MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS
Thursday, March 18, 1999
12:30 pm
Senate Chamber
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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 Thursday, March 18, 1999 in the Senate
Chamber at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Florence Shapiro None
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator David Bernsen
Senator J. E. Brown
Senator David Cain
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Senator Drew Nixon
Senator Jeff Wentworth
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:45 pm. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator J. E. Brown, Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Senator Jeff
Wentworth and Senator Tom Haywood.
Senator Shapleigh moved that the State Affairs Committee
minutes from March 16, 1999, be approved. There being no
objection, the minutes were approved.
The Chair referred the following bills to the Standing
Subcommittee on Infrastructure:
SB 561 by Duncan
SB 791 by Nixon
SB 865 by Lucio
SB 942 by Armbrister
SB 1444 by Barrientos
SB 1446 by Barrientos
SB 1505 by Truan
SB 1528 by Carona
SB 1529 by Carona
SB 1581 by Haywood
SB 1583 by Haywood
SB 1598 by Cain
SB 1713 by Ellis
SB 1794 by Ratliff
SB 1810 by Haywood
The Chair laid out SB 483 and recognized the author, Senator
Duncan, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Bernsen moved that SB 483 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent.
At 2:00 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The Chair laid out SB 770 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapiro, to explain the bill.
Senator Brown moved that SB 770 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Shapiro moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 2:05 pm Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.
The subcommittee report on SB 401 was laid out by Senator
Cain. Senator Cain moved adoption of the subcommittee report.
There being no objection, the subcommittee report was adopted.
Senator Cain moved that SB 401 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Cain moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The subcommittee report on SB 735 was laid out by Senator
Cain. Senator Cain moved adoption of the subcommittee report.
There being no objection, the subcommittee report was adopted.
Senator Cain moved that SB 735 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Nixon moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 2:10 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The Chair laid out SB 29 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapiro, to explain the bill.
Senator Shapleigh sent up a committee substitute; the Chair
recognized Senator Shapiro to explain the difference between
the committee substitute and the bill as filed.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
At 3:25 pm Senator Brown assumed the chair.
At 3:45 pm Senator Shapleigh resumed the chair.
At 5:30 pm Senator Cain assumed the chair.
At 5:40 pm Senator Shapleigh resumed the chair.
Senator Shapiro moved that SB 29 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
At 5:45 pm Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.
The Chair laid out SB 845 and recognized the author, Senator
Carona, to explain the bill.
Senator Shapleigh sent up a committee substitute; the Chair
recognized Senator Carona to explain the difference between
the committee substitute and the bill as filed. Senator
Shapleigh moved adoption of the committee substitute, without
objection, it was so ordered.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 845 do not pass but that CSSB
845 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for
placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without
objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 411 and recognized the author, Senator
Duncan, to explain the bill.
Senator Brown sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Brown moved that SB 411, as amended, be reported back
to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 1 nay, 0
present not voting, and 0 absent.
The Chair laid out SB 884 and recognized the author, Senator
Brown, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Brown moved that SB 884 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Brown moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 908 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapleigh, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 908 be reported favorably to
the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 1 nay, 0
present not voting, and 0 absent.
The Chair laid out SB 1019 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapleigh, to explain the bill.
Senator Shapleigh sent up a committee substitute; the Chair
recognized Senator Shapleigh to explain the difference between
the committee substitute and the bill as filed. Senator
Shapleigh moved adoption of the committee substitute, without
objection, it was so ordered.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 1019 do not pass but that CSSB
1019 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Shapleigh moved that the bill be recommended for
placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without
objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 239 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr.,
in the absence of the author, to explain the bill.
Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up a committee substitute; the Chair
recognized Senator Lucio, Jr. to explain the difference
between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.
Senator Lucio, Jr. moved adoption of the committee substitute,
without objection, it was so ordered.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 239 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
At 6:55 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The Chair laid out SB 679 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapiro, to explain the bill.
Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
The Chair asked that testimony on SB 679, as amended, be
interrupted in order to take up and consider SB 564 before the
author left.
At 8:30 pm Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.
The Chair laid out SB 564 and recognized the author, Senator
Duncan, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Shapiro moved that SB 564 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
At 9:00 pm Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The Chair called for any further testimony on SB 679, as
amended.
Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 679, as amended, be left
pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 9:10 pm Senator Shapleigh
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