HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Judicial Affairs

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon adjournment,
             Wednesday, April 23, 1997

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Senfronia Thompson

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To consider the following:


SJR 19            Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the place at which
the Supreme Court of Texas sits to transact business.

SB 1012            Ogden
Relating to the creation of the office of criminal district
attorney of Madison County, to the abolition of the office of
county attorney of Madison County, and to the abolition of the
jurisdiction of the district attorney for the 12th Judicial
District in Madison County.

HB 844            McReynolds
Relating to the creation of the office of district attorney for
Judicial District 1-A and to the abolition of the jurisdiction of
the district attorney for the 1st Judicial District in Newton
County.

HB 2697            Gallego / et al.
Relating to the salary from the state of a district judge who
serves as a local administrative district judge.

HB 2698            Gallego
Relating to judicial efficiency.

HB 3422            Shields
Relating to certain district courts in Bexar County.

HB 391            Mowery
Relating to voting in connection with certain judicial races.

HB 1175            Thompson
Relating to the appointment of appellate justices and judges, to
the nonpartisan election of district judges, to the retention or
rejection of district and appellate judges, and to the creation of
certain judicial districts.

HB 1352            Goodman / et al.
Relating to the appointment, election, and retention or rejection
of appellate justices and judges.

HJR 22            Zbranek
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of
judicial districts and to the selection of district judges.

HJR 69            Thompson
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the appointment
of appellate justices and judges by the governor with retention
elections on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges,
for the nonpartisan election and retention or rejection of district
judges, for the election of certain district judges from
commissioners court precincts, and for the alteration of the terms
of certain judicial offices.

HJR 75            Goodman / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial
appointments to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices
and judges, for a partisan election followed by retention elections
on a nonpartisan ballot for those justices and judges, and for the
appointment of district judges in accordance with certain
standards.

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