MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE 
                Subcommittee on Subcommittee on SB 207 and SB 208 
                             Monday, April 12, 1999 
                                     4:00 pm 
                              Senator Harris' Desk 
          
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing  
         of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence was held on Monday,  
         April 12, 1999 in Senator Harris' Desk, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris (Chair)             
         Senator J. E. Brown                     Senator Gregory Luna 
                                                  
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         Senator Harris, the Acting Chair, called the meeting to order  
         at 4:00 pm.  The following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 207 and recognized Senator Brown, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Brown sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Brown to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.   
         Senator Brown moved that the committee substitute be reported  
         back to the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence without any  
         recommendation so that the full Committee can debate the  
         merits of the substitute.  The motion carried with a vote of 2  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 208 and recognized Senator Brown, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill. 
         Senator Brown sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Brown to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Brown  
         moved that the committee substitute be reported back to the  
         Senate Committee on Jurisprudence without any recommendation  
         so that the full Committee can debate the merits of the  
         substitute.  The motion carried with a vote of 2 ayes, 0 nays,  
         0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  
          
         There being no further business, at 4:03 pm Senator Harris  
         moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Kenneth Besserman, Clerk