MINUTES 
          
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                             Tuesday, April 13, 1999 
                                     8:30 am 
                                     E1.714 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Tuesday, April 13, 1999 in E1.714,  
         at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    None 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator John Whitmire 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:35 am.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         Senator Harris ask the committee to look at the minutes from  
         the April 6, 1999 Administration Committee meeting.  Senator  
         Ellis moved adoption.  There being no objections the minutes  
         were approved. 
          
         Senator Harris asked if there was any discussion on the bills  
         recommended for certification on the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar.  There was discussion. Senator Harris moved to  
         certify the bills listed  with the exception of  SB 344 by  
         Jackson, SB 692 by Lucio,  SB 1071 by Fraser,  SB 1178 by  
         Ogden,  SB 1305 and SB 1668 by Jackson to be left pending and  
         that SB 1049 by Moncrief and  SB 1292 by Zaffirini not be  
         certified.  The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays,  
         0 present not voting, and 0 absent. 
          
         Senator Harris turned  the meeting over to Senator Madla.   
         Senator Harris asked to be shown voting with the committee on  
         HCR 80 and SCR 52.   
          
         The Chair laid out SCR 52 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Sibley, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved that SCR 52 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Madla passed the gavel to Senator Ellis.  The Chair  
         laid out HCR 80 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator  
         Madla, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Madla sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption.  The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Madla moved that HCR 80, as amended, be reported back  
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro 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 8:50 am Senator Ellis  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Myra J. Schmitt, Clerk