MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday, March 26, 1997
1:00 p.m.
Lt. Governor's Committee Room
Public Hearing
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
International Relations, Trade & Technology was held on
Wednesday, March 26, 1997 in Lt. Governor's Committee Room, at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman None
Senator John Carona, Vice-Chairman
Senator Kenneth Armbrister
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator David Sibley
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Chairman Truan called the public meeting to order at 2:50 p.m.
There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted.
After opening remarks, Chairman Truan announced that SB 813 and
SB 814 would not be heard today. At 2:55 p.m., the Chair was
passed to Vice-Chairman Carona. The Chair laid out SB 820 and
recognized one of the Senate sponsors, Senator Truan, to
explain the bill. A discussion followed. Senator Truan sent
up and explained Committee Amendment number one; without
objection, it was adopted. Witnesses testifying and
registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.
Senator Truan moved that SB 820 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. Senator Bivins and Senator Ogden requested unanimous
consent to be shown voting aye on SB 820 as amended; there
being no objection, it was so ordered. The motion to report SB
820 favorably to the full Senate carried with a vote of 9 ayes,
0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Sibley
requested unanimous consent to certify SB 820 as amended for
Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so
ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 1514 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list. Senator Truan moved that SB 1514 be
reported favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. Senator Bivins requested
unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 1514; there
being no objection, it was so ordered. The motion to report SB
1514 favorably to the full Senate carried with a vote of 9
ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator
Truan requested unanimous consent to certify SB 1514 for Local
& Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 3:05 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair and laid out SB
1059, recognizing Senator Shapleigh, in the absence of the
Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. A discussion followed.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list. Senator Ogden sent up and explained
Committee Amendment number one. A discussion followed.
Without objection, Committee Amendment number one was adopted.
Senator Ogden sent up and explained Committee Amendment number
two. A discussion followed. Without objection, Committee
Amendment number two was adopted. Senator Shapleigh moved that
SB 1059 as amended be reported favorably to the full Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
Senator Bivins and Senator Ratliff requested unanimous consent
to be shown voting aye on SB 1059; there being no objection, it
was so ordered. The motion to report SB 1059, as amended,
favorably to the full Senate carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Shapleigh
requested unanimous consent to certify SB 1059 as amended for
Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Ogden moved approval of the March 19, 1997 minutes;
without objection, it was so ordered. Chairman Truan appointed
Senator Shapleigh, Senator Ogden and Chairman Truan to a
subcommittee to study the following bills: SB 87, relating to
the authority of certain federal peace officers to enforce
state law relating to driving while intoxicated; SB 283,
relating to the law enforcement authority of certain criminal
investigators of the United States with respect to violations
of state law; and SB 1255, relating to granting limited state
law enforcement authority to certain special agents of the
United States government. Chairman Truan appointed Senator
Shapleigh as Chair of the Subcommittee.
The Chair recognized Vice-Chairman Carona to introduce the
witnesses present on behalf of the Collaborative Visualization
Program. The Chair acknowledged Dr. Fred Perez, from the Rio
Grande Valley, also in attendance today. A presentation
followed.
There being no further business, at 3:50 p.m. Senator 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 Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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Carla D. Buckner, Clerk