MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BORDER AFFAIRS - SPECIAL
Thursday, March 4, 1999
8:30 am
Capitol Building, Room 2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Border
Affairs - Special was held on Thursday, March 4, 1999 in the
Capitol Building, Room 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Robert Duncan
Senator David Sibley
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Carlos Truan
Senator Judith Zaffirini
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:30 am. The
following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senator Bivins, Senator Sibley, and Senator Shapleigh.
The Chair laid out SB 76 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill.
Senator Truan sent up a committee substitute.
The Chair recognized Senator Truan to explain the committee
substitute.
The Chair moved that the Committee Substitute for SB 76 be
adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Truan asked that SB 76 be reported favorably to the
full Senate as substituted once the Committee receives the
revised fiscal note that shows no fiscal implication.
Senator Truan moved that SB 76 be reported favorably to the
full Senate as substituted with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion carried with a vote of 6
ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.
The Chair laid out SCR 2 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Truan moved that SCR 2 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 1 absent.
Senator Truan requested unanimous consent to certify the bill
for Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was
so ordered.
The Chair laid out SB 627 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
Senator Bivins moved that SB 627 be reported favorably to the
full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays, 0
present not voting, and 1 absent.
Senator Bivins requested unanimous consent to certify the bill
for Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was
so ordered.
Senator Truan made reference to an article on Comptroller
Rylander in the Austin American Statesman.
A discussion followed.
Senator Truan moved that the Committee unanimously agree to
thank Comptroller Rylander for her work. Senator Truan also
moved that the Chair write Comptroller Rylander a letter on
behalf of the Committee.
Senator Truan moved that Chairman Lucio, on behalf of the
Committee, write a letter to the Governor of Chihuahua
regarding an article in the newspaper on teenage drinking
along the border. There being no objection, it was so
ordered.
The Chair recognized Dr. Laurance N. Nickey with the Texas
Medical Association. Dr. Nickey gave testimony on health
problems in regards to the border region.
There being no further business, at 10:00 am Senator Lucio,
Jr. moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the
call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair
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Stephanie R. Hoover, Clerk