MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Friday, April 25, 1997 
                          12:00 pm or upon adjournment 
                           Lt. Governor's Meeting Room 
          
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing  
         of the Senate Committee on State Affairs was held on Friday,  
         April 25, 1997 in Lt. Governor's Committee Room, at Austin,  
         Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator David Cain                      Senator Gregory Luna 
         Senator John Carona                     Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Michael Galloway 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:35 pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:  None 
          
         The Chair referred SB 1905 to the Subcommittee on SB 1905 for  
         further consideration.   
          
         The Chair brought up HB 799.  Senator Lindsay moved that HB  
         799 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting,  
         and 3 absent.   
          
         Senator Lindsay moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair brought up  HB 255.  Senator Ellis moved that HB  
         255, as amended,  be reported favorably to the full Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 3 absent.   
  
         Senator Shapiro moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Fraser moved that the vote on HB 255 be applied to the  
         following bills:  
          
         SB 14 as amended,  HB 711 as amended,  HB 641, SB 130 as  
         substituted,  HB 1025, 
         SB 1343, SB 993 as substituted,  HB 833, SB 1850 as  
         substituted,  HB 101, HB 1077 as amended,  SB 1469 as  
         substituted,  SB 1066 as substituted and HB 1836 as amended. 
          
         Senator Fraser moved that SB 14, as amended, be recommended  
         for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         Senator Galloway moved that HB 711, as amended, be recommended  
         for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Carona moved that HB 641 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested 
         Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ellis moved that CSSB 130 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested 
         Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ellis moved that HB 1025 be recommended  for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested 
         Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Cain moved that CSSB 993 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested 
         Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Nelson moved that HB 833 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without objection, it was  
         so ordered. 
          
         Senator Nelson moved that HB 101 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without objection, it was  
         so ordered. 
          
         Senator Nelson moved that HB 1077, as amended, be recommended  
         for placement on the Local &  Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ellis moved that CSSB 1469 be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Carona moved that CSSB 1066 be recommended for  
  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Carona moved that HB 1836, as amended, be recommended  
         for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 12:50 pm Senator  
         Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to  
         the call of the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         Kelly Gilbert, Clerk