MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE 
                             Tuesday, April 20, 1999 
                                    8:30 a.m. 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Subcommittee on Infrastructure  
         was held on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Cain                      None 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:40 a.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         Senator Nixon moved that the minutes from the previous meeting  
         be approved, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1751 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Brown sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Wentworth to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Brown  
         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.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 432 and recognized Senator Bernsen, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Bernsen sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Bernsen to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.   
         Senator Bernsen 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 Bernsen moved that SB 432 do not pass but that CSSB  
         432 be reported back to the full Committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass.  The motion carried with a  
         vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         At 8:58 a.m. Senator Brown assumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1098 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Cain, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Cain sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Cain to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Cain  
         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.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1098 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 9:13 a.m. Senator Cain resumed the chair.   
          
         At 9:15 a.m. the Chair moved that the Committee stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the Chair.  Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         At 12:45 p.m. the Committee reconvened. 
          
         Senator Bernsen moved that  SB 1751 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1751 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.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:47 p.m. the Chair moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David H. Cain, Chair                           Cindy  
                                                                S.  
                                                                Hodges,  
                                                                Clerk