MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Thursday, March 25, 1999
3:00 pm
Capitol Extension, Room E1.016
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural
Resources was held on Thursday, March 25, 1999 in the Capitol
Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator J. E. "Buster" Brown, Chair Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Bill Ratliff
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:15 pm. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
Along with the House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock and
Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, the Committee heard a
presentation from Doug Farquhar with the National Conference
of State Legislature's Environment, Energy and Transportation
office and Tim Galvin from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service. The presentation
focused on agriculture and international trade and the impacts
that trade agreements may have at the state level.
Senator Armbrister gave the Subcommittee on Agriculture
Report.
The Chair laid out CSSB 631 and Senator Duncan, the author,
explained the bill.
At 3:52, Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair.
Witnesses registering and testifying on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Brown moved that CSSB 631 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 3 absent. Senator Brown moved that
CSSB 631 be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 754 and Senator Lucio explained the
bill.
No public testimony was taken on the bill.
Senator Brown moved that SB 754 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 3 absent. Senator Brown moved that SB
754 be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 4:52 pm Senator Lucio
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Chair Carol
McGarah
, Clerk