MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, TRADE & TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday, April 8, 1997
1:00 p.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.016
Public Hearing
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
International Relations, Trade & Technology was held on
Tuesday, April 8, 1997 in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016,
at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman None
Senator John Carona, Vice-Chairman
Senator Kenneth Armbrister
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator David Sibley
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Chairman Truan called the public meeting to order at 2:22 p.m.
There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted.
At 2:23 p.m. Senator Carona assumed the chair and took up
pending business. The Chair laid out SB 814 and recognized
the Senate sponsor, Senator Truan, to explain the bill.
Senator Truan sent up and explained the committee substitute.
A discussion followed. Senator Truan moved to adopt the
committee substitute; without objection, it was adopted.
Senator Truan moved that CSSB 814 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. Senators Sibley, Bivins and Ogden requested
unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on CSSB 814; without
objection it was so ordered. The motion to report CSSB 814
favorably to the full Senate carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0
nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
At 2:28 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair and recognized
Senator Ratliff for a motion to approve the minutes from the
April 2, 1997 meeting; without objection, it was so ordered.
Chairman Truan laid out SB 370 and recognized the Senate
sponsor, Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. Senator
Armbrister sent up a committee substitute. A discussion
followed. Senator Armbrister sent up and explained Committee
Amendment number one. A discussion followed. Senator
Armbrister moved to adopt Committee Amendment number one;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Sibley sent up
and explained Committee Amendment number two. A discussion
followed. Senator Sibley moved to adopt Committee Amendment
number two; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator
Armbrister sent up and explained Committee Amendment number
three. A discussion followed. Senator Armbrister moved to
adopt Committee Amendment number three; without objection, it
was so ordered. Senator Armbrister sent up and explained
Committee Amendment number four. A discussion followed.
Senator Armbrister moved to adopt Committee Amendment number
four; without objection, it was so ordered. Witnesses
testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the
attached list.
Chairman Truan also laid out SB 369 and recognized the Senate
sponsor, Senator Sibley, to explain the bill concurrently.
Senator Sibley sent up a committee substitute. A discussion
followed. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are
shown on the attached list.
Chairman Truan recognized Representative Clyde Alexander,
Chairman of the House Transportation Committee and Former
Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, in attendance at the meeting.
SB 369 and SB 370 were left pending before the Committee.
There being no further business, at 5:35 p.m. 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 Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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Carla D. Buckner, Clerk