SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice TIME & DATE: 8:00AM or upon adjournment Friday, May 11, 2001 PLACE: Rm 210 Sam Houston Bldg. CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister ___________________________________________________________________________ Consideration of the following: SB 1511 Lucio Relating to interference with or recycling of a traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal. HB 123 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice participate in educational programs. HB 195 Najera SP: Duncan Relating to the analysis of information identifying persons committing or suspected of committing certain property offenses against elderly individuals. HB 280 Christian SP: Whitmire Relating to the efficient use of police service animals. HB 434 Heflin SP: Whitmire Relating to the procedures for handling certain defendants acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity. HB 553 Mowery SP: Armbrister Relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United States. HB 776 Haggerty SP: Staples Relating to the implementation, operation, and maintenance of the criminal justice information system. HB 1071 Farabee SP: Armbrister Relating to certain procedures used to deal with a criminal defendant or juvenile suspect who may have a mental illness or mental retardation. HB 1075 Haggerty SP: Staples Relating to certain reports submitted to the community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on the use of ignition interlock devices. HB 1209 Williams SP: Shapiro Relating to the uncorroborated testimony of victims of certain sexual offenses. HB 1234 Naishtat SP: Zaffirini Relating to the presence of certain advocates during forensic medical examinations of alleged victims of sexual assaults. HB 1572 Haggerty SP: Staples Relating to the rights of victims of crime, participation by victims and witnesses in certain criminal proceedings, and the payment of restitution to victims. HB 1583 Gallego SP: Armbrister Relating to the qualifications required for employment as a parole officer or parole officer supervisor. HB 1584 Gallego SP: Armbrister Relating to procedures applicable to the release of an inmate on mandatory supervision. HB 1925 Haggerty SP: Staples Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons within 1,000 feet of a place of execution. HB 1955 Zbranek SP: Staples Relating to the discharge from jail of a misdemeanant who is jailed to satisfy fines and costs. HB 2010 Uresti SP: Van de Putte Relating to the availability of deferred adjudication to a defendant charged with delivering certain controlled substances or marihuana to a minor. HB 2097 Morrison SP: Staples Relating to prosecuting and punishing certain individuals who violate the civil rights of persons in custody or engage in sexual conduct with persons in custody. HB 2184 Smith SP: Harris Relating to the disposition of certain weapons seized as evidence in a criminal case. HB 2222 Jones, Jesse SP: Jackson Relating to the prosecution and punishment of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. HB 2247 Ellis, Dan SP: Staples Relating to establishing an exit interview process for employees of the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. HB 2696 Hinojosa SP: Duncan Relating to the duties of peace officers, law enforcement agencies, and attorneys representing the state in asset forfeiture proceedings. HB 2798 Menendez SP: Staples Relating to certain civil and criminal consequences of using a vehicle while evading arrest or detention. HB 2856 Martinez Fischer SP: Armbrister Relating to certain criminal offenses involving bail bond activity; increasing a penalty. HB 2890 McClendon SP: Madla Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain persons in custody from contacting their victims. HB 3000 Uresti SP: Madla Relating to the authority of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County to rule on an issue of law or fact. HB 3351 Keffer SP: Haywood Relating to the regulation of immediate precursors and certain other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of a controlled substance; providing penalties. HCR 254 Ramsay SP: Staples Directing the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in conjunction with the United Ways of Texas to develop a multiagency and local effort to study issues relating to at-risk youth in nonurban areas. Pending Business ___________________________________________________________________________