MINUTES 
          
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                             Tuesday, April 15, 1997 
                                     9:00 am 
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic  
         Development was held on Tuesday, April 15, 1997 in the Lt.  
         Governor's Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman          None 
         Senator David Cain, Vice Chairman 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Jerry Patterson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
          
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         The Chair, Senator Cain, called the meeting to order at 9:20  
         am.  There being a quorum present, the following business was  
         transacted.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 167 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Harris, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         Chair moved that SB 167 be left pending to await a quorum;  
         without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a  
         quorum, Senator Harris moved SB 167 be reported back to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent.   
         Senator Harris moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 9:25 am Senator Madla assumed the chair, laid out SB 1292  
         and recognized the author, Senator Cain, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Cain sent up a committee substitute and explained the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are  
         shown on the attached list.   
         The Chair moved that SB 1292 be left pending to await a  
  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum, Senator Cain moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute for SB 1292; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Cain then moved that SB 1292 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1292 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a  
         vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1387, by Senator Patterson, and  
         recognized Senator Haywood, in the absence of the author, to  
         explain the bill.  Senator Haywood sent up a committee  
         substitute and explained the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  
           
         At 10:00 am Senator Cain assumed the chair and moved that SB  
         1387 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1697 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ellis, to explain the bill.    Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
          
         Senator Ellis sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1697 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum, Senator Ellis moved that SB 1697, as amended, be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 8  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1105 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.  Senator Duncan sent up a  
         committee substitute and explained the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Witnesses  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the  
         attached list.  Senator Duncan requested that the committee  
         substitute be held for further consideration by the Committee.  
          
         At 10:50  am Senator Sibley assumed the chair and  moved that  
         the Committee stand in recess until after adjournment of the  
         Senate; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 1:10 p.m., the Committee reconvened.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1565, by Senator Cain, and explained   
         the bill in the absence of the author.  Witnesses testifying  
         and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
          
         Senator Cain sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
          
         Senator Cain requested unanimous consent to incorporate the  
         amendment into a committee substitute; without objection, it  
  
         was so ordered.  Senator Cain then moved that the new  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Cain moved that SB 1565 do not pass but that  
         CSSB 1565 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting,  
         and 4 absent.   
          
         The Chair advised that the Committee would resume  
         consideration of SB 1105.  Senator Duncan withdrew the  
         committee substitute previously sent up, sent up a new  
         committee substitute and explained the difference between the  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Duncan then moved  
         adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Duncan moved that SB 1105 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 1105 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting,  
         and 4 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1111 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.  Senator Duncan sent up a  
         committee substitute and explained the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Duncan  
         then moved adoption of the committee substitute, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Witnesses registering on the  
         bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Senator Duncan moved that SB 1111 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1111 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a  
         vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 4 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 2:00 pm Senator Sibley  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Danielle Delgadillo, Clerk