MINUTES 
                                           
              STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COASTAL  
                                     RESOURCES 
                               Tuesday, March 8, 2005 
                                     3:00 p.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 Standing Senate Subcommittee on  
         Agriculture and Coastal Resources was held on Tuesday, March 8,  
         2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Mike Jackson                    Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Craig Estes 
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         Senator Jackson called the meeting to order at 5:23 p.m.   
          
         Senator Estes moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearing held on March 1, 2005; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  The following business was transacted:  
          
         At 5:25 p.m. Senator Estes assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 587 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, 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 Jackson moved that SB 587  
         be reported favorably to the full committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.      
          
         The chair laid out SB 590 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, to explain the bill.  Senator Jackson sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Jackson to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Jackson moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  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 Jackson moved that  
  
         SB 590 do not pass but that CSSB 590 be reported back to the  
         full committee with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.    
          
         The chair laid out SB 591 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, 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 Jackson moved that SB 591  
         be reported favorably to the full committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.    
          
         The chair laid out SB 682 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, 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 Jackson moved that SB 682  
         be reported favorably to the full committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Madla asked unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on  
         the following bills:  SB 587, SB 590, SB 591 and SB 682.  There  
         being no objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Jackson resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 7:17 p.m. Senator Jackson  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Mike Jackson, Chair 
          
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         Holly Jeffcoat, Clerk