** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Monday, May 10, 1999

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis

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To consider the following:


SB 827            Shapleigh
Relating to the fees paid by defendants in certain cases.

SCR 72            Ratliff
Granting Dean Lumber Company, Inc., permission to sue the state and the Tex
Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

HB 82            Solomons                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the method by which a county reconstitutes the jury
wheel and to the selection and service of jurors in certain
counties.

HB 734            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the conversion of separate property to community
property.

HB 919            Naishtat                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to an attorney who represents a ward, proposed ward,
guardian, or other interested person in certain guardianship
proceedings.

HB 1475            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to management and investment of trust assets.

HB 1477            Oliveira                 SP: Harris
Relating to the amount of court costs imposed for the support of
the county law library.

HB 1521            Siebert                  SP: Harris
Relating to penalties for violating certain statutes relating to
real property.

HB 1660            Naishtat                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to closing the administration of a decedent's estate.

HB 1661            Naishtat                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the final accounting of a decedent's or ward's estate.

HB 1662            Naishtat                 SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to investments of the estates of wards.

HB 1663            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the creation, modification, or closing of a
guardianship of an incapacitated person.

HB 1752            Coleman                  SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the compensation of certain private investigators and
witnesses who are retained by appointed counsel.

HB 1767            Lewis, Glenn             SP: Harris
Relating to the legal representation of county officials and
employees by district and county attorneys.

HB 1839            Smith                    SP: Moncrief
Relating to the appointment of bailiffs for the criminal district
courts in Tarrant County.

HB 1851            Thompson                 SP: Harris
Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons.

HB 2060            Counts                   SP: Haywood
Relating to the terms of court of the 50th District Court.

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

HB 2313            McReynolds               SP: Nixon, Drew
Relating to the appointment of bailiffs in Angelina County.

HB 2354            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the liability of the Title IV-D agency for certain
costs incurred in providing child support services.

HB 2441            Goodman                  SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the requirement that parents participate in a parenting
course and counseling in certain suits involving children.

HB 2535            Thompson                 SP: West, Royce
Relating to the dismissal of certain offenses involving the failure
to maintain financial responsibility for a motor vehicle.

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

HB 2594            Uresti                   SP: Madla
Relating to the collection of child support payments made after
termination of the child support order.

HB 2653            Elkins                   SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the law that applies to a contract made over the
Internet.

HB 2671            Turner, Sylvester        SP: Shapleigh
Relating to the admissibility of a statement made by a child and to
the requirement that the Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services notify the parent or guardian of certain children taken
into possession by a law enforcement agency.

HB 3081            Telford                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to the seizure of a work of fine art.

HB 3130            Chisum                   SP: Gallegos
Relating to the judges empowered to waive the waiting period for a
marriage ceremony.

HB 3207            Ramsay                   SP: Madla
Relating to the requirement for insurance coverage for district
clerks.

HB 3337            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to guardianships for missing persons.

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

HB 3779            Luna, Vilma              SP: Truan
Relating to the powers and duties of the district attorney for the
105th Judicial District.

HJR 36            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting the conversion of
separate property to community property.

HB 2208            Goodman                  SP: Lindsay
Relating to the authority of the office of the attorney general to
contract with a statewide organization to provide services to
children's advocacy centers.

HB 1507            Wolens                   SP: Duncan
Relating to the definition of the practice of law.



HB 625            Reyna, Arthur            SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to the hearing date on an adoption.

HB 865            Puente                   SP: Nelson
Relating to the change of a driver's license or personal
identification certificate number of a victim of domestic violence.

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

HB 3635            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the Probate Court No. 1 of Travis County.

Pending Business:


HB 1324            Garcia                   SP: Carona
Relating to termination of an employee who performs jury duty;
providing a criminal penalty.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

HB 625
HB 865
HB 2196
HB 3635