MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                             Tuesday, February 22, 2000 
                                     10:00 a.m. 
                         Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs  
         was held on Tuesday, February 22, 2000, in the Irving Arts  
         Center, Irving, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh                 Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator David Cain 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Drew Nixon 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:12 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator David Cain 
          
         The Chair made opening remarks and asked Senator Lucio, Jr. as  
         well as the other members for their opening remarks. 
          
         The Chair called on Irving City Council Member Linda  
         Harper-Brown to welcome the Committee to Irving. 
          
         Those witnesses testifying and registering on State Affairs  
         Committee Charges Nos.1 and 5 are shown on the attached witness  
         list. 
          
         At 11:01 a.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. assumed the chair.   
          
         At 11:08 a.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.   
          
         At 12:56 p.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. assumed the chair.   
          
         At 1:12 p. m. the Special Committee on Border Affairs joined the  
         State Affairs Committee to discuss Committee Charge No. 1. 
         At 1:50 p.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.   
  
         At 2:50 p.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. assumed the chair.   
          
         At 3:00 p.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.  
          
         Senator Shapleigh requested a NAFTA Demand Model and a list of  
         federal programs and possibilities. 
          
         The Chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 4:30 p.m. the Chair 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 
          
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         Cindy S. Hodges, Clerk