MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY
Monday, April 14, 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
Monday, April 14, 1997 in the Lt. Governor's Committee Room of
the State Capitol, 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 2:41 p.m.
There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted.
Chairman Truan laid out the proposed Committee Substitute for
SB 370, which was left pending from the previous hearing held
on April 8, 1997. Committee Amendment number five was
withdrawn. At 2:48 p.m. Senator Carona assumed the chair and
recognized Senator Truan to explain Committee Amendment number
six. A discussion followed. Without objection, Committee
Amendment number six was adopted. At 2:52 p.m. Senator Truan
resumed the chair and recognized Senator Armbrister to explain
Committee Amendment number seven. A discussion followed.
Without objection, Committee Amendment number seven was
adopted.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Sibley to explain Committee
Amendment number eight. A discussion followed. Without
objection, Committee Amendment number eight was adopted.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Sibley to explain Committee
Amendment number nine. A discussion followed. Without
objection, Committee Amendment number nine was adopted.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Ogden to explain Committee
Amendment number ten. A discussion followed. There was
objection to adoption of Committee Amendment number ten, so
the Chair ordered a roll call vote. By a vote of 7-1,
Committee Amendment number ten was adopted.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Ogden to explain Committee
Amendment number eleven. A discussion followed. Without
objection, Committee Amendment number eleven was adopted.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Ogden to explain Committee
Amendment number twelve. A discussion followed. Without
objection, Committee Amendment number twelve was adopted.
Chairman Truan recognized Senator Ogden to explain Committee
Amendment number thirteen. A discussion followed. Without
objection, Committee Amendment number thirteen was adopted.
The Chair next took up the proposed Committee Substitute for
SB 369, which had been left pending from the previous hearing,
and recognized Senator Ogden to explain Committee Amendment
number three. A discussion followed. Without objection,
Committee Amendment number three was adopted. The Chair then
recognized Senator Sibley to explain Committee Amendment
number two. A discussion followed. Without objection,
Committee Amendment number two was adopted. The Chair
announced that proposed Committee Amendment number one would
not be taken up by the Committee.
Senator Sibley moved unanimous consent to roll all amendments
adopted into a Committee Substitute for SB 369. Without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Sibley moved to adopt
the Committee Substitute for SB 369 as amended; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Sibley moved that CSSB
369 as amended be reported favorably to the full Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. Senator
Carona requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on
CSSB 369 as amended; without objection it was so ordered. The
motion to report CSSB 369 as amended favorably to the full
Senate carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Armbrister moved unanimous consent to roll all
amendments adopted into the Committee Substitute for SB 370;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Armbrister
moved to adopt the Committee Substitute for SB 370 as amended;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Armbrister
moved that CSSB 370 as amended be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. Senator Carona requested unanimous consent to be
shown voting aye on CSSB 370 as amended; without objection it
was so ordered. The motion to report CSSB 370 as amended
favorably to the full Senate carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
There being no further business, at 4:03 p.m. 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 Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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Carla Buckner, Clerk