MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Thursday, January 23, 1997
11:45 am or Adjournment
Lt. Governor's Committee Room
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee on
Economic Development was held on Thursday, January 23, 1997 in
the Lt. Governor's Committee Room at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator David Sibley, Chairman Senator David Cain
Senator Robert Duncan, Vice Chairman Senator Chris Harris
Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Jerry Patterson
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
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The Chairman called the meeting to order at 12:20 pm. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
Chairman Sibley laid out the proposed Committee Rules. There
being no questions or comments on the rules, Senator Ellis
moved adoption. Without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chairman announced that the committee would meet on
Tuesday, January 28, 1997 to consider SB 249, the
Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund bill. At that hearing,
the Chairman will introduce the Committee staff.
There being no further business, at 12:25 pm Chairman Sibley
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair.
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Senator David Sibley, Chairman
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