THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2000

                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 229


        DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES
             (Deferred from March 15, 2000)

HB 2410       RELATING TO THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN PERSONS'      JDC, WAM
HD1           CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS
           THEREFOR
           Appropriates funds for settlements and judgments of
           claims against the State. 

HB 2418       RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF IDENTIFICATION      JDC, WAM
           Proposes to change the  expiration date of State ID
           cards to coincide with  a  person's birth date, and
           to allow renewal by mail for persons 65 and older.

HB 2423       RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS REPORT             JDC, WAM
           Establishes a  reporting  requirement  to enforce a
           state   law    that    requires   tobacco   product
           manufacturers  who  sell  tobacco  products  in the
           State to deposit certain  amounts into escrow based
           on the number of cigarettes sold.

HB 2646       RELATING TO TRUSTS AND ESTATES                  JDC, WAM
HD1           Authorizes trustees to split  a trust into separate
           trusts   for   administration   or   tax  purposes.
           Streamlines transfer  of  unclaimed  assets  from a
           personal representative  or  trustee  to the State.
           Apportions expenses  incurred  in the determination
           of apportionment of estate taxes.  Raises threshold
           for classification as  a  small estate from $60,000
           to $100,000. 

HB 2648       RELATING TO PROBATION                           JDC, WAM
HD2           Allows a  court,  upon  sentencing  a  defendant to
           probation, deferring a guilty  plea, or deferring a
           plea of nolo contendere,  to order the defendant to
           pay a probation service fee  of  $100 for a term of
           more than one year, or  $50  for a term of one year
           or  less.     Establishes  the  probation  services
           special fund.

HB 2653       RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY                       JDC, WAM
HD2           Authorizes the waiver  of  filing fees when victims
           of crime  seek  civil  enforcement of court-ordered
           restitution. 

                No testimony will be accepted.

For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6911.