MINUTES 
          
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                             Tuesday, April 15, 1997 
                                     7:30 am 
                        Senate Admin. Comte. Ofc. E1.714 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Tuesday, April 15, 1997 in Senate  
         Admin. Comte. Ofc. E1.714, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    None 
         Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator J.E. Brown 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator David Sibley 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:35 am.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair asked if there were any questions or discussion on  
         the list of bills recommended for placement on the local and  
         uncontested calendar.  There was discussion.  Senator Ratliff  
         and Senator Truan asked if a vote could be taken on the bills  
         already discussed so they could vote before they left for  
         another meeting.  Senator Moncrief moved to remove  SB 397, SB  
         928, SB 1055,  and SB 1065 from the list along with SB 1829,  
         SB 1656, and SCR 51 which had been engrossed on 4/14/97. The  
         motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays. 
          
         There was additional discussion on several bills.  Senator  
         Moncrief moved to certify the list with the exception of the  
         previously removed bills and SB 728, SB 1385 and SB 1581.  The  
         motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 984 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Mario Gallegos, Jr., to explain the bill.   
         Senator Gallegos spoke on the bill and asked Anice Read to  
         speak to the committee.  
          
         Anice Read, representing Friends of the Texas Historical  
         Commission, testified in favor of the bill. 
         John L. Nau, III, Chairman of the Texas Historical Commission,  
  
         testified in favor of the bill. 
          
         Shirley Caldwell, representing the Texas Historical  
         Commission, registered in favor of the bill but did not  
         testify.  Gerron Hite and Teresa O'Connell, representing the  
         Texas Historical Commission, registered on the bill but did  
         not testify. 
          
         Senator Harris moved that SB 984 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair asked if there was any further business. There being  
         no further business, Senator Harris moved that the Committee  
         stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Myra J. Schmitt, Clerk