MINUTES 
                                           
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE 
                             Tuesday, February 6, 2001 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                    Lt. Governor's Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Business &  
         Commerce was held on Tuesday, February 6, 2001, in the Lt.  
         Governor's Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman          None 
         Senator Troy Fraser, Vice Chairman 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted. 
          
         The Chair laid out SB84 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapiro, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         Chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Carona moved that SB84 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator  
         Carona moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB 327 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Jackson, to explain the bill.  Senator Jackson sent up a  
         committee substitute; the Chair recognized Senator Jackson to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Jackson moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Jackson moved that SB 327 do not pass but that CSSB 327 be  
         reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator  
         Jackson moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The Chair laid out SB105 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         Chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Carona moved that SB105  
         be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that  
         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record  
         vote of 6 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 9:49 a.m. Chairman Sibley  
         moved that the committee stand recessed until subject to call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Danielle Delgadillo, Clerk