MINUTES 
          
          SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON TAX REFORM & PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE 
                              Tuesday, May 6, 1997 
                                     8:00 am 
                                 Senate Chamber 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Senate  
         Select Committee on Tax Reform & Public School Finance was  
         held on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 in the Senate Chamber at Austin,  
         Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              None 
         Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Gregory Luna 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
          
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         Senator Armbrister called the meeting to order at 9:05 am.   
         The following business was transacted.   
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         The Committee began reviewing and taking action on Committee  
         Amendments on HB 4  with record votes being taken on the  
         following: 
          
         Senator Bivins moved to adopt Committee Amendment 1, which was  
         sent up on Monday, May 5, 1997. The motion failed by a vote of  
         4 ayes, 7 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Bivins moved to adopt Committee Amendment 2, which was  
         sent up on Monday, May 5, 1997. The motion carried with a vote  
         of 10 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 4 and after  
         explanation moved adoption of same. 
         The motion failed by a vote of 1 aye, 10 nays, 0 present not  
  
         voting, and 0 absent.  
         Senator Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 5 and after  
         explanation moved adoption of same. 
         The motion failed by a vote of 2 ayes, 9 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Committee recessed at 9:45 am for Senate Session and  
         resumed at 2:15 pm. 
          
         Senator Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 10 and Senator  
         Bivins sent up an amendment to Committee Amendment 10.   
         Senator Barrientos moved to adopt amendment, as amended. 
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 5 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 17 and a Committee  
         Substitute to CA 17 and after explanation moved to adopt  
         amendment, as substituted. The motion carried with a vote of 8  
         ayes, 2 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. 
          
         Senator Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 24 and an amendment  
         to CA 24 and moved adoption of Committee Amendment 24, as  
         amended.  The motion failed by a vote of 5 ayes, 5 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Carona sent up Committee Amendment 25 and after  
         explanation moved adoption of CA 25.  The motion carried with  
         a vote of 6 ayes, 3 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro sent up substitute amendment to Committee  
         Amendment 31.  Senator Bivins sent up a substitute amendment  
         to Senator Shapiro's substitute. 
          
         Senator Bivins moved to adopt the substitute amendment to  
         Shapiro's Committee Amendment Substitute to Committee  
         Amendment 31. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 4  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The Committee recessed from 4:18 pm and resumed at 4:26 pm. 
          
         Senator Shapiro moved to adopt Committee Amendment 31, as  
         substituted.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 3  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved to adopt Committee Amendment 30. The  
         motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 4 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         Senator Nixon moved to reconsider the Committee's action on CA  
         30.  There were no objections and the motion was adopted.   
         Senator Shapiro withdrew CA 30.  
          
         Senator Shapiro moved to adopt Committee Amendment 33.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 3 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.   
  
         Senator Barrientos moved to reconsider action on Committee  
         Amendment 1.  There were no objections and the motion was  
         adopted. 
          
         Senator Bivins resubmitted Committee Amendment 1.  Senator  
         Bivins then withdrew Committee Amendment 1. 
          
         Senator Luna sent up Committee Amendment 36 and moved adoption  
         of same.  The motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 7 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
          Senator Luna sent up Committee Amendment 39 and moved  
         adoption of same.  The motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 7  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Luna sent up Committee Amendment 40 and moved adoption  
         of same. The motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 7 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Luna sent up Committee Amendment 41 and moved  
         adoption.  The motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 6 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The Committee considered Committee Amendment 44.  Senator  
         Ellis moved to adopt Committee Amendment 44, as amended.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Fraser moved to adopt Committee Amendment 48. The  
         motion failed by a vote of 1 aye,  7 nays, 2 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Bivins moved to adopt Committee Amendment 1. The  
         motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 3 nays, 1 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Barrientos sent up Substitute Amendment for Committee  
         Amendment 6.  Senator Ellis sent up an Amendment to the new  
         Substitute Amendment. 
         Senator Ellis moved to adopt the amendment to the Substitute  
         Amendment to CA 6. The motion failed by a vote of 2 ayes, 9  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Barrientos moved to adopt Substitute Amendment 6. The  
         motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 8 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Committee recessed at 6:50 pm and resumed at 7:40 pm. 
          
         Senator Carona sent up a Substitute Amendment for Committee  
         Amendment 28 and moved adoption. The motion failed by a vote  
         of 3 ayes, 6 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         Senator Nixon sent up Committee Amendment 60 and moved  
         adoption. The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 5 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Committee began considering amendments to HJR 4 with  
         record votes being taken on the following. 
          
         Senator Luna sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 11 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved  
         adoption. The motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 2 nays, 1  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Carona sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved  
         adoption. The motion failed by a vote of 2 ayes, 8 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Committee continued to take public testimony on HB 4 and  
         HJR 4.  Attached to these minutes  are the witnesses that  
         testified or registered. 
          
         Senator Bivins moved to roll the adopted Committee Amendments  
         into a complete Committee Substitute for HB 4.  There were no  
         objections and the motion was adopted. 
          
         Senator Bivins moved to roll the adopted Committee Amendments  
         into a complete Committee Substitute for HJR 4.  There were no  
         objections and the motion was adopted. 
          
         There being no further business, at 8:50 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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         Jerry Sander, Clerk