MINUTES 
          
                     SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                              Monday, March 8, 1999 
                                     3:30 pm 
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Subcommittee on Higher  
         Education was held on Monday, March 8, 1999 in Lt. Governor's  
         Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
          
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         The Chair suspended the posting rule on the Senate Floor in  
         order for the Committee to meet 30 minutes after adjournment.   
         The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:35 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair made a motion to approve the minutes from the  
         previous committee hearing, Senator Zaffirini seconded the  
         motion;  there being no objection, the minutes were approved. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 344 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Senator Zaffirini sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Zaffirini moved that Committee Amendment 1 be rolled  
         into the bill  to create a committee substitute;  there being  
         no objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved that  
         the new committee substitute be adopted;  there being no  
         objection, it was adopted.  Senator Zaffirini moved that SB  
         344 not pass, but CSSB 344 be reported favorably 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.  Senator Zaffirini moved that the subcommittee  
         recommend to the full committee that this bill be recommended  
         for placement on the Local and Uncontested calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 481 and recognized Senator Jackson, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Senator  
         Zaffirini sent up a committee substitute; the Chair recognized  
         Senator Jackson to explain the difference between the  
  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Zaffirini  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute, without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved that SB 481 do not  
         pass but that CSSB 481 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.  Senator Zaffirini moved that the subcommittee  
         recommend to the full committee that this bill be recommended  
         for placement on the Local and Uncontested calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 37 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ellis, to explain the bill.  Senator West sent up a committee  
         substitute; the Chair recognized Senator Ellis to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator West 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.  Senator Zaffirini sent up Committee Amendment  
         1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was  
         adopted.  Senator Zaffirini moved that Committee Amendment 1  
         be rolled into the committee substitute to create a new  
         substitute;  there being no objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Zaffirini moved that the new substitute be adopted;   
         there being no objection, the substitute was adopted. At the  
         request of the author, Senator West moved that CSSB 37 be left  
         pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:25 pm Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Krissy Lilljedahl, Clerk