MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                                Monday, May 21, 2001 
                                     4:00 p.m. 
                                       E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Monday, May 21, 2001, in E1.714. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Cain                      None 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Moncrief moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearing held on May 17, 2001; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Chairman Cain asked if there were any questions or comments  
         about any of the bills recommended for the May 23, 2001, Local  
         and Uncontested Calendar.  There was discussion.  Senator  
         Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page one of the Local  
         and Uncontested Calendar recommended list plus HB 131 be  
         certified with the exception of HB 609, HB 638, and HB 660;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that  
         all of the bills on page two of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on  
         page three of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended  
         list be certified with the exception of HB 1585, HB 1649, HB  
         1721, and HB 1761; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator  
         Brown moved that all of the bills on page four of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  HB 2087 and HB 2410; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page  
         five of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of  HB 2601, HB 2794, HB 2932;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Moncrief moved  
         that all of the bills on page six of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of HB  
  
         3590 and HB 3659; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator  
         Ogden moved that all of the bills on page seven of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         There being no further business, at 7:00 p.m. Senator Brown  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Cain, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk