MINUTES 
                                           
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE 
                           Subcommittee on Border Affairs 
                              Thursday, March 22, 2001 
                                     8:30 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Business &  
         Commerce was held on Thursday, March 22, 2001, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                None 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator John Carona 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 8:35 a.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB1296 and SJR 37 and recognized the author,  
         Senator Lucio, Jr., to explain the bills.   
          
         Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up committee substitutes for SB 1296 and  
         SJR 7; the chair recognized Senator Lucio, Jr. to explain the  
         differences between the committee substitutes and the bills as  
         filed.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved adoption of the committee  
         substitutes; without objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bills are shown on  
         the attached list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.    
          
         Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB1296 do not pass but that  
         CSSB1296 be reported favorably to the full Committee on Business  
         and Commerce with the recommendation that it be reported  
         favorably to the Senate. The motion carried.  Senator Lucio, Jr.  
         moved that SJR37 do not pass but that CSSJR37 be reported  
         favorably to the full Committee on Business and Commerce with  
         the recommendation that it be reported favorably to the Senate.  
         The motion carried. 
         At 8:50 a.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. resumed the chair.   
  
         There being no further business, at 8:51 a.m. Senator Shapleigh  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair 
          
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         Bridget Sharphorn, Clerk