SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice TIME & DATE: 1:30 PM or upon adjournment Tuesday, April 21, 2009 PLACE: E1.016 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire To be considered: SB 411 Carona Relating to a restitution lien for the state to secure fines or costs in a misdemeanor case. SB 413 Carona Relating to the prosecution of a Class C misdemeanor offense for which the defendant does not appear. SB 414 Carona Relating to conducting by electronic means a hearing to determine a defendant's ability to discharge certain fines and court costs. SB 415 Carona Relating to the court in which certain persons charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only may be arraigned. SB 449 Carona Relating to the penalty group classification of certain controlled substances. SB 498 Wentworth Relating to the release of a criminal defendant on partial bail and to the procedures governing a cash bond. SB 549 Carona Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to obtain and use criminal history record information for certain departmental authorizations. SB 634 Seliger Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog. SB 689 Shapiro | et al. Relating to restrictions on the use of the Internet by sex offenders and to the collection and exchange of information regarding those offenders. SB 710 Nelson | et al. Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children. SB 1169 Nichols Relating to abolishing the Private Sector Prison Industries Oversight Authority and to the certification and operation of private sector prison industries programs. SB 1237 Estes Relating to the authority of certain juvenile probation officers to carry firearms.

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SB 1530 Whitmire Relating to including playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of the criminal penalties that apply to certain drug-related offenses. SB 1531 Whitmire Relating to the definition of a playground for purposes of certain places protected from certain criminal activities. SB 1652 Duncan Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Mitchell County. SB 1835 Patrick, Dan Relating to the offenses of unauthorized duplication, unauthorized recording, and unauthorized labeling of recordings. SB 1840 Uresti Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty. SB 1909 Hinojosa Relating to the establishment by the Texas Forensic Science Commission of a DNA laboratory audit program. SB 1953 Jackson, Mike Relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. SB 2048 Williams Relating to the establishment of a centralized sex offender registration authority in certain counties in this state. SB 2075 Hinojosa Relating to the consequences of community supervision and to petitions and procedures for the expunction of criminal records and files and to orders of nondisclosure. SB 2162 Ellis Relating to the appointment of counsel for the purposes of community supervision revocation or appellate proceedings. SB 2228 Averitt Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Coryell County. SB 2239 Zaffirini Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency. SB 2280 Ellis Relating to the creation of the Reentry Policy Council to review corrections policies, programs, and procedures for inmates released into the community. SB 2304 Williams Relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. SB 2340 Averitt Relating to the electronic monitoring of certain defendants as an alternative to confinement.