MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL 
                          RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY 
                             Saturday, May 17, 1997 
                          12:00 pm or Upon Adjournment 
                              Senator Truan's Desk 
                                 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  
         Saturday, May 17, 1997 in Senator Truan's Desk, at Austin,  
         Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
              Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman       Senator Kenneth  
         Armbrister 
              Senator John Carona, Vice-Chairman      Senator Steve  
         Ogden 
              Senator Teel Bivins 
              Senator Jon Lindsay 
              Senator Bill Ratliff 
              Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
              Senator David Sibley 
          
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         Chairman Truan called the public meeting to order at 11:35  
         a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was  
         transacted. 
          
         The Chair laid out HCR 202 and recognized Senator Shapleigh,  
         on behalf of the Senate sponsor, Senator Duncan, to explain  
         the bill.  A discussion followed.  Senator Bivins moved that  
         HCR 202 be reported favorably to the full Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting,  
         and 2 absent.  Senator Bivins moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar,  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Chairman Truan had previously suspended the posting rule to  
         take up and consider HCR 137 without objection.  The Chair  
         laid out HCR 137 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator  
         Shapleigh, to explain the bill.  A discussion followed.   
         Senator Shapleigh moved that HCR 137 be reported favorably to  
         the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Shapleigh moved  
  
         that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 1391 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Barrientos, to explain the bill.  A discussion  
         followed.  Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 1391 be reported  
         favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 6  
         ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 11:40 a.m. Senator Ratliff  
         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