MINUTES 
                                           
               SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE 
                              Wednesday, May 21, 2003 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on International  
         Relations and Trade was held on Wednesday, May 21, 2003, in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3554 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Zaffirini, to explain the bill.  The chair opened public  
         testimony got HB 3554.  Witnesses testifying and registering on  
         the bill are shown on the attached list.  Senator Shapleigh sent  
         up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection,  
         the amendment was adopted.  Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee  
         Amendment 2 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.   
         Senator Zaffirini requested unanimous consent to roll the  
         amendments into a committee substitute; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini then moved that the committee  
         substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  The bill was left pending to  
         await a quorum.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Zaffirini  
         moved that HB 3554 do not pass but that CSHB 3554 be reported  
         back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 2  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.     
          
         The committee then heard invited testimony on the Border Colonia  
         Access Program. 
         David Garza, Cameron County Commissioner, provided an update of  
         the Border Colonia Access Program. 
         Amadeo Saenz, Assistant Executive Director of the Texas  
         Department of Transportation, provided an update on the Border  
  
         Colonia Access Program. 
          
         At 4:45 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 204 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Lucio, to explain the bill.  The chair opened public  
         testimony for HCR 204.  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 bill was left pending to await a quorum.  Upon  
         arrival of a quorum,  Senator Lucio moved that HCR 204 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, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator  
         Lucio moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.        
          
         At 4:54 p.m. Senator Lucio resumed the chair. 
          
         At 4:54 p.m. the chair moved that the committee stand at ease.   
         At 5:18 p.m. the committee reconvened and a quorum was  
         established. 
          
         At 5:18 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair. 
          
         At 5:20 p.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. resumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Estes requested unanimous consent to be shown voting  
         "aye" on HCR 204 and to be shown voting "nay" on HB 3554;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Nelson requested  
         unanimous consent to be shown voting "aye" on HCR 204 and to be  
         shown voting "nay" on HB 3554; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 5:21 p.m. the chair 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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         Laura Garcia, Clerk