MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                            Wednesday, February 21, 2001 
                                     1:00 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Criminal  
         Justice was held on Wednesday, February 21, 2001, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              None 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:20 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB133 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, to explain the bill. Senator Staples sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  
          
         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 SB133, 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 7 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senators Whitmire and Bivins requested unanimous consent to be  
         shown voting aye on SB 133; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         The chair laid out SB494 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Bernsen, to explain the bill.  Senator Whitmire sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Bernsen to  
  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Staples sent up Committee Amendment 1  
         and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was  
         adopted.  Senator Staples requested unanimous consent to  
         incorporate the amendment into the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Whitmire then moved that  
         the new committee substitute be adopted; 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 Armbrister moved that SB494 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB553 and recognized Senator Ogden, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Senator Ogden sent  
         up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ogden to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Ogden 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 Ogden moved that  
         SB553 do not pass but that CSSB553 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.   
          
         Senators Whitmire, Bivins and Moncrief requested unanimous  
         consent to be shown voting aye on CSSB 553, without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
          
         At 3:55 p.m. Senator Ogden assumed the chair.    
          
         The chair laid out SB563 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Armbrister, to explain the bill.   
         Senator Armbrister sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  
          
         At 4:15 p.m. Senator West assumed the chair.    
          
         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  
         Armbrister moved that SB563, as amended,  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.   
          
         Senators Whitmire, Bivins and Moncrief requested unanimous  
         consent to be shown voting aye on SB 563, without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  
          
         At 4:20 p.m. Senator Armbrister resumed the chair.  
          
         There being no further business, at 4:20 p.m. Senator Armbrister  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         Kelly C. Gilbert, Clerk