House Committee on State Recreational Resources 
         75th Legislature 
         April 18, 1997 
         9:45 am  
         Speaker's Committee Room 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 17, 1997, the House  
         Committee on State Recreational Resources met in a formal  
         meeting and was called to order by the Chair, Representative  
         Edmund Kuempel at 9:54 am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Kuempel; McCall; Hilderbran; Horn;  
                   Merritt; Palmer (6). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Hightower; King; Longoria (3). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 966 
          
         The chair laid out HB 966.   
          
         Representative Kuempel offered a complete committee  
         substitute.   
          
         Representative Merritt offered an amendment to the committee  
         substitute.   
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection.   
          
         Representative Horn offered an amendment to the committee  
         substitute.   
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection.   
          
         The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments  
         into the committee substitute.   
          
         Representative Merritt moved that HB 966, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the  
         following vote:   
          
         Ayes:          Representatives Kuempel; McCall; Hilderbran;  
                        Merritt; Palmer (5). 
          
         Nays:          Representative Horn (1). 
          
         Present not Voting:      None (0). 
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hightower; King; Longoria (3). 
          
         At 9:59 am, 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