Minutes Wednesday, April 29, 1998 Page MINUTES SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION Wednesday, April 29, 1998 11:00 a.m. Constellation Ballroom Sheraton Hotel 5701 South Broadway Tyler, Texas 75703 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Information (Interim) was held on Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at the Sheraton Hotel, in Tyler, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Jeff Wentworth Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator John Carona Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator John Whitmire ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m. The following business was transacted: Chairman Wentworth moved adoption of the minutes from the last meeting. Without objection, it was so ordered. The committee heard invited testimony on SB 1069 (75th Legislative Session) and related matters. The committee heard public testimony on the committee charges. At 12:35 p.m. the committee recessed for lunch and reconvened at 1:45 p.m. Chairman Wentworth resumed public testimony on the committee charges. At 2:10 p.m. Chairman Wentworth turned the chair over to Todd Baxter, General Counsel and Chief Clerk of the committee. Todd Baxter resumed public testimony on the committee charges. There being no further business, at 3:20 p.m., Todd Baxter recessed the committee subject to the call of the Chair. It was so ordered. ________________________________________________ Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair ________________________________________________ Todd Baxter, General Counsel and Chief Clerk