MINUTES 
                                           
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                            Thursday, February 27, 2003 
                                     11:00 p.m. 
                                   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 Natural  
         Resources was held on Thursday, February 27, 2003, in the Senate  
         Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Todd Staples 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:  
          
         The chair laid out SB 347 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Barrientos, 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 Hinojosa moved that SB 347 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 10 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Barrientos moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         Senators Fraser, Lucio, Shapiro and Staples requested unanimous  
         consent to be shown voting aye on SB 347; without objection, it  
  
         was so ordered. 
          
         The chair laid out SB 236 and recognized Senator Jackson, in the  
         absence of the author, 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 Fraser sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption.  Senator Lindsay objected to Amendment 1 and then  
         withdrew his objection.  Committee Amendment 1 was then adopted  
         without objection.  Senator Fraser requested unanimous consent  
         to roll the amendments into a committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Fraser moved that SB 236, as substituted, 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, 1  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senators Barrientos, Hinojosa and Shapiro requested unanimous  
         consent to be shown voting aye on SB 236; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 1:20 pm Senator Armbrister  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         Kelly Gilbert, Clerk