MINUTES 
                                           
                            COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE 
                               Thursday, May 10, 2001 
                                     9:00 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 Thursday, May 10, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator 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 
         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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         The Chair, Senator Truan, called the meeting to order at 9:25  
         a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was  
         transacted:   
          
         The Chair laid out S.B. 499 and recognized Senator Wentworth,  
         the sponsor of the bill, to explain proposed Committee Amendment  
         No. 1, Plan 01066 S. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Wentworth to explain proposed  
         Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan 01050 S. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister to explain proposed  
         Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan 01055 S. 
          
         Senator Brown assumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Lucio to explain proposed Committee  
         Amendment No. 4, Plan 01049 S. 
          
         Senators Truan and Zaffirini, respectively, asked questions of  
         Senator Lucio. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Lucio to explain proposed Committee  
         Amendment No. 5, Plan 01048 S. 
          
         Senators Truan and Zaffirini, respectively, asked questions of  
         Senator Lucio. 
          
         Senator Truan resumed the Chair. 
          
         The Chair laid out  01051 S, The Sibley Plan #1. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 1, Plan  
         01076 S and recognized Senator Carona, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         Senators Shapiro and West, respectively, asked questions of  
         Senator Carona. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan  
         01067 S and recognized Senator Fraser, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan 01069 S, and  
         recognized Senator Lucio, the author, to explain the plan. 
          
         Senator Zaffirini questioned Senator Lucio. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 4, Plan  
         01074 S, and recognized Senator Jackson, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         Senators Zaffirini, Whitmire, Brown, and Gallegos, respectively,  
         asked questions of Senator Jackson. 
          
         Senator Gallegos requested a Parliamentary Inquiry. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 5, Plan  
         01081 S, and recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain  
  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 6, Plan  
         01080 S, and recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 7, Plan  
         01078 S, and recognized Senator Sibley, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 8, Plan  
         01083 S, and recognized Senator Sibley, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Cain to ask questions of Senator  
         Sibley. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 9, Plan  
         01065 S, and recognized Senator Shapliegh, the author, to  
         explain the plan. 
          
         The Chair recognized Senator Sibley to ask questions of Senator  
         Shapliegh. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 10, Plan  
         01068 S, and recognized Senator Madla, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         Senators Zaffirini, Van de Putte, and Shapliegh, respectively,  
         asked questions of Senator Madla. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Plan 01052 S and recognized Senator  
         Sibley to explain the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 1, Plan  
         01059 S, and recognized the author, Senator Sibley, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan  
         01065 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator  
         Shapliegh. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan  
         01067 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Fraser. 
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 4, Plan  
         01068 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Madla. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 5, Plan  
         01081 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Ogden. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 6, Plan  
         01080 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Ogden. 
          
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 7, Plan  
         01076 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Carona. 
  
         The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 8, Plan  
         01075 S, and recognized Senator Jackson, the author, to explain  
         the plan. 
          
         Senator Carona moved that the committee stand recessed until  
         8:00am, Friday May 11, 2001; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Senator Carlos Truan, Chair 
          
         Betty King, Secretary of the Senate