MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                             Tuesday, April 20, 1999 
                                     2:00 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 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 in the Senate  
         Chamber at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair     None 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Bill Ratliff 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:20 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 977, as amended,  and Senator Ratliff,  
         the author, explained the bill.   
          
         No public testimony was taken on the bill. 
          
         Senator Haywood moved adoption of the Subcommittee Report;  
         without objection, the Report was adopted.  Senator Ratliff  
         moved that SB 977, as amended, pass and be reported favorably  
         to the full Senate.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes,  
         0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent. 
          
         The Chair laid out CSSB 635 and Senator Ogden, the author,  
         explained the bill. 
          
         Senator Barrientos moved adoption of the Subcommittee Report;  
         without objection, the Report was adopted.  Senator Barrientos  
         moved that CSSB 635 pass and be reported favorably to the full  
         Senate.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Barrientos moved  
         that CSSB 635 be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 2:50  pm, Senator Bivins assumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1301 and Senator Brown sent up a  
         Committee Substitute and moved its adoption; without  
         objection, the Substitute was adopted.  Senator Brown  
         explained the Substitute. 
          
         No public testimony was taken on the bill.  Senator Brown  
         moved that CSSB 1301 pass and be reported favorably to the  
         full Senate.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and  0 absent.  Senator Brown  
         moved that CSSB 1301 be recommended for placement on the Local  
         & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 3:02 pm, Senator Brown assumed the Chair and laid out SB  
         828.  Senator Shapleigh, the author, explained the bill.   
          
         No public testimony was taken on the bill. 
          
         Senator Bivins moved that SB 828 pass and be reported  
         favorably to the full Senate.  The motion carried with a vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
         Senator Bivins moved that SB 828 be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was  
         so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out CSSB 1829 by Zaffirini and moved adoption  
         of the Subcommittee Report on CSSB 1829; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Ratliff moved that CSSB 1829 pass and  
         be reported favorably to the full Senate.  The motion carried  
         with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0  
         absent.  Senator Ratliff moved that CSSB 1829 be recommended  
         for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out CSSB 1690 and Senator Ratliff moved that  
         CSSB 1690 pass and be reported favorably to the full Senate.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that the Minutes from the April 13th  
         and 15th Hearings be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1612 and Senator Lucio explained the  
         bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list. 
          
         Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1710 and Senator Armbrister explained  
         the bill for the author, Senator Ellis. 
          
         Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee Substitute and moved  
         its adoption; without objection, the Substitute was adopted. 
          
         No public testimony was taken and the bill was left pending  
         before the Committee. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1771 and Senator Armbrister sent up a  
         Committee Substitute.  Senator Armbrister sent up Committee  
         Amendment One and moved its adoption; without objection, the  
         Amendment was adopted.  Senator Armbrister moved adoption of  
         the Committee Substitute; without objection, the Substitute  
         was adopted.  Senator Armbrister moved that the Amendment be  
         rolled into a new Committee Substitute.  It was so ordered.   
         Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 1771 pass and be reported  
         favorably to the full Senate.  The motion carried with a vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
         Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 1771 be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out CSSB 431 and Senator Armbrister sent up the  
         Subcommittee on Agriculture Report to be adopted; without  
         objection, the Report was adopted.  Senator Armbrister  
         explained the bill for the author, Senator Madla.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list. 
          
         Public testimony was closed and Senator Armbrister moved that  
         CSSB 431 pass and be reported favorably to the full Senate.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting and 0 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB  
         431 be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:40 pm Senator Armbrister  
         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                           
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