MINUTES 
                                           
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE 
                             Wednesday, March 21, 2001 
                                     12:55 p.m. 
                       Senator Sibley's Desk, Senate Chamber 
                                           
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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 Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at Senator  
         Sibley's Desk, in the Senate Chamber, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                         
         Senator David Sibley, Chairman           
         Senator Troy Fraser, Vice Chairman 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The chairman called the meeting to order at 12:55 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Van de Putte assumed the chair at 12:56 p.m.  
          
         The chair laid out SB314, pending in Committee, and recognized  
         the author, Senator Sibley.  Committee Amendments 1 through 5  
         were sent up at the previous  meeting.  Senator Sibley moved  
         adoption of Committee Amendment 1; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.   Senator Sibley moved adoption of  
         Committee Amendment 2; without objection, the amendment was  
         adopted.  Senator Sibley moved adoption of Committee Amendment  
         3; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Sibley  
         moved adoption of Committee Amendment 4; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Sibley moved adoption of  
         Committee Amendment 5; without objection, the amendment was  
         adopted.  Senator Sibley requested unanimous consent to roll the  
         amendments into a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Sibley then moved that the committee  
         substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Sibley moved that SB314 do not pass but that CSSB314 be  
         reported back 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.   
          
         The chair laid out SB604, pending in Committee, and recognized  
  
         the author, Senator Sibley.  Senator Sibley sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Sibley requested unanimous consent to roll  
         the amendment into a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Sibley then moved that the committee  
         substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Sibley moved that SB604 do not pass but that CSSB604 be  
         reported back 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.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:03 p.m. Senator Sibley  
         resumed the chair and moved that the Committee stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Barbara Henderson, Clerk