HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Tuesday, March 20, 2001

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty

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HB 1616            Allen
Relating to the eligibility for state benefits of a person
imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice.

HB 1617            Allen
Relating to funding for the expansion of the private sector prison
industries program.

HB 1835            Shields
Relating to responses to medical grievances filed by inmates
confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 1962            Kolkhorst / et al.
Relating to showing the cause of death on the death certificate of
an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is
lawfully executed.

HB 2015            Garcia
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice to build or contract for the construction of a secure
correctional facility.

HB 2114            Allen
Relating to interment of a victim and an individual convicted of
the murder of the victim in the same cemetery; providing a civil
penalty.

HB 2247            Ellis, Dan
Relating to establishing an exit interview process for employees of
the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.

HB 2494            Haggerty
Relating to the ratification of the Interstate Compact for Adult
Offender Supervision.



Pending Business:


HB 588            Garcia / et al.
Relating to the creation of a DNA record for certain persons
convicted of a felony or adjudicated as having engaged in
delinquent conduct constituting a felony offense.

In addition, the Committee will hear invited testimony from the following:

Ms. Bonita White, Director, TDCJ Community Justice Assistance Division
Dr. Tony Fabelo, Director, Criminal Justice Policy Council

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