MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Thursday, April 8, 1999
2:30 pm
Capitol Extension, Room E1.012
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural
Resources was held on Thursday, April 8, 1999 in the Capitol
Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair Senator Gonzalo
Barrientos
Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:35 pm. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
At 2:35 pm, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair.
The Chair laid out SB 1733 and Senator Brown sent up a
Committee Substitute and explained the differences to the
Substitute.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Public testimony on the bill was closed and Senator Brown
moved adoption of the Committee Substitute; without objection,
the Substitute was adopted. The bill was left pending,
awaiting a quorum.
At 2:40 pm, Senator Brown assumed the Chair.
The Chair laid out SB 199 and Senator Moncrief, the author,
explained the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Public testimony on the bill was closed and the bill was left
pending, awaiting a quorum.
A witness on SB 199, Cindy Scmitt, was shown as regsitering
for the bill.
The Chair laid out SB 396 and Senator Moncrief, the author,
explained the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
The bill was left pending awaiting the arrival of a quorum.
The Chair laid out SB 459 and Senator Moncrief, the author,
explained the bill.
No public testimony was given on the bill and SB 459 was left
pending, awaiting the arrival of a quorum.
The Chair laid out SB 1403 and Senator Armbrister explained
the bill for the author, Senator Fraser. Senator Armbrister
sent up Committee Amendment One and moved its adoption;
without objection, the Amendment was adopted. No public
testimony was given on the bill. The bill was left pending
before the Committee, awaiting the arrival of the House
companion bill.
At 3:14 pm, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair.
The Chair laid out SB 1731 and Senator Brown explained the
bill. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left
pending, awaiting the arrival of a quorum.
At 3:18 pm, Senator Brown assumed the Chair and laid out SB
1316. Senator Armbrister explained the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending,
awaiting the arrival of a quorum.
At 3:35 pm, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair and laid out
SB 1010. Senator Brown sent up a Committee Substitute and
explained the differences to the Substitute.
Witnesses testifying and registering no the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Brown sent up Committee Amendment One and moved its
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Brown moved adoption of the Committee Substitute;
without objection, the Substitute was adopted. Senator Brown
moved that Amendment One be rolled into a new Committee
Susbtitute; without objection, it was so ordered. The bill
was left pending before the Committee.
At 4:22 pm, Senator Brown assumed the Chair and laid out SB
708. Senator Jackson, the author, explained the bill and
Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee Substitute. Senator
Armbrister sent up Committee Amendment One and moved its
adoption; without objection, the Amendment was adopted.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Armbister moved that the Committee Substitute be
adopted; without objection, the Substitute was adopted.
Senator Armbrister moved that Committee Amendment One be
rolled into a new Committee Substitute; without objection, it
was so ordered. The bill was left pending before the
Committee.
The Chair laid out SB 1746 and Senator Jackson, the author,
explained the bill. Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee
Substitute.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Armbrister moved adoption of the Committee Substitute;
without objection, the Substitute was adopted. Senator
Armbrister moved that CSSB 1746 pass and be reported favorably
to the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes,
0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. Senator
Armbrister moved that CSSB 1746 be recommended for placement
on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was
so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved that SB 199 be reported favorably to
the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Armbrister
moved that SB 199 be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 1733 be reported favorably
to the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes,
0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Lucio
moved that CSSB 1733
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved that SB 396 be reported favorably to
the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Lucio moved
that SB 396 be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved that SB 459 be reported favorably to
the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Armbrister
moved that SB 459 be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved that SB 1731 be reported favorably to
the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Armbrister
moved that SB 1731 be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Lucio moved that CSSB 1154 be reported favorably to
the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.
Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 1797 be reported favorably
to the full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes,
0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator
Armbrister moved that CSSB 1797 be recommended for placement
on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was
so ordered.
Senator Armbrister moved to reconsider his vote on CSSB 1500;
there being no objection it was so ordered. Senator
Armbrister moved that CSSB 1500 be reported favorably to the
full Senate. The motion carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting and 2 absent.
The Chair laid out SCR 56 and Senator Lindsey, the author,
explained the bill. Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee
Substitute.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
The bill was left pending before the Committee.
Senator Armbrister sent up the Subcommittee on Ag report on
CSSB 705. Senator Armbrister sent up a new Committee
Substitute. Senator Armbrister sent up Committee Amendment
One and moved its adoption; without objection, the Amendment
was adopted. Senator Ogden, the author, explained the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee Substitute be
adopted; without objection, the Substitute was adopted.
Senator Armbrister moved that Amendment One be rolled into a
new Committee Substitute; without objection, it was so
ordered. The bill was left pending before the Committee.
The Chair laid out SB 1272 and Senator Wentworth, the author,
explained the bill. Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee
Substitute.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee Substitute be
adopted; without objection, the Substitute was adopted. The
bill was left pending before the Committee.
At 6:15 pm, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair.
The Chair laid out SB 1302 and Senator Brown explained the
bill. Senator Brown sent up Committee Amendment One and moved
adoption; without objection, the Amendment was adopted.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
The bill was left pending before the committee.
There being no further business, at 6:57 pm Senator Armbrister
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair Carol
McGarah, Clerk