MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Tuesday, March 4, 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 public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic
Development was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1997 in the Lt.
Governor's Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator David Sibley, Chairman None
Senator David Cain, Vice Chairman
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Chris Harris
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Jerry Patterson
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:10 am. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
Chairman Sibley advised that the Committee would consider and
vote on the amendments to the proposed CSSB 220.
Senator Duncan sent up Committee Amendment 1, laid out at the
February 20 hearing but not adopted, and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 2A and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Shapleigh moved that Committee Amendments 2B through
2E be withdrawn; without objection, it was so ordered.
Chairman Sibley advised that Committee Amendment 3 would be
considered later in the hearing.
Senator Harris then sent up Committee Amendment 4 and moved
adoption. The motion failed by a vote of 3 ayes, 6 nays, 0
present not voting, and 2 absent.
Senator Harris sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Duncan sent up Committee Amendment 6 and moved
adoption. The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 2 absent.
Senator Ellis sent up Committee Amendment 7. Following
discussion, the amendment was withdrawn.
Senator Haywood sent up Committee Amendment 8 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Patterson sent up Committee Amendment 9. The Chair
called Shannon Ratliff, representing Texas Criminal Justice
League, who testified in favor of the amendment, and Mike
Slack, representing Texas Trial Lawyers Association, who
testified in opposition to the amendment. Following testimony
and questions from members, the amendment was withdrawn.
Senator Ellis moved that Committee Amendments 10, 11 and 12
and his proposed committee substitute be withdrawn; without
objection, it was so ordered.
At 10:20 am, the Chair moved that the Committee stand in
recess in order for Senator Duncan to make revisions to
Committee Amendment 3, and that the Committee reconvene at
10:45 am; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Committee reconvened at 10:50 a.m. The Chair recognized
Senator Duncan who sent up a substitute for Committee
Amendment 3 and moved adoption; without objection, the
amendment was adopted.
Senator Duncan requested unanimous consent to incorporate the
amendments into the proposed committee substitute; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Duncan then moved that
the new committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it
was so ordered. Senator Duncan moved that SB 220 do not pass
but that CSSB 220 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.
There being no further business, at 11:00 am Senator Sibley
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator David Sibley, Chairman
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Barbara Henderson, Clerk