MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                           Subcommittee on Agriculture 
                              Monday, May 12, 1997 
                                     3:00 pm 
                          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 Natural  
         Resources, Subcommittee on Agriculture was held on Monday, May  
         12, 1997 in the Lt. Governor's Committee Room, at Austin,  
         Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Tom Haywood                     Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 1052 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Ogden moved that HB 1052 be reported favorably to the  
         full Committee with the recommendation that it do be reported  
         favorable to the full Senate.  The motion carried with a  
         record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1  
         absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 2807 and recognized Buddy Garcia  
         (Legislative Aide to Senator Lucio), in the absence of the  
         Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that HB 2807 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  
          
         The Chair laid out HB 1823 and recognized Senator Ogden, in  
         the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that HB 1823 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:25 pm Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 5:00 pm.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair called the meeting back to order at 5:00 pm.   
          
         The Chair again laid out HB 1823.  Senator Lucio moved HB 1823  
         be reported back to the full Committee with the recommendation  
         that it be reported favorable to the full Senate.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent. 
          
         The chair again laid out HB 2807.  Senator Lucio moved that HB  
         2807 be reported favorably to the full Committee with the  
         recommendation that it do be reported favorable to the full  
         Senate.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 5:10 pm Senator Lucio  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Tom Haywood, Chair 
          
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         Trey G. Powers, Clerk