House Committee on Natural Resources
76th Legislature
April 28, 1999
2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E1.010
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 23, 1999, and a
suspension of the 5-day posting rule on April 28, 1999, so
that the committee could take up and consider HB 3844, HB
3846, and HB 3847, the House Committee on Natural Resources
met in a public hearing and was called to order by the Chair,
Representative David Counts, at 4:10 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (7).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Shields (2).
A quorum was present.
HB 3847
The chair laid out HB 3847.
The chair recognized Representative Ritter to explain the
measure.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3847 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Hamric; Lewis, Ron; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Puente; Shields (3).
HB 3839
(Representatives Corte; Puente; and Shields now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3839.
The chair recognized Representative Green to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Green to close on the
measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3844
The chair laid out HB 3844.
The chair recognized Representative Junell to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Junell to close on the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3844, as substituted, be
reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Lewis, Ron (2).
HB 3831
The chair laid out HB 3831.
The chair recognized Representative Hawley to explain the
measure.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Hawley to close on the
measure.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3833
(Representative Lewis, Ron now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3833.
The chair recognized Representative Corte to explain the
measure.
(Representative Hamric in chair.)
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Corte to close on the
measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3846
(Representative Counts in chair.)
The chair laid out HB 3846.
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to explain
the measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3846, as substituted,
be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to
the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion
prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte (2).
HB 3808
The chair laid out HB 3808 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3808, as substituted, be
reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte (2).
HB 3813
The chair laid out HB 3813 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3813, as substituted,
be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to
the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion
prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte (2).
SB 76
The chair laid out and explained SB 76.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that SB 76, as amended, be
reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte (2).
HB 2901
(Representative Corte now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2901 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments
into the committee substitute.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 2901, as substituted,
be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1755
The chair laid out SB 1755.
The chair recognized Representative Puente to explain the
measure.
Representative Puente moved that SB 1755 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent
Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1593
The chair laid out and explained SB 1593.
Representative Counts moved that SB 1593 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent
Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 658
The chair laid out SB 658 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that SB 658 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1178
The chair laid out SB 1178.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to close on the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that SB 1178, as substituted, be
reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the
following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1282
The chair laid out and explained SB 1282.
Representative Cook moved that SB 1282 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent
Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte (2).
SB 1307
(Representative Corte now present.)
The chair laid out and explained SB 1307.
Representative Puente moved that SB 1307 be reported favorably
to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent
Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1308
The chair laid out and explained SB 1308.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that SB 1308 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative King, Tracy (1).
SB 1311
The chair laid out SB 1311 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered a complete committee
substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to explain
the substitute.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Ron E. Lewis offered an amendment to the
committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Ron E. Lewis offered an amendment to the
committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments
into the committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 1733
The chair laid out SB 1733.
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to explain
the measure.
Representative Ron E. Lewis offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 7:07 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without
objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of
the chair.
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Rep. David Counts, Chair
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Jennifer Modgling, Clerk