MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                           Subcommittee on Agriculture 
                            Thursday, March 11, 1999 
                                     1:00 pm 
                         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 Committee on Natural Resources,  
         Subcommittee on Agriculture was held on Thursday, March 11,  
         1999 in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Tom Haywood                     Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:10 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Teel Bivins 
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that the Minutes from the previous  
         hearing be adopted. There bring no objection, it was so  
         ordered.. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 705 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ogden, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Haywood sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Ogden to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Witnesses  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the  
         attached list.   
          
         The Chair then closed public testimony on SB 705. 
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that SB 705 do not pass but that CSSB  
         705 be reported back to full Committee with the recommendation  
         that it do pass. The motion carried with 3 ayes, 0nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 754 and recognized Senator Armbrister,  
         in the absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Bivins moved that SB 754 be reported favorably to the  
         full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:26 pm Senator Bivins  
         moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Tom Haywood, Chair 
          
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         Todd Kercheval, Clerk