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SCR 12, 77th R.S.

Memorializing Congress to authorize an additional 16 federal judges and commensurate staff to handle the current and anticipated caseloads along the Texas-Mexico border and to fully reimburse local governments for the costs incurred in prosecuting and incarcerating federal defendants.

Last action: Signed by the Governor

Author: Eliot Shapleigh
Coauthor: Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Sponsor: Pat Haggerty

Session Law Chapter: Acts 2001, 77th R.S., SCR 12

Companion:

HCR 5 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
BORDER
Courts--General
Resolutions--Legislative Policy
Resolutions--Memorializing Congress

House Committee: Corrections (Pat Haggerty, Ray Allen, Dan Ellis, Jessica Farrar, Patricia Gray, Terri Hodge, Chuck Hopson, Carl Isett, Allan Ritter)
Minutes: April 17 2001
Senate Committee: Business & Commerce (John Carona, Troy Fraser, Mike Jackson, Eddie Lucio, Jr., Frank Madla, Eliot Shapleigh, David Sibley, Leticia Van de Putte)
Minutes: March 27 2001

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