MINUTES 
                                           
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                               Thursday, May 13, 2004 
                                     4:00 p.m. 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Thursday,  
         May 13, 2004, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mike Jackson                    Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Todd Staples 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 4:01 p.m. Senator Jackson assumed the chair. 
          
         The chair laid out SCR 4 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Armbrister, to explain the bill.   There were no witnesses on  
         the bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved  
         that SCR 4 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 3 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SR 108 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Armbrister, to explain the bill.  There were no witnesses on the  
         bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved  
         that SR 108 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.    
          
         At 4:04 p.m. Senator Armbrister resumed the chair. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:05 p.m. 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 Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         RuthAnn Nicholson, Clerk