MINUTES 
                                           
         STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & ECONOMIC  
                                    DEVELOPMENT 
                                Monday, May 16, 2005 
                           3:00 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 Standing Senate Subcommittee on  
         Emerging Technologies & Economic Development was held on Monday,  
         May 16, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin,  
         Texas. 
          
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         Chairman Carona called the meeting to order.  The Committee is  
         in recess and a quorum was established at an earlier meeting and  
         will be re-established as the meeting progresses.  The following  
         business was transacted:   
          
         Chairman Carona laid out HB 2755 and recognized Senator Brimer,  
         in the absence of the Senate sponsor, 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.  Chairman Carona  
         moved that HB 2755 be left pending; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  
          
         Chairman Carona laid out HB 551 and recognized Senator Brimer,  
         in the absence of the Senate sponsor, 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.  Chairman Carona  
         moved that HB 551 be left pending; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Chairman Carona laid out HB 2928 and recognized Senator Brimer,  
         in the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  
         Senator Brimer sent up Committee Amendment 1.  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.  Chairman Carona moved  
         that HB 2928 be left pending; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Chairman Carona laid out HB 1253 and recognized the Senate  
         sponsor, Senator Armbrister, 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.  Chairman Carona moved  
  
         that HB 1253 be left pending; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.     
          
         There being no further business, 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