The House Committee on Ways & Means 
         77th Legislature 
         April 17, 2001 
         Upon final adjourn./recess 
         Capitol Extension, E2.016 
                                 CORRECTED MINUTES 
                                           
         On April 25, 2001, the House Committee on Ways & Means  
         authorized the correction of the  minutes for the meeting of the  
         House Committee on Ways & Means held on April 17, 2001. The  
         following are the corrected minutes for that meeting: 
          
         Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 17,  
         2001, the House Committee on Ways & Means met in a formal  
         meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Oliveira, at 5:59 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Oliveira; Bonnen; Craddick; Hartnett;  
                   Heflin; Ramsay; Ritter (7). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives McCall; Davis, Yvonne; Hilbert; Keffer  
                   (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 824 
          
         The chair laid out HB 824 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative Davis, Yvonne now present.) 
          
         (Representative McCall now present.) 
          
         Representative Ramsay offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Ramsay moved that HB 824, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Ramsay (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Keffer; Ritter  (3).  
           
         HB 1689 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1689 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Ramsay moved that HB 1689, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Ramsay  
                             (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     Representative Heflin  (1).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Keffer; Ritter  (3).  
           
         HB 1732 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1732 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative Keffer now present.) 
          
         Representative Heflin offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Heflin moved that HB 1732, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
          
         HB 2456 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2456 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Craddick offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Craddick moved that HB 2456, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         HB 2681 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2681 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Hartnett moved that HB 2681, without amendments,  
         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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         HB 2782 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2782 as pending business.  
          
         Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative McCall moved that HB 2782, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         HB 2832 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2832 as pending business.  
          
         Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative McCall moved that HB 2832, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
          
         Nays:               None (0).  
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         HB 2936 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2936 as pending business.  
         Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative McCall moved that HB 2936, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (9).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         HB 2982 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2982 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Craddick moved that HB 2982, without amendments,  
         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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;  
                     
                             Keffer (8).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter  (3).  
           
         HB 3532 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3532 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Heflin offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Representative Heflin 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 amendment into a  
         committee substitute. 
          
         Representative Heflin moved that HB 3532, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Heflin; Keffer (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     Representative Hartnett  (1).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter  (3).  
          
         Representative McCall moved that the April 4, 2001 minutes for  
         the House Committee on Ways & Means be corrected. The corrected  
         minutes were authorized without objection. 
          
         HB 3382 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3382 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Davis, Yvonne offered a complete committee  
         substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Davis, Yvonne moved that HB 3382, 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 record vote:  
  
         Ayes:               Representatives McCall; Bonnen; Craddick;  
                             Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Keffer (6).  
          
         Nays:               Representatives Oliveira; Heflin (2).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter  (3).  
           
         HB 1200 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1200 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative Ramsay now present.) 
          
         Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Representative Oliveira offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         The amendment was adopted by the following record vote: 
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; Bonnen; Hartnett;  
                             Keffer; Ramsay (5).  
           
         Nays:               Representatives McCall; Craddick; Davis,  
                             Yvonne; Heflin (4).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         The committee substitute, as amended,  was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendment into a  
         committee substitute. 
          
         Representative McCall moved that HB 1200, 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 record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;  
                             Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Keffer; Ramsay (7).  
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Craddick; Heflin  (2).  
          
         Absent:        Representatives Hilbert; Ritter  (2).  
           
         At 6:35 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. Oliveira, Chair 
          
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         J.J. Garza, Clerk