HB 491 - REPORTS BY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION                          
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY opened HB 491 for discussion.  He stated HB                   
  491 changes the reporting period from a calendar year to a                   
  fiscal year.  Currently, the Science & Technology Foundation                 
  reports January 1-December 31; however, the report has to be                 
  into the legislature by January 15.  The calendar year does                  
  not coincide with the fiscal year on which the Budget                        
  Committee reviews their budget.                                              
                                                                               
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  REPRESENTATIVE BETTYE DAVIS moved to pass HB 491 out of                      
  committee with individual recommendations and attached zero                  
  fiscal note.                                                                 
                                                                               
  (REPRESENTATIVE KOTT joined the meeting at 8:03 a.m.)                        
                                                                               
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  CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked the committee secretary to call the                     
  roll.                                                                        
                                                                               
  IN FAVOR:      REPRESENTATIVES VEZEY, KOTT, B. DAVIS, G.                     
                 DAVIS, SANDERS, OLBERG.                                       
  ABSENT:        REPRESENTATIVE ULMER                                          
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY announced HB 491 passed from the House State                  
  Affairs Committee.