MINUTES 
                                           
         STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ECONOMIC  
                                    DEVELOPMENT 
                               Tuesday, March 8, 2005 
                           12:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Standing Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Technologies &  
         Economic Development was held on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, in the  
         Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Carona                     None 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
                                           
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         The Chairman called the meeting to order at 12:47 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Kip Averitt 
          
         The Chairman laid out CSSB 96, pending in committee, and  
         explained the bill in the absence of the author.  Senator Lucio  
         moved that CSSB 96 be reported favorably to the full Committee  
         on Business and Commerce with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote or 5  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, 0 absent. 
          
         The Chairman laid out SB 602, pending in committee, and  
         explained the bill in the absence of the author. The Chairman  
         requested unanimous consent to roll the amendments into a  
         committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  The  
         Chairman then moved that the committee substitute be adopted;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved  
         that SB 602 do not pass but that CSSB 602 be reported back to  
         the full Committee on Business and Commerce with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.  
          
         Senator Lucio, Jr. assumed the chair laid out SB255, pending in  
  
         committee, and recognized the author, Senator Carona to explain  
         the bill.  Senator Carona moved that SB 255 be reported  
         favorably to the full Committee on Business and Commerce with  
         the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Carona resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:53 p.m. Chairman Carona  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Carona, Chair 
          
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         Mary McMahan, Clerk