MINUTES 
                                           
         STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ECONOMIC  
                                    DEVELOPMENT 
                             Monday, February 28, 2005 
                                     3:00 p.m. 
                           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 Standing Subcommittee on  
         Emerging Technologies and Economic Development was held on  
         Monday February 28, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.028,  
         at Austin, Texas.  The posting rule, Senate Rule 11.18, was  
         suspended to hear SB 593.  
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Carona                     None 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
                                           
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         Chairman Carona called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 3:11 p.m. Senator Brimer assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair made opening remarks and began the discussion with  
         public testimony on emerging technologies and economic  
         development.  Witnesses testifying on emerging technologies and  
         economic development are shown on the attached list. The chair  
         moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:25 p.m. Senator Carona resumed the chair.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Averitt and Senator Estes 
          
         Senator Averitt moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearings held on February 21, 2005; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         At 3:27 p.m. Senator Brimer assumed the chair.  
         The chair laid out SB 593 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.   
  
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.    
          
         Senator Carona moved that SB 593 be reported favorably to the  
         full Committee on Business and Commerce with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a  
         record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1  
         absent.   
          
         The Chairman recognized Motions in Writing: Unanimous Consent to  
         Vote submitted by Senator Lucio voting aye on SB 593.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         At 3:48 p.m. Senator Carona resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:50 p.m. Chairman Carona  
         moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chairman. Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator John Carona, Chair 
          
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         Mary McMahan, Clerk