SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE: 11:00AM Or upon adjournment
             Thursday, May 12, 2005

PLACE: Capitol Extension E1.016

CHAIR: Senator Jeff Wentworth

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To consider the following:

HB 182            Mowery / et al.          SP: Janek
Relating to the determination through binding arbitration of
certain ad valorem tax protests brought by property owners.

HB 240            Goolsby                  SP: Lucio
Relating to the right of an adopted person to have access to the
person's original birth certificate.

HB 248            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations
orders.

HB 252            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the use of parenting plans and parenting coordinators
in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 261            Goodman                  SP: Wentworth
Relating to possession of or access to a grandchild and designation
of other relatives as managing conservators.

HB 410            Goodman                  SP: Harris
Relating to the property interests of spouses in connection with
certain separate and community property.

HB 657            Bonnen                   SP: Averitt
Relating to terminating the parent-child relationship of a parent
convicted of certain crimes.

HB 788            Hardcastle               SP: Duncan
Relating to the jurisdiction of the district court and the transfer
of cases from the county courts in the 50th Judicial District to
the district court.

HB 956            Dunnam                   SP: Ogden
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Leon County.

HB 1059            Naishtat                 SP: Wentworth
Relating to the enforcement of certain protective orders.

HB 1179            Dutton                   SP: Harris
Relating to the authority of an associate judge in certain family
law cases.

HB 1394            Zedler                   SP: Brimer
Relating to the appointment of magistrates to serve the municipal
court of record in Kennedale.

HB 1586            West, George "Buddy"     SP: Seliger
Relating to the transaction of business by the Court of Appeals for
the Eleventh Court of Appeals District.

HB 1622            Pitts                    SP: Averitt
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Hill County.

HB 1642            Hartnett                 SP: Harris
Relating to the appointment of interpreters for judicial
proceedings.

HB 2174            Phillips                 SP: Estes
Relating to the terms of court of the 15th, 59th, and 336th
District Courts.

HB 2200            Thompson                 SP: Carona
Relating to the appointment of certified court interpreters.

HB 2518            Coleman                  SP: Duncan
Relating to the requirements of a mental health court program.

HB 3010            Grusendorf               SP: Harris
Relating to the transfer of a failure to attend school proceeding
to juvenile court.

HB 3199            Hope                     SP: Staples
Relating to the terms of court of the 410th District Court.

HB 3263            Hegar                    SP: Janek
Relating to the powers and duties of the district attorney and
county attorney in Fort Bend County.

HB 3481            Hope                     SP: Staples
Relating to the appointment of magistrates in the district courts
and statutory county courts in Montgomery County.

HJR 87            Farabee                  SP: Lindsay
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the membership of
the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Pending business:

HB 3265            Straus                   SP: Wentworth
Relating to the declaration of a mistrial in the punishment phase
of a criminal proceeding.

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