SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  3:15PM or upon adjournment,
             Thursday, May 15, 1997

PLACE: 3E.4

CHAIR: Senator Rodney Ellis

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To consider the following:

HB 293            Chisum                   SP: Haywood
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to
the district attorney for the 100th Judicial District.

HB 1192            Rhodes                   SP: Armbrister
Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies to enforce
protective orders.

HB 1317            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the guardianship of missing persons and receiverships
for the estate of certain missing persons.

HB 1665            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to disclosure of the location of certain subsurface
conditions by a person  who is selling unimproved real property to
be used for residential purposes.

HB 1672            Janek                    SP: Ellis
Relating to the requirements of a price list and a memorandum for
funeral merchandise and services.

HB 1751            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Bivins
Relating to certain individuals who may bring a suit to contest the
paternity of a child.

HB 2272            Thompson                 SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain court costs a person convicted of certain
offenses is required to pay.

HB 2339            Talton                   SP: Brown
Relating to the extension of restrictions imposing regular
assessments in certain residential real estate subdivisions.

HB 2488            Staples                  SP: Shapiro
Relating to the interview of a child in chambers in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2615            Mowery                   SP: Ellis
Relating to certain findings concerning an allegation of child
abuse or neglect in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 2951            Thompson                 SP: Ellis
Relating to the provision of inpatient mental health services to
certain incapacitated persons.

HB 3088            Hartnett                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the notice required to be given in a proceeding to
determine heirship.

HB 3104            Craddick                 SP: Bivins
Relating to appointment of a bailiff for the 385th district court
in Midland County.

HB 3105            Craddick                 SP: Bivins
Relating to the supplemental salaries of judges of the district
courts having jurisdiction in Midland County.

HB 3345            Smith                    SP: Harris
Relating to the investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect
during the pendency of a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship.

HB 3545            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to the statutory county courts in Cameron County.

Pending business:


HB 2215            Staples                  SP: Madla
Relating to court-ordered family counseling for conflicts regarding
issues of conservatorship or possession of or access to a child.

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