MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                             Monday, April 12, 1999 
                                     4:00 pm 
                                 Senate Chamber 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural  
         Resources was held on Monday, April 12, 1999 in the Senate  
         Chamber at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair     Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
          
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         The Committee held a hearing at Senator Brown's desk upon  
         adjournment from the Senate's regular 
         order of business. 
          
         The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair moved to refer SB 1847, SB 1848, and SB 1850 to the  
         Subcommittee on Groundwater Districts; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SCR 56,  moved adoption of the Committee  
         Substitute to SCR 56; without objection, the Substitute was  
         adopted.  Senator Armbrister moved that CSSCR 56 be reported  
         favorably to the full Senate.  The motion carried with a vote  
         of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.   
          
         At 4:07 pm, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair and laid out  
         SB 1302, as amended. Senator Barrientos sent up Committee  
         Amendment Two and moved its adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Barrientos moved that SB 1302,  
         as amended, be reported favorably to the full Senate.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not  
         voting and 2 absent.  Senator Barrientos moved that SB 1302,  
         as amended, be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 4:10 pm, Senator Brown assumed the Chair.  The Chair laid  
         out CSSB 705 and Senator Armbrister 
         moved that it be reported favorably to the full Senate.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 705  
         be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out CSSB 1272.  Senator Lucio moved that CSSB  
         1272 be reported favorably to the full Senate.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting  
         and 2 absent.  Senator Lucio moved that CSSB 1272 be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:20 pm Senator Barrientos  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair                     Carol  
                                                                McGarah 
                                                                , Clerk