MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS
Tuesday, March 2, 1999
11:00 am
Capitol Extension, Room E1.012
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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.
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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
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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.
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Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair Cindy R
Notting
ham,
Clerk