MINUTES 
          
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                           Tuesday, February 23, 1999 
                                     9:00 am 
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic  
         Development was held on Tuesday, February 23, 1999 in the Lt.  
         Governor's Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman          None 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Vice Chairman 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator John Whitmire 
          
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         The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:00 am.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 130 and recognized the author,  
         Senator Nelson, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  Upon  
         completion of testimony, Chairman Sibley moved that the bill  
         be left pending until later in the hearing.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 170 and recognized the author,  
         Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying  
         and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Upon completion of public testimony, Chairman Sibley moved  
         that the public hearing be closed.  Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved that SB 170 be reported  
         favorably to the 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 0 absent.   
          
         Chairman Sibley laid out SB 295 and recognized the author,  
         Senator Jackson.  Senator Jackson sent up a committee  
         substitute and explained  the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Jackson moved  
         adoption of the committee substitute, without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Mike Davis, representing the Texas Department  
         of Insurance, testified as a resource witness on the bill.   
         Chairman Sibley then moved that the public hearing be closed.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Jackson moved  
  
         that SB 295 do not pass but that CSSB 295  be reported back to  
         the 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 0 absent. 
            
         The Chairman laid out SB 405 and recognized the author,  
         Senator Madla.  Senator Madla sent up a committee substitute  
         and explained the difference between the committee substitute  
         and the bill as filed.  Senator Madla then moved adoption of  
         the committee substitute; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are  
         shown on the attached list.  Chairman Sibley then moved that  
         the public hearing be closed.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Madla moved that SB 405 do not pass but that  
         CSSB 405 be reported back to the 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 0 absent.   
          
         At 9:40 am Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair.  The Chairman  
         laid out SB 427 and recognized the author, Senator Sibley, to  
         explain the bill.  The Chairman then called for public  
         testimony on SB 427.  At 9:50 am, Senator Sibley resumed the  
         Chair and moved that the Committee stand recessed until after  
         adjournment of the Senate.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered.    
          
         At 11:20 am the Committee reconvened.  Senator Fraser assumed  
         the Chair and called for public testimony to continue on SB  
         427.  At 11:22 am Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair. Upon  
         completion of testimony, the Chairman moved that the public  
         hearing be closed.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.  Senator Sibley moved that SB 427 be  
         reported favorably to the 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 0 absent.   
          
         At 11: 35 am Senator Sibley resumed the Chair and advised that  
         consideration of SB 130 would continue.  The Chairman  
         recognized the author, Senator Nelson.  Senator Armbrister  
         sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption.  Without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Madla requested  
         unanimous consent to incorporate the amendment into a  
         committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Madla then moved that the new committee substitute be  
         adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Madla  
         moved that SB 130 do not pass but that CSSB 130 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 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 11:50 am Chairman Sibley  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chairman.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Barbara Henderson, Clerk