MINUTES 
                                           
         STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ECONOMIC  
                                    DEVELOPMENT 
                               Thursday, May 19, 2005 
                           1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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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 Thursday, May 19, 2005, in the  
         Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Carona                     Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
                                           
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         Chairman Carona called the meeting to order.  There being a  
         quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Chairman laid out HB1659, pending in committee.  Senator  
         Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 1659 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 laid out HB 2228, pending in committee.  Senator  
         Lucio, Jr. sent up a committee substitute; the Chair recognized  
         Senator Seliger to explain the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved  
         adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 1659 do not pass  
         but that CSHB 1659 be reported back 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.   
          
         There being no further business, Chairman Carona moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Carona, Chair 
          
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         Mary McMahan, Clerk