House Committee on Business & Industry   
          
         Subcommittee on Workers' Comp Ins. Carrier Practices 
         75th Legislature 
         March 31, 1998 
         10:00 am  
         Capitol Extension, E2.010 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on March 16, 1998, the House  
         Committee on Business & Industry, Subcommittee on Workers'  
         Comp Ins. Carrier Practices met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the Chair, Representative Giddings at 10:10  
         am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Rhodes; Giddings; Janek (3). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Elkins; Woolley (2). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Janek in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Giddings in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         Chairman Giddings welcomed Rep. Dukes, a member of the  
         Business and industry COmmittee to the hearing.  Rep. Dukes  
         joined the subcommittee on the dias. 
          
         (Representative Dukes now present.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Janek in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Giddings in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Rhodes in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
         (Representative Giddings in chair.)   
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         At 2:42 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.   
          
         ______________________ 
         Rep. Helen Giddings, Chair 
          
         ______________________ 
         Mance Bowden, Clerk