MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS Tuesday, March 2, 1999 11:00 am Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs was held on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator David Bernsen Senator J.E. Brown Senator David Cain Senator Tom Haywood Senator Drew Nixon Senator Jeff Wentworth ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:40 pm. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted. The following members arrived after the roll was called: Senator Haywood, Senator Bernsen and Senator Brown. Senator Shapleigh moved that the minutes for the State Affairs Committee meetings on February 18 and on February 25 be approved. There being no objection, the minutes were approved. The Chair laid out SJR 1 and recognized the author, Senator Ratliff, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. At 1:45 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair. Senator Shapleigh moved that SJR 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business, at 1:55 pm Senator Brown moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ _____________ _________ Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair Cindy R Notting ham, Clerk