HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues

TIME & DATE: 10:30AM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Tuesday, February 13, 2001

PLACE: E1.026

CHAIR: Rep. Toby Goodman

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The House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues will meet in a
public hearing and hear invited testimony from the Texas Youth Commission,
Juvenile Probation Commission and the Criminal Justice Policy Council.  In
addition, the committee will hear public testimony on the following bills:

HB 283            King, Phil
Relating to the terms of a court order for the possession of or
access to a child.

HB 360            Wise / et al.
Relating to the abuse of a child.

HB 590            Goodman
Relating to the adoption of biological siblings.

HB 591            Goodman
Relating to the liability of a parent who fails to provide
court-ordered health insurance for a child.

HB 593            Goodman
Relating to information required in certain pleadings in the Family
Code.

HB 594            Goodman
Relating to findings of fact and conclusions of law by a court in a
suit for dissolution of a marriage.

HB 596            Goodman
Relating to the modification of an order in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship; providing a penalty.

HB 597            Goodman
Relating to the designation of the person having the exclusive
right to determine the primary residence of a child and the child's
preferences in relation to that designation.

HB 822            Giddings
Relating to the period during which a justice, municipal, or
juvenile court may defer proceedings against certain persons for
purposes of attending a teen court program.

HB 882            Jones, Jesse
Relating to the period during which a justice, municipal, or
juvenile court may defer proceedings against certain persons for
purposes of attending a teen court program.

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