MINUTES
SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS
AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
Tuesday, May 6, 1997
11:00 pm
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Senate
Special Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
was held on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 in the Senate Chamber at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Jerry Patterson Senator Gregory Luna
Senator J.E. Brown Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:15 pm. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator Gregory Luna
The Chair laid out SB 1766 and recognized the author, Senator
Moncrief, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Brown moved that SB 1766 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Brown moved that
the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 1:25 am Senator Patterson
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Jerry Patterson, Chair
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Mark Dallas Loeffler, Clerk