The House Committee on Rural Development, Select 
         76th Legislature 
         March 15, 2000 
         10:00 a.m. 
         Dorothy Garrett Colosseum 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 16, 2000, the House  
         Committee on Rural Development, Select met in a public hearing  
         and was called to order by the acting chair, Representative  
         Counts at 10:05 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Alexander; Chisum; Counts; Hawley;  
                   McReynolds (5). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Telford; Keffer; King, Tracy; Ramsay;  
                   Rangel; Swinford (6). 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Chisum in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Counts in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Hawley in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Counts in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 4:10 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Counts, Chair 
          
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         Kelley McGary, Clerk