HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Corrections

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
             Tuesday, March 13, 2001

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. Pat Haggerty

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HB 772            Haggerty
Relating to the eligibility of certain offenders for special needs
parole and the provision of facilities for special needs parolees.

HB 859            Dutton
Relating to in-prison geriatric communities.

HB 1238            Wilson
Relating to the rehabilitation of defendants and inmates confined
or imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to
the reduction of recidivism.

HB 1314            Hopson
Relating to a requirement that certain inmates participate in
treatment programs as a condition of earning good conduct time.

HB 1315            Hopson
Relating to the dismissal of a claim brought by an inmate.

HB 1658            Ritter
Relating to the duty of a county to notify the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice regarding certain dismissals of criminal cases.

HB 1659            Ritter
Relating to the duty of a county to notify the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice regarding certain proceedings in cases of
defendants or inmates returned to the county on a bench warrant.

Pending Business:

HB 223            Wise
Relating to procedural requirements applicable to the release on
parole of certain sex offenders.

In addition to discussion on the bills listed, the Committee will hear
testimony from the following:

Dr. Tony Fabelo, Criminal Justice Policy Council


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