The House Committee on Business & Industry 
         Subcommittee on Contingency Clauses 
         76th Legislature 
         May 18, 2000 
         10:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E2.010 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 14, 2000, the House  
         Committee on Business & Industry, Subcommittee on Contingency  
         Clauses, met in a public hearing and was called to order by the  
         chair, Representative Ritter, at 10:20 a.m. 
          
         Present:  Representatives Ritter; Solomons (2). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Corte; Giddings; Siebert (3). 
          
         A quorum was not present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Corte now present.) 
          
         The chair moved that the subcommittee adopt the 76th  
         Legislature's House Rules for this and future hearings.  The  
         motion passed without objection. 
          
         (Representative Siebert now present.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 1:00 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed subject to the call of the chair. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 2:00 p.m. and was called to order by  
         the chair, Representative Ritter. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Corte; Ritter; Siebert; Solomons (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Brimer; Dukes; George; Giddings;  
                   Woolley (5). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 3:45 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Ritter, Chair 
          
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         Bonnie Bruce, Clerk