MINUTES 
                                           
                            COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE 
                               Wednesday, May 9, 2001 
                                     8:00 a.m. 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Committee of the Whole Senate was  
         held on Wednesday, May 9, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at Austin,  
         Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senater Todd Staples 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator David Bernsen 
         Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator David Cain 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator David Sibley 
         Senator Carlos Truan 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         Senator Truan, Chair of the Committee of the Whole called the  
         meeting to order at 8:23 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the  
         following business was transacted:   
  
         The Chair recognized Senator Wentworth, Chair of the Senate  
         Committee on Redistricting, who presented and explained the plan  
         reported by the committee, Plan 01047S. 
          
         Senator Brown assumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Truan, who presented and explained  
         Plan 010535.   Senator Truan then withdrew Plan 010535. 
          
         Senator Truan resumed the Chair and recognized Senators  
         Armbrister and Bivins, respectively, to ask questions of Senator  
         Wentworth. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Sibley to present and explain Plan  
         010515. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Sibley to present and explain Plan  
         010525. 
          
         The following members were recognized by the Chair to ask  
         questions regarding Senator Sibley's proposed plans:  Senator's  
         Barrientos, Cain, Zaffirini, Van de Putte, Moncrief and West. 
          
         Senator Brown assumed the Chair and recognized Senator Truan to  
         ask questions of Senator Sibley. 
          
         Senator Truan resumed the Chair and the following members were  
         recognized to ask questions:  Senators Harris, Barrientos,  
         Gallegos, Lucio, and Wentworth.  Senator Wentworth explained  
         that the Texas Legislative Council has prepared the data on all  
         three presented plans. 
          
         Senator Ogden made a parliamentary inquiry. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Gallegos to explain his proposed  
         plan which will be delivered to members' offices after  
         completion by the Texas Legislative Council.  Senator Gallegos  
         then withdrew the proposed plan. 
          
         Senator Armbrister asked questions of Governor Ratliff.   
          
         Senator Fraser asked for a point of inquiry. 
          
         Senator Brown moved that the Committee of the Whole Senate stand  
         recessed Subject to Call of the Chair; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         Senator Carlos Truan, Chair 
          
         Betty King, Secretary of the Senate