MINUTES 
          
                 SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 
                            Wednesday, March 10, 1999 
                                    11:00 am 
                          Capitol Extension Auditorium 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Intergovernmental Relations was held on Wednesday, March 10,  
         1999 in the Capitol Extension Auditorium at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Frank Madla                     None 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 11:20 am.  
          
         The Chair laid out SB289 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lindsay, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Lindsay sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Lindsay to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Lindsay moved adoption of the committee substitute, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB535 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lindsay, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Lindsay sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Lindsay to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Lindsay moved adoption of the committee substitute, without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB536 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lindsay, to explain the bill.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB586 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Nixon, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Nixon sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Nixon to explain the difference between the  
  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Nixon  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute, without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB793 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Nixon, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Nixon sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Nixon to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Nixon  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute, without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Lindsay assumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB167 and recognized Senator Madla, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB89 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Madla, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Madla sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Madla to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Madla  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute, without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Madla resumed the chair.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the above bills are  
         shown on the attached list. 
          
         Senator Madla moved that SB89, SB167, SB289, SB535, SB536,  
         SB586, and SB793 be left pending; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:20 pm Senator Madla  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Frank Madla, Chair 
          
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         Hillery Stephens, Clerk