MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Thursday, November 13, 2008

10:00 a.m.

Capitol Extension, Room E1.016

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice was held on Thursday, November 13, 2008, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator John Whitmire Senator Kel Seliger Senator John Carona Senator Juan Hinojosa		Senator Bob Deuell Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Glenn Hegar

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The chair called invited testimony for interim charge 1, pertaining to the use of private prisons by the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

 

The chair called invited testimony for interim charge 4, pertaining to the current operations of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

 

The chair called invited testimony for interim charge 9, pertaining to the processes for        re-entry of criminal offenders in communities.

 

The chair called public testimony for interim charges 1, 4, and 9.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the charges are shown on the attached witness list.

 

There being no further business, at 3:15 p.m. Senator Whitmire moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator John Whitmire, Chair

 

 

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Vanessa Valdez, Clerk