MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Tuesday, March 23, 1999 
                                    11:00 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State  
         Affairs was held on Tuesday, March 23, 1999 in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh                 Senator Eddie Lucio,  
                                                 Jr. 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator David Cain 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:35 pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Brown and Senator Wentworth. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved that the minutes from the March 18,  
         1999, State Affairs Committee meeting be approved.  There  
         being no objection, the minutes were approved. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 757 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Shapleigh sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Duncan to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Shapleigh 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 Shapleigh moved that SB 757 do not pass but that CSSB  
         757 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 2 absent.   
          
         At 1:00 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 753 and recognized Senator Shapiro, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved that SB 753 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 2 absent.   
          
         At 1:06 pm Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair laid out SJR 1 and announced that the bill would  
         remain pending, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 1:10 pm Senator Shapiro  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair                        Cindy R  
                                                                Notting 
                                                                ham,  
                                                                Clerk