MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Friday, April 18, 1997 
                                    12:00 pm 
                                 Senate Chamber 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State  
         Affairs was held on Friday, April 18, 1997 in the Senate  
         Chamber at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator David Cain                      Senator Michael  
         Galloway 
         Senator John Carona                     Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    Senator Gregory Luna 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
          
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         The Chair suspended the rules to meet at his desk upon  
         adjournment of the Senate. 
          
         The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:  None 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 525 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lucio, Jr., to explain the bill.   
          
         A list of registering support was read into the record.   
         Public testimony was closed.   
          
         Senator Fraser moved that SB 525 be reported favorably to the  
         full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 5 absent.   
          
         Senator Shapiro moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 12:05 pm Senator Shapiro assumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair brought up SB 602 from pending business.  Senator  
         Armbrister sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted. 
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that SB 602, as amended, be reported  
         favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 8  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 5 absent.   
          
         At 12:10 pm Senator Armbrister resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:10 pm Senator  
         Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to  
         the call of the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         Kelly Gilbert, Clerk