MINUTES 
          
               SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS GROWTH 
                            Thursday, March 18, 1999 
                                     8:30 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Subcommittee on Technology &  
         Business Growth was held on Thursday, March 18, 1999 in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator John Carona 
         Senator Frank Madla                      
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator John Whitmire 
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:45 am.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Whitmire. 
          
         The minutes from the last meeting, March 18, 1999, were  
         approved by unanimous consent. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 456 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Madla, to explain the bill.  Senator Madla pulled down a  
         previous Committee Substitute that had been adopted in the  
         Economic Development Committee before the bill was rereferred.   
         Senator Madla sent up a new committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Madla to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Fraser  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute, without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
          
         Witnesses registering on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list.   
          
         Senator Jackson moved that SB 456 do not pass but that CSSB  
         456 be reported back to the full Committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass.  The motion carried with a  
         vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 106 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Truan, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
  
         the attached list.   
         Senator Fraser moved that SB 106 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 614 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Sibley, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Fraser recessed the committee until 1 hour after the  
         Legislative Session adjourned. 
          
         The Committee came back to order at 2:15pm and continued to  
         hear testimony on SB 614.  Senator Fraser moved that SB 614 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:00 pm Senator Fraser  
         moved that the Committee be recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Troy Fraser, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen, Clerk