MINUTES 
          
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                             Thursday, May 22, 1997 
                                    11:45 am 
                          Capitol Building, Room 2E.20 
          
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing  
         of the Senate Committee on Administration was held on  
         Thursday, May 22, 1997 in the Capitol Building, Room 2E.20, at  
         Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS PRESENT AFTER 
         Senator Chris Harris                    ROLL CALL: 
         Senator Carlos Truan                    Senator J.E. Brown 
         Senator Mike Moncrief                   Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator David Sibley 
          
                                                 MEMBERS ABSENT: 
                                                 Senator Kenneth  
         Armbrister 
                                                  
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 11:50 pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair stated that with the large number of bills on the  
         list recommended for the Local and Uncontested Calendar that  
         the need for this meeting was evident.  His intention was to  
         take up the first list of approximately 175 bills.  The bills  
         not certified for the local calendar would then still have a  
         chance to go on the intent for tomorrow. 
          
         Senator Harris asked if there were any question or discussion  
         on any of the bills listed for certification on the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar.  There was discussion and many  
         questions.  Senators Harris, Truan, Brown, Moncrief, and  
         Sibley moved to certify all the bills on the list with the  
         exception of HB 115, HB 623, HB 727, HB 793, HB 803, HB 846,  
         HB 998, HB 1294, HB 1528 pulled by author, HB 1693, HB 1755  
         passed 5/21/97, HB 1811, HB 1812, HB 1898, HB 1961 passed  
         5/22/97, HB 2146 passed 5/21/97, HB 2318, HB 2481, HB 2488, HB  
         2825 passed 5/22/97, HB 2830, HB 2845, HB 2900, HB 3065, HB  
         3189, HB 3306, HB 3567, HB 3572 and HB 3587.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent. 
         There being no further business, at 1:45 pm Senator Harris  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Myra J. Schmitt, Clerk