HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, February 23, 1999

PLACE: E2.012

CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty

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HB 49            Cuellar / et al.
Relating to an inmate's liability for the inmate's cost of
confinement in a county jail or the institutional division.

HB 104            Alvarado
Relating to reducing the recidivism rate for individuals under the
supervision of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 244            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice participate in work and educational programs.

HB 261            Allen / et al.
Relating to the forfeiture of good conduct time of an inmate who
files a frivolous or malicious lawsuit while confined in county
jail awaiting transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 262            Allen / et al.
Relating to the payment of fees and costs by an inmate who has
filed a frivolous lawsuit.

HB 275            West, George "Buddy"
Relating to restricting certain recreational amenities available to
inmates imprisoned in the institutional division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 347            Averitt
Relating to the financing of certain eligible projects for criminal
justice purposes.

HB 421            Talton
Relating to the eligibility of certain offenders for release on
parole or mandatory supervision.

HB 636            Allen
Relating to the procedure by which an inmate imprisoned in the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice may resolve a conflict over
time-served credits for time spent confined in county jail before
transfer to the department.

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