MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Tuesday, April 20, 1999 
                                    11:00 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
          
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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, April 20, 1999 in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.028, 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 1:55 pm.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Cain, Senator Bernsen, Senator  Wentworth and Senator  
         Shapleigh. 
          
         Senator Lucio moved that the minutes from the April 13 and  
         April 15, 1999, State Affairs Committee meeting be approved.   
         There being no objection, the minutes were approved. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 82 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 82 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 959 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Barrientos, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Cain sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
  
         recognized Senator Barrientos to explain the difference  
         between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.   
         Senator Cain 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.   
          
         The Chair moved that CSSB 959 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum,  Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 959 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 959 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting,  
         and 2 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 694 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Cain, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Cain 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 moved that SB 694 be left pending to await a quorum;  
         without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a  
         quorum,  Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 694, 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, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Cain moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1796 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.   
          
         At 2:30 pm Senator Cain assumed the chair.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1796 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum,  Senator Brown moved that SB 1796 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, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 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 1278 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.   
  
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1278 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum, Senator Wentworth moved that SB 1278 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, 0 nays,  
         0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Wentworth moved  
         that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1146 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Bernsen sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Wentworth to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Wentworth 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.   
          
         At 3:45 pm Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.   
          
         The Chair moved that CSSB 1146 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum,  Senator Wentworth moved that CSSB 1146 be left  
         pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1144 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Fraser, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1144 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum, Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 1144 be reported  
         back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays,  
         1 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1528 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chair moved that SB 1528 be left pending to await a  
         quorum; without objection it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of  
         a quorum, Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 1528 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, 0 nays,  
         0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Shapleigh moved  
         that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 4:20 pm Senator Shapiro  
         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