MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING 
                              Wednesday, May 31, 2000 
                                     1:00 p.m. 
                           University of Texas at El Paso 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Redistricting  
         was held on Wednesday, May 31, 2000, in the University of Texas  
         at El Paso 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Troy Fraser                     Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.             Senator Royce West 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
                                           
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         Co-Chair Gallegos called the meeting to order at 1:13pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Mayor of El Paso, Carlos Ramirez, welcomed the Senate and  
         House Committees to the city of El Paso.  Afterwards Dr.  
         Natalicio, President of the University of Texas at El Paso,  
         welcomed the committees to the university campus for their  
         hearings. 
          
         Brief remarks were made by Representatives Norma Chavez, Paul  
         Moreno and Manny Najera and Senators Eliot Shapleigh and Robert  
         Duncan of the El Paso area. 
          
         The following people gave testimony on Redistricting: 
          
             Coleman, Barry (self), El Paso                              
                                                                                  
             Esparza, Jaime (self, district attorney), El Paso           
                                                                                  
             Fierro, Queta (El Paso County Democratic Party), El Paso    
                                                                                  
             Finke, Eugene I. (self), El Paso                            
                                                                                                                                     
             Finley, Charlsetta W. (self), El Paso                            
  
             Firth, Syvia Borunda (self), El Paso                             
                                                                              
             Hebert, J. Gerald (IMPAC 2000), Washington D.C.                  
                                                                              
             Lovelady, William (self), Tornillo                               
                                                                              
             Margo, D.R. (Dee) (self), El Paso                                
                                                                              
             McKissack, Howard (Mayor, City of Fort Stockton, Texas),  
         Fort    
                         Stockton                                             
                                                                              
             Milem, John (self), Dallas                                       
                                                                              
             Molinar, Jorge A. (self), El Paso                                
                                                                                                                                     
             Natalicio, Diana (University of Texas at El Paso), El Paso    
          
             Quintanilla, Inocente (self), Tornillo                        
                                                                          
             Ramirez, Mayor Carlos (City of El Paso), El Paso              
                                                                          
             Reed, M.D., Teresa A. (self), El Paso                         
                                                                          
             Sandoval, Veronica (Montoya Heights), El Paso                 
                                                                          
             Villareal, Sofia (Montoya Heights), El Paso                   
                                                                          
             Wachtel, William J. (self), El Paso                           
                                                                  
         The following people registered but did not testify: 
          
             Barraza, Hector (self), El Paso                             
                                                                                                                                              
             Neill Jr., Robert G. (Texas Democratic Party), El Paso        
                                                                                                                   
         Co-Chairman Fraser moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on May 16, 2000; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 5:00 p.m. Co-Chairman  
         Gallegos, Jr. 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, Co-Chair 
          
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         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr., Co-Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk