oldham
County.

HB 3031            Oliveira
Relating to the compensation of presiding judges of administrative
judicial regions.

HB 3337            Naishtat
Relating to guardianships for missing persons.

HB 3338            Naishtat
Relating to a waiver of the bond requirement for certain guardians
of children.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 561
HB 3031
HB 3337
HB 3338

BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 1634