MINUTES 
          
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                           Subcommittee on Agriculture 
                             Thursday, April 8, 1999 
                                     1:00 pm 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing Senate Committee on Natural Resources,  
         Subcommittee on Agriculture was held on Thursday, April 8,  
         1999 in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Tom Haywood                     Senator Teel Bivins 
                                                 Senator Kenneth  
         Armbrister 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:10 pm.  The  
         following business was transacted.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1265 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ellis, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Haywood sent up a committee substitute; the Chair  
         recognized Senator Ellis to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Haywood  
         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.   
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that CSSB 1265 be reported favorably  
         back to the full committee. The motion carried with a vote of  
         2 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1183 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Haywood, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Haywood moved that SB 1183 be reported favorably to  
         the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1481 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Haywood, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Haywood moved that SB 1481 be reported favorably to  
         the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass.   
         The motion carried with a vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Haywood assumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB 1304 and recognized Senator Armbrister,  
         in the absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         Senator Armbrister sent up a Committee Substitute, and  
         explained the differences. 
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee Substitute be  
         adopted; without objection, the substitute was adopted. 
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         Senator Bivins moved that SB 1265 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1265 be reported back to the full Committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass.  The motion carried with a  
         vote of 3 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Armbrister moved adoption of the minutes from 3/25/99.  
         Hearing no objection it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 1:58 pm Senator Bivins  
         moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Tom Haywood, Chair 
          
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         Todd Kercheval, Clerk