MINUTES 
          
               SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS GROWTH 
                            Thursday, March 25, 1999 
                                     8:30 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Subcommittee on Technology &  
         Business Growth was held on Thursday, March 25, 1999 in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:40 am.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Jackson. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 484 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
         Senator Madla sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Madla moved that SB 484, as amended, be reported back  
         to the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 215 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Carona sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Duncan to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.    
         At 9:15 am Senator Carona assumed the chair.   
         At 9:18 am Senator Fraser resumed the chair.   
         Senator Fraser moved that SB 215 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
         The Chair laid out SB 648 and recognized the author, Senator  
  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Carona sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Wentworth to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Fraser moved adoption of the committee substitute, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
         Senator Carona moved that SB 648 do not pass but that CSSB 648  
         be reported back to the full Committee with the recommendation  
         that it do pass.  The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         At 9:30 am Senator Carona assumed the chair.  
         The Chair laid out SB 1064 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Fraser, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
         Senator Jackson moved that SB 1064 be reported favorably to  
         the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1071 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Fraser, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
         Senator Jackson moved that SB 1071 be reported favorably to  
         the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
         At 9:39 am Senator Fraser resumed the chair.   
         There being no further business, at 9:40 am Senator Fraser  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Troy Fraser, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen, Clerk