MINUTES
         
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
                          RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY
                            Wednesday, March 19, 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 19, 1997 in Lt. Governor's Committee Room, at 
         Austin, Texas.  
         
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT:
              Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman       Senator Eliot 
         Shapleigh
              Senator John Carona, Vice-Chairman
              Senator Kenneth Armbrister
              Senator Teel Bivins
              Senator Jon Lindsay
              Senator Steve Ogden
              Senator Bill Ratliff
              Senator David Sibley
         
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         Chairman Truan called the meeting to order at 2:32 p.m.  
         At 2:33 p.m. Vice-Chairman Carona assumed the chair, laid 
         out SB 811 and SB 814 and recognized the Senate sponsor, 
         Senator Truan to explain the bills.  Witnesses testifying 
         and registering on the bill are shown on the attached 
         list.  A discussion followed.  Senator Truan asked that 
         SB 814 be left pending due to a fiscal impact.  Without 
         objection, it was so ordered.  The Chair called the roll 
         and pronounced a quorum present.  Senator Truan moved 
         that SB 811 be reported favorably to the full Senate with 
         the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   The 
         motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present 
         not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Bivins and Senator 
         Ratliff requested unanimous consent to be shown voting 
         aye on SB 811.  Without objection, it was so ordered.
         
         At 2:45 pm Senator Truan resumed the chair and laid out 
         SB 771, recognizing the Senate sponsor, Senator Moncrief 
         to explain the bill.  A discussion followed.  Witnesses 
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  
         Senator Armbrister moved that SB 771 be reported 
         favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that 
 
         





         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a 
         vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 
         absent.   Senators Bivins, Ratliff and Sibley requested 
         unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 771.  
         Without objection, it was so ordered.
         
         Senator Carona moved adoption of the minutes from the 
         March 12, 1997 meeting; without objection it was so 
         ordered.  There being no further business, at 2:53 p.m. 
         Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee be 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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         Carla D. Buckner, Clerk