MINUTES 
          
                   SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS 
                           AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                              Tuesday, May 6, 1997 
                                    11:00 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 Senate  
         Special Committee on Veteran Affairs & Military Installations  
         was held on Tuesday, May 6, 1997 in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jerry Patterson                 Senator Gregory Luna 
         Senator J.E. Brown                      Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:15 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Gregory Luna 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1766 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Moncrief, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Brown moved that SB 1766 be reported favorably to the  
         full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Brown moved that  
         the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar, without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:25 am Senator Patterson  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Jerry Patterson, Chair 
          
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         Mark Dallas Loeffler, Clerk