MINUTES 
                                           
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                                Friday, May 14, 2004 
                                     1:30 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 Friday,  
         May 14, 2004, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Gonzalo  
                                                 Barrientos 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Jon Lindsay                     Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Todd Staples 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:45 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SR 159 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Staples, 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 Duncan moved that  
         SR 159 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 4 absent.   
          
         At 1:47 p.m. Senator Fraser assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SCR 6 and recognized Senator Armbrister, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.  This bill was  
         re-referred from Finance to Natural Resources.  There were no  
         witnesses on the bill.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Madla sent up a committee substitute; the chair  
         recognized Senator Armbrister to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Armbrister moved adoption of the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved that SCR 6 do not pass but that CSSCR 6 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried  
         with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 4 absent.   
          
         At 1:49 p.m. Senator Armbrister resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:50 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