MINUTES 
          
                     SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                               Monday, May 3, 1999 
                                     2:00 pm 
                          Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Subcommittee on Higher  
         Education was held on Monday, May 3, 1999 in Lt. Governor's  
         Committee Room, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm.  The  
         following business was transacted.   
          
         The Chair laid out HB 2664 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Sibley, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Senator Zaffirini moved that HB 2664 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.   
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved that the minutes from the prior  
         meeting be approved;  there being no objection, the minutes  
         were approved. 
          
         The Chair laid out HB 2622 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying  
         and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Senator Nelson moved that HB 2622 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 HB 1297 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bernsen, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying  
         and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.   
         Senator Nelson sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Bernsen to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Nelson moved adoption of the committee substitute, without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Nelson moved that HB  
  
         1297 do not pass but that CSHB 1297 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 HB 1840 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Brown, to explain the bill.  Senator Ogden moved that  
         HB 1840 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.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:50 pm Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Krissy Lilljedahl, Clerk