House Committee on Appropriations 
         Subcommittee on State Park System Review 
         75th Legislature 
         January 29, 1998 
         9:30 am  
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on January 13, 1998, the House  
         Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State Park System  
         Review met jointly in a public hearing with the Committee on  
         State Recreational Resources and was called to order by the  
         Chairman Edmund Kuempel at 9:34 am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Kuempel; Horn; King; Longoria;  
                   McCall; Merritt;, Finnell; Swinford (8). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Davis; Eiland; Raymond (3). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken on the background and status of the Park,  
         Recreation and Natural Resources Study.   
          
         (Representative Eiland now present.)   
          
         Testimony continued.   
          
         (Representative McCall in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken on the Texas Parks and Wildlife  
         Department's budget.   
          
         (Representative Davis now present.)   
          
         Testimony continued.   
          
         At 11:21 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.   
          
         ______________________                  _____________________ 
         Rep. Edmund Kuempel, Chair              Paige Cooper, Clerk