MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:00 a.m. Senate Chamber ***** 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. ***** 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 ***** 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