SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice TIME & DATE: 1:30 PM or upon adjournment Monday, April 27, 2009 PLACE: Senator Whitmire's Desk CHAIR: Senator John Whitmire To consider pending bills:   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 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 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 1139 Hinojosa Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with mental retardation. SB 1324 Nelson | et al. Relating to enhancing penalties for assaulting a family member by strangulation or suffocation. 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.

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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 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 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 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 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.