MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Subcommittee on the Effect of Government Regulations on Economic
Development
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
10:00 a.m.
Bay Area Community Center, Clear Lake, Texas
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic
Development, Subcommittee on the Effect of Government
Regulations on Economic Development, was held on Wednesday,
December 1, 1999, in the Bay Area Community Center, Clear Lake,
Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Mike Jackson, Chairman
Senator Kenneth Armbrister
Senator John Carona
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Chairman Jackson called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted:
Chairman Jackson introduced the members of the Subcommittee and
welcomed Senator David Sibley, Chairman of the standing
Committee on Economic Development, to the hearing.
Chairman Jackson then announced that the committee would begin
with invited testimony. The following witnesses testified on
the impact of local, state and federal government regulations on
economic development:
Julia Rathgeber, representing the Texas Natural Resources
Conservation Commission
Brian Murray, representing the Texas Department of Economic
Development
Tonia Ramirez, representing the Texas Department of
Transportation.
Following the invited testimony and questions from the members,
Chairman Jackson opened public testimony. The following
witnesses testified in the order listed:
Jim Lester, representing Environmental Institute of Houston
David E. Benson, representing the City of Pasadena/Pasadena
Second Century Corporation
Fred Welch, representing the Brazoria County Partnership
Mike Rozell, representing Harris County Judge Eckels office
Rick Lawrence, representing LaMarque Economic Development
Corporation
Toy Wood, representing GHBA and Houston Construction
Industry Council
Hans Olavson, representing the Texas Department of
Transportation.
The Chairman read the names of the following witnesses who
registered but did not wish to testify:
Michael Franklin, representing himself
Ken Huestetler, representing the City of Dickinson
Tony Wiese, representing himself
Darcy Zarubiak, representing the D/FW International
Airport.
There being no further business, at 12:35 p.m. Chairman Jackson
moved that the Subcommittee stand recessed subject to the call
of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Mike Jackson, Chairman
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Danielle Delgadillo for
Barbara Henderson, Clerk