MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:00 a.m. Red Lion Hotel, Houston, Texas ***** 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 Thursday, April 13, 2000, in the Red Lion Hotel, Houston, Texas ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator David Bernsen Senator David Cain Senator J. E. Brown Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Tom Haywood Senator Drew Nixon Senator Jeff Wentworth ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. There being a quorum present at 10:07 a.m., the following business was transacted: The Chair made opening remarks and asked other members of the Committee and local Senators for their opening remarks. Witnesses testifying and registering on State Affairs Committee Charges No. 5 and No. 9 are shown on the attached list. There being no further business, at 11:30 a.m. Senator Shapiro moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair Cindy S. Hodges, Clerk