House Committee on Economic Development 
         Subcommittee on Smart Jobs 
         75th Legislature 
         March 12, 1998 
         9:00 am  
         Corpus Christi City Hall, First Floor, City Council Chambers,  
         1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas.   
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on March 2, 1998, the House  
         Committee on Economic Development, Subcommittee on Smart Jobs  
         met in a public hearing and was called to order by the Chair,  
         Representative Luna at 9:12 am. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Luna, Chair; Yarbrough; Keffer;  
                   Seaman; Van de Putte (5). 
          
         Absent:   (0) 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The chair laid out the topic of the Smart Jobs Fund Program. 
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         (Representative Yarbrough in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken. 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.   
          
         At 12:33 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.   
          
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         Rep. Vilma Luna, Chair 
          
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         J.J. Garza, Clerk