MINUTES 
          
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NAFTA (INTERIM) 
                            Thursday, August 20, 1998 
                                    10:00 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, an open meeting of the Senate Committee on NAFTA  
         (Interim) was held on Thursday, August 20, 1998 in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
              Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chairman       Senator Mario  
                                                 Gallegos, Jr. 
              Senator John Carona 
              Senator Steve Ogden 
              Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
          
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         Chairman Truan called the meeting to order at 10:15 am.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
         The Chair made opening remarks and recognized Mexican Consul  
         Francisco Roux Lopez, who made brief remarks before the  
         Committee.  The Chair then recognized Senators Carona,  
         Shapleigh and Ogden for opening remarks.  A discussion  
         followed. 
          
         Senator Carona moved to adopt the minutes from the April 15,  
         1998 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Senator Shapleigh.   
         There being no objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chairman began a review of the draft recommendations.  A  
         discussion followed.  With regard to Charge Number 4, the  
         Committee recommended that a joint standing committee of the  
         House and Senate be formed to monitor the impact of NAFTA on  
         Texas' infrastructure.  Senator Ogden made a motion to adopt  
         the interim report.  The motion was seconded by Senator  
         Shapleigh.  There being 4 ayes and 0 nayes, the motion was  
         adopted.   
          
         There being no further business, at 11:00 a.m. Senator Carona  
         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