MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE 
                             Monday, February 19, 2001 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence  
         was held on Monday, February 19, 2001, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      None 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:25 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
          
         Senator Duncan moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearings held on February 12, 2001, and February 13, 2001;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 2:26 p.m. Senator Bernsen assumed the chair.  
          
         The chair laid out SB250 and recognized Senator West, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Senator West sent  
         up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator West to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator West moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Witnesses  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that  
         SB250 do not pass but that CSSB250 be reported back to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.    
          
         The chair laid out SB678 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, to explain the bill.  Senator West sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator West to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator West moved adoption of the committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West requested unanimous  
         consent to incorporate Committee Amendment 1 into the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West  
         then moved that the new committee substitute be adopted; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that SB678 do  
         not pass but that CSSB678 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.   
          
         At 3:07 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB148 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapiro, to explain the bill.  Senator Duncan sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Shapiro to  
  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Duncan moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  There was no  
         public testimony on this bill.  Senator Duncan moved that SB148  
         do not pass but that CSSB148 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 Bernsen moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:19 p.m. Senator Bernsen assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB678 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West.  Senator West asked to reconsider the vote on CSSB 678;   
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West asked to  
         reconsider the vote on Committee Amendment 1 for CSSB 678;   
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West asked that  
         Committee Amendment 1 to CSSB 678 do no pass;  without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West asked that Committee  
         Amendment 1 to CSSB 678 be tabled;  without objection, it was so  
         ordered. Senator West moved that SB678 do not pass but that  
         CSSB678 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 West moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:21 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB370 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ogden, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Brown moved that SB370 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out SB120 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB164 and recognized Senator Wentworth, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Witnesses  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Wentworth moved  
         that SB164 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SB120 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth.  Senator Wentworth sent up Committee Amendment 1 and  
         moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Wentworth moved that SB120, as amended, be reported back  
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Wentworth  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 4:40 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Stephanie Hoover, Clerk