MINUTES 
                                           
                SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & TRADE 
                              Thursday, March 10, 2005 
                           10:00 a.m. or upon adjournment 
                                Senator Lucio's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on International Relations & Trade was held  
         on Thursday, March 10, 2005, in the Senator Lucio's Desk at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                None 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Kevin Eltife 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 293 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Zaffirini, to explain the bill.  
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved that SB 293 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, 1 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 569 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Zaffirini, to explain the bill.   
           
         Senator Zaffirini moved that SB 569 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, 1 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Estes moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 684, which was adopted and  
         reported to the full Senate in the public hearing held on March  
         9.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 11:06 a.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 684 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lucio, Jr., to explain the bill.  Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Lucio to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.   
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved that SB 684 do not pass but that CSSB  
         684 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that  
         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record  
         vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
         Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 11:10 a.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 11:10 a.m. Senator Lucio,  
         Jr. 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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         LeAnn Gallegos, Clerk