MINUTES
         
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
                            Tuesday, January 28, 1997
                                     9:00 am
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room
         
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 
         11.11, a meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic 
         Development was held on Tuesday, January 28, 1997 in the Lt. 
         Governor's Committee Room, Austin, Texas.  
         
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT:
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman          Senator Frank Madla
         Senator David Cain, Vice Chairman
         Senator Robert Duncan
         Senator Rodney Ellis
         Senator Chris Harris
         Senator Tom Haywood
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
         Senator Jerry Patterson
         Senator Florence Shapiro
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh
         
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 am.  There being 
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.  
         
         Chairman Sibley introduced the Economic Development Committee 
         staff members, and advised the members that the Committee will 
         be taking up a number of difficult issues during the upcoming 
         session.
         
         At 9:05 am Senator Cain assumed the chair, laid out SB 249, 
         and recognized the author, Senator Sibley, to explain the 
         bill.  Karey Barton, representing the Comptroller's Office, 
         testified as a resource on the bill.  Karina Casari, Committee 
         Director of the Economic Development Committee, and Carolyn 
         Hall, representing the Texas Legislative Council, responded to 
         members' questions on the bill.  The Chair read the names of 
         witnesses not wishing to testify but registering in favor of 
         the bill.  All witnesses are shown on the attached witness 
         list.  Senator Sibley sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved 
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  
         Senator Sibley moved that SB 249, as amended, be reported back 
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be 
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 10 ayes, 0 nays, 0 
         present not voting, and 1 absent.  
           
 
         





         At 9:14 am Senator Sibley resumed the chair.  
         
         There being no further business, at 9:15 am 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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