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Hello: I am contacting you to ask your opinion about a current project of staff at the State Law Library in Austin. (We are part of the Judicial Branch of state government, in case you do not know about us. We are a "public" law library and attempt to serve the courts, other state agencies and the citizens of the state.) I am a Reference Law Librarian at the State Law Library in Austin. We have completed a publication: Statutory Restrictions on Convicted Felons in Texas, a compilation of Texas laws that restrict the activities of felons. The project grew out of a reference question from the Austin Public Library requesting a list of activities restricted to felons. Since we knew of no such list, we decided to compile one. There are over 150 statutes related to the activities of felons------a large number are found in the Occupations Code, meaning that there are many, many areas of work not available to people convicted of a felon. We would like to know if you think the public and high school libraries in your system might have an interest in receiving a copy of this publication? We suspect that those working with "at-risk" teens such as high school counselors, teachers, social workers, etc. might benefit from knowing more about this area of Texas law. It might be helpful to young people to know the consequences of certain actions. Licensed occupations, in particular, have many laws that prevent felons from entering into these areas of work. Some of these licensed occupations include the medical professions ( e.g. physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists, midwives, dentists, nurses, pharmacists), law enforcement officers ( peace/security officers, polygraph examiners, bail bondsmen). Some other occupations affected by acts considered to be felonies include accountant, veterinarian, interior designer, real estate broker/salesperson, auctioneer, risk manager, and school bus driver. I realize that May is a busy time for all in the public schools. However, if you have e-mail contact with the high school librarians, and the public librarians, in your system, would you be willing to forward this message to them, asking them to respond directly to me (e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) so that we can get an idea of the interest in this publication? The document will be available by mid-summer, and we hope to distribute it without cost (depends on a grant), but may have to ask for help with postage and handling (hopefully under $5.00). We appreciate your help with this survey. If any of the librarians are interested, we would like to hear from them by early June, if possible. Sincerely
yours,
Catherine
Harris If this is of interest to you, please contact Catherine Harris directly. And if you have e-mail addresses for the high school librarians in your community or county, please pass this along to them also. Thanks!
Laurie
Laurie Mahaffey Central Texas Library System P. O. Box 2287 Austin TX 78768-2287 512-476-1668 ext 16 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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