MINUTES 
                                           
         STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ECONOMIC  
                                    DEVELOPMENT 
                               Tuesday, April 5, 2005 
                           12:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                               Chairman Carona's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Standing Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Technologies &  
         Economic Development was held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at  
         Chairman Carona's Desk 
          
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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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         The Chairman called the meeting to order.  There being a quorum  
         present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB920, pending in committee.  Senator  
         Estes moved that SB 920 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 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB1318, pending in committee.  Chairman  
         Carona sent up a committee substitute; without objection it was  
         so ordered.  Senator Estes moved that SB 1318 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 1318 be reported favorable 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 5  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.    
          
         The Chairman laid out SB1321, pending in committee.  Senator  
         Lucio, Jr. sent up a committee substitute; without objection it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 1321 do not  
         pass but that CSSB 1321 be reported favorable 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 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 1096, pending in committee.  Senator  
         Lucio, Jr. sent up a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 1096 do not  
         pass but that CSSB 1096 be reported favorable 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 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 831, pending in committee. Senator  
         Averitt sent up a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up Committee Amendment  
         1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was  
         adopted.  Senator Lucio, Jr. requested unanimous consent to roll  
         the amendment into a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. then moved that the  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Lucio moved that SB 831 do not pass but that  
         CSSB 831 be reported favorable 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 5 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chairman laid out CSSB 657 and Amendment 1, pending in  
         committee.  Senator Averitt requested unanimous consent to roll  
         the amendments into a committee substitute; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Averitt then moved that the  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Averitt moved that SB 657 do not pass but that  
         CSSB 657 be reported favorable 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 5 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Estes assumed the chair.   
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 1142, pending in committee.  The  
         Chairman sent up a committee substitute; without objection it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Brimer moved that SB 1142 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 1142 be reported favorable 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 5  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Carona resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, Chairman Carona moved that the  
         Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Carona, Chair 
          
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         Mary McMahan, Clerk