MINUTES 
          
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                       Subcommittee on Tuition Exemptions 
                               Monday, May 5, 1997 
                                     2:00 pm 
                       State Capitol Building, Room 2E.20 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Tuition  
         Exemptions was held on Monday, May 5, 1997 in the State  
         Capitol Building, Room 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth                  Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Mike Moncrief                   Senator David Sibley 
         Senator Carlos Truan 
                                                  
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         Senator Wentworth, the Chair, called the meeting to order at  
         2:00 pm.  The following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1056 and recognized its author, Senator  
         Lucio, Jr., to explain the bill.   
          
              Robert R. Furgason, representing Texas A&M University -  
              Corpus Christi, testified on the bill. 
          
         Senator Wentworth announced that SB 1056 would be left  
         pending. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 815 and recognized its author, Senator  
         Truan, to explain the bill.   
          
              Robert R. Furgason, representing Texas A&M University -  
              Corpus Christi, testified on the bill. 
          
         Senator Truan moved that SB 815 be reported favorably to the  
         full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1056 and recognized Senator Truan for a  
         motion.  Senator Truan sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
  
         adoption.  Committee Amendment 1 was adopted without  
         objection. 
         Senator Moncrief sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved  
         adoption.  Committee Amendment 2 was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         Senator Moncrief moved that SB 1056, as amended, be reported  
         back to the full Committee with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 3  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 2:30 pm Senator Moncrief  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair 
          
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         Cindy Nottingham, Clerk