MINUTES 
          
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
                           Tuesday, February 16, 1999 
                                     9:00 am 
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic  
         Development was held on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 in the Lt.  
         Governor's Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman          Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Vice Chairman 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator John Whitmire 
          
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         The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:00 am.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         Chairman Sibley laid out SB 91, SB 92 and SB 105 and  
         recognized the author, Senator Harris, to explain the bills.   
         Rob Carter, representing the Texas Department of Insurance,  
         testified as a resource witness on the bills. Tom Rutledge,  
         representing Texas Land Title Association, registered in favor  
         of the bills but did not testify.   
          
         Senator Carona moved that SB 91 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Whitmire moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Jackson moved that SB 92 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Whitmire moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Madla moved that SB 105 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Whitmire moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 85 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.  David East, representing Texas  
         Business Law Foundation, testified in favor of the bill.   
         Karen Neeley, representing Independent Bankers Association of  
         Texas, registered in favor of the bill but did not testify. 
          
         Senator Carona moved that SB 85 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         At 9:15 am Senator Armbrister assumed the chair, laid out SB  
         333 and recognized the author, Senator Sibley, to explain the  
         bill.  Senator Sibley sent up a committee substitute and  
         explained the difference between the committee substitute and  
         the bill as filed.  Senator Sibley moved adoption of the  
         committee substitute, without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Greg Huffman, representing Charitable Accord, testified in  
         favor of the bill.  The Chairman read the names of the  
         following witnesses who registered in favor of the bill but  
         did not wish to testify: 
                   George Bristol, representing Charitable Accord 
                   Richard Daly, representing Texas Catholic Conference 
                   Norman Hood, representing Independent Colleges and  
         Universities of Texas 
                   Marion Sanford, representing Texas Business Law  
         Foundation 
                   Karen Wood, representing Baylor University 
          
         Senator Sibley moved that SB 333 do not pass but that CSSB 333  
         be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 6  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Sibley moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         At 9:22 am Senator Sibley resumed the chair and there being no  
         further business, Chairman Sibley moved that the Committee  
         stand recessed subject to the call of the Chairman.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Barbara Henderson, Clerk