MINUTES 
          
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Wednesday, May 12, 1999 
                                    12:50 pm 
                             Senator Shapiro's Desk 
          
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing  
         of the Senate Committee on State Affairs was held on  
         Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at Senator Shapiro's Desk, in 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 12:52 pm.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Lucio. 
          
         The Chair laid out HB 2510. 
          
         Senator Bernsen moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         committee substitute for HB 2510 was passed to the Senate.   
         There being no objection, the vote was reconsidered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         committee substitute for HB 2510 was adopted.  There being no  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved to withdraw his motion to adopt the  
         substitute.  There being no objection, the motion and the  
         substitute were withdrawn. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh sent up a new 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. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 2510 do not pass but that CSHB  
         2510 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.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:56 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