MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                              Monday, February 5, 2001 
                           1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs  
         was held on Monday, February 5, 2001, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                None 
         Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB232 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Harris, 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 Madla sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
          
         Senator Harris moved that SB232, as amended, be reported back to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SB257 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.   
          
         The chair moved that SB257 be left pending; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.   
          
         There was no action taken for the following bill(s): SB 223 by  
         Senator Carona. 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:35 p.m. Senator Armbrister  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair                        Cindy S.  
                                                                Hodges,  
                                                                Clerk