MINUTES 
                                           
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                   Subcommittee on 9-1-1 Emergency Communications 
                              Wednesday, June 21, 2000 
                                     10:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
                                           
                                       ***** 
                                           
         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic  
         Development Subcommittee on 9-1-1 Emergency Communications was  
         held on Wednesday, June 21, 2000, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.012, at Austin, Texas. 
          
                                       ***** 
                                           
         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Chairman Frank Madla                    Senator Troy Fraser 
                                                 Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
                                       ***** 
                                           
         Chairman Frank Madla called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.   
         The following business was transacted:   
          
         The committee heard testimony on whether cities should be  
         allowed to opt out of the current  
         9-1-1 System.  Scott Cooley, representing the City of Corpus  
         Christi, testified.  Sheriff Margo Frasier, representing Travis  
         County, testified.  Jesus Garza, representing the City of  
         Austin, testified.  James D. Goerke, representing the Texas  
         Commission on State Emergency Communications, testified.   
         Laverne Hogan, representing the Greater Harris County 9-1-1  
         District, testified.  Joe McComb, representing the Coastal Bend  
         Council of Governments, testified.  Bill Munn, representing the  
         Tarrant County 9-1-1 District, testified.  Thomas Ratliff,  
         representing AT&T and Western Wireless, testified.  Carey  
         Spence, representing the Texas Commission on State Emergency  
         Communication, testified.  Thomas Utter, representing the City  
         of Corpus Christi, testified.  Betty Voights, representing the  
         Capital Area Planning Council, testified.  Bill Buchholtz,  
         representing the Bexar Metro 9-1-1 Network, registered but did  
         not testify.  Doka Caudle, representing the City of Dallas,  
         registered but did not testify.  Woody Glover, representing the  
         9-1-1 Network of East Texas, registered but did not testify.   
         Joni Ramsey, representing the Town of Addison, registered but  
         did not testify.  Melissa Tutton, representing the City of  
         Plano, registered but did not testify.  Chairman Madla then  
         announced that the next hearing would be held on July 10th, 2000  
         in Dallas, Texas. 
          
         There being no further business, at 11:37 a.m. Chairman Madla  
         moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection it was so ordered. 
          
         _______________________ 
         Senator Frank Madla, Chair 
          
         _______________________ 
         Rosemary Brown, Clerk