MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Tuesday, March 25, 1997 2:00 pm Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Tuesday, March 25, 1997 in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator J.E. Brown Senator Carlos Truan Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Teel Bivins Senator Troy Fraser Senator Tom Haywood Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Drew Nixon Senator Steve Ogden Senator Jeff Wentworth ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:10 pm. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted. The Chair laid out SB 707 and recognized the author, Senator Patterson, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The bill was left pending. At 3:12 pm Senator Barrientos assumed the chair. The Chair laid out HB 520 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Brown, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The bill was left pending. The Chair laid out SB 988 and recognized the author, Senator Brown, to explain the bill. Senator Brown sent up a committee substitute, explained the differences, and moved its adoption; there being no objection it was adopted. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The bill was left pending. The Chair laid out SB 1465 and recognized the author, Senator Brown, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The bill was left pending. At 3:41 pm Senator Brown resumed the chair. The Chair laid out SB 1199 and recognized the author, Senator Lucio, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. At 3:44 pm Senator Lindsay assumed the chair. The bill was left pending. There being no further business, at 5:00 pm Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator J.E. Brown, Chair ______________________ Carol McGarah, Clerk