MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                              Subcommittee on Water 
                            Thursday, April 24, 1997 
                                    8:30 a.m. 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
          
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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 Water was held on Thursday, April  
         24, 1997, in the State Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, Austin,  
         Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth                  Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator Jon Lindsay                     Senator Gonzalo  
         Barrientos 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:34 a.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 1154 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Nixon, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Nixon moved that HB 1154 be reported favorably to the  
         full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 394 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Patterson, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Nixon moved that HB 394 be reported favorably to the  
         full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 8:40 a.m. Senator  
         Wentworth moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to  
         the call of the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair 
          
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         Joe Morris, Clerk