MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday, March 12, 1997
1:00 p.m.
Lt. Governor's Committee Room
Public Hearing
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
International Relations, Trade & Technology was held on
Wednesday, March 12, 1997 in Lt. Governor's Committee Room, at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman None
Senator John Carona, Vice-Chairman
Senator Kenneth Armbrister
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator David Sibley
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Chairman Truan called the public meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.
There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted.
At 1:35 p.m. Vice-Chairman Carona assumed the Chair. The
Chair laid out SB 566 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan sent up and
explained Committee Amendment 1. A discussion followed. The
Chair moved that SB 566 and its Committee Amendment 1 be left
pending to await a quorum; without objection it was so
ordered. Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Shapleigh moved
adoption of Committee Amendment 1; there being no objection,
it was so ordered. Senator Shapleigh moved SB 566, as
amended, be reported back to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. Senators
Sibley, Lindsay, and Bivins requested unanimous consent to be
shown voting aye on SB 566; there being no objection, it was
so ordered. The motion to report SB 566 favorably, as amended,
carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting,
and 0 absent. Senator Truan requested unanimous consent to
certify the bill for Local & Uncontested Calendar; without
objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 568 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Mr. Homero Cabello, Director of the Office of Colonias
Initiatives with the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs, presented an educational video on contracts for deed
for colonias residents. All witnesses testifying and
registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.
Senator Truan moved that SB 568 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. Senators Sibley, Lindsay, and Bivins requested
unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 568; there
being no objection, it was so ordered. The motion to report SB
568 favorably carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Truan requested unanimous
consent to certify the bill for Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 569 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Mr. Hal Ray, Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the
Texas Attorney General, testified as a resource witness.
Other witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are
shown on the attached list. Senator Ogden sent up Committee
Amendment 1 to SB 569. A discussion followed. Senator Truan
moved that SB 569 be left pending until the amendment language
could be prepared; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 570 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan sent up a
committee substitute and was recognized by the Chair to
explain the difference between the committee substitute and
the bill as filed. Without objection, the committee
substitute was adopted. A discussion followed. Mr. Hal Ray
with the Office of the Texas Attorney General testified as a
resource witness. Other witnesses testifying and registering
on the bill are shown on the attached list. Senator Truan
moved that SB 570 do not pass but that CSSB 570 be reported
back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. Senators Ratliff, Sibley, Armbrister, and Bivins
requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on CSSB
570; there being no objection, it was so ordered. The motion
to report CSSB 570 favorably carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Truan
requested unanimous consent to certify the bill for Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 569 again, and recognized Senator Ogden
to explain Committee Amendment 1; without objection it was
adopted. Senator Ogden moved that SB 569, as amended, be
reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. Senators Ratliff, Sibley, Armbrister,
and Bivins requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye
on SB 569 as amended; there being no objection, it was so
ordered. The motion to report SB 569 favorably, as amended,
carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting,
and 0 absent. Senator Truan requested unanimous consent to
certify SB 569 as amended for Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 843 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list. Senator Truan moved that SB 843 be
reported favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. Senators Ratliff and Bivins
requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 843;
there being no objection, it was so ordered. The motion to
report SB 843 favorably carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays,
0 present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Truan requested
unanimous consent to certify the bill for Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SCR 35 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Witnesses registering on the bill are shown on the attached
list. Senator Truan moved that SCR 35 be reported favorably
to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. Senator Ratliff requested unanimous consent to be
shown voting aye on SCR 35; there being no objection, it was
so ordered. The motion to report SCR 35 favorably carried with
a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Truan requested unanimous consent to certify the bill
for Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so
ordered.
At 2:50 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the Chair and recognized
Senator Carona for a motion to approve the minutes from the
previous hearing; without objection, it was so ordered. There
being no further business, at 2:50 p.m. Senator Shapleigh
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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