MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                              Thursday, March 1, 2001 
                           1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs  
         was held on Thursday, March 1, 2001, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh                  
                                                  
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:24 p.m.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         At 1:24 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB6 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapiro, to explain the bill. 
          
         Senator Shapiro sent up a committee substitute; the chair  
         recognized Senator Shapiro 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.   
          
         At 1:40 p.m. Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator  
         Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Shapiro  
  
         sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved adoption; without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Shapiro sent up  
         Committee Amendment 4 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Shapiro sent up Committee  
         Amendment 5 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 6 and  
         moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 7 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator  
         Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 8 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Shapiro  
         sent up Committee Amendment 9 and moved adoption; without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted. 
          
         Senator Madla requested unanimous consent to incorporate  
         amendments into the committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Shapiro then moved that the new  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved that SB6 do not pass but that CSSB6 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6  
         ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         At 2:58 p.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 2:59 p.m. Senator Shapiro  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair                        Cindy S.  
                                                                Hodges,  
                                                                Clerk