MINUTES
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE
Friday, May 11, 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 Friday, May 11, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at Austin,
Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Kenneth Armbrister None
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 Todd Staples
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 Carlos Truan, called the meeting to order at
8:35 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business
was transacted:
The Chair recognized Senator West for a motion to allow staff
members to be on the floor during the meeting of the Committee
of the Whole Senate. The motion was unanimously adopted.
The Chair laid out proposed amendments to S.B. 499 (Plan 01047
S) and recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 6, Plan 01096 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 7, Plan 01056 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Cain, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 8, Plan 01079 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Cain, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 9, Plan 01112 S. Senator
Sibley asked questions of Senator Cain. Senator West asked
questions of Senator Sibley.
President Ratliff assumed the Chair for a statement regarding
the urgency of committees being able to meet after the Committee
of the Whole and requested that explanations and questions only
be discussed during Committee of the Whole and that debate be
postponed.
Senator Truan resumed the Chair.
The Chair recognized Senator Cain, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 10, Plan 01092 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief to request that he be
permitted to explain his amendments to S.B. 499 later in the
meeting because the amendments had not yet been delivered.
Permission was granted.
The Chair recognized Senator Lucio for a statement regarding the
meeting between Senators Truan, Zaffirini, and Lucio.
Senator Brown assumed the Chair.
The Chair recognized Senator Truan to ask questions of Senator
Lucio.
Senator Truan resumed the chair.
The Chair laid out proposed amendments to the Sibley Plan No.1
(Plan 01051 S).
The Chair recognized Senator Gallegos, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 14, Plan 01109 S. Senator
Gallegos then withdrew proposed Committee Amendment No. 14.
Senator Sibley was recognized for a statement concerning the
Sibley Plan No. 1 (01051 S) and Sibley Plan No. 2 (01052 S).
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 11, Plan 01095 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Shapleigh to withdraw proposed
Committee Amendment No. 9, Plan 01065 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Sibley to ask a question concerning
the status of the withdrawn amendments regarding fair notice.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 12, Plan 01104 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 13, Plan 01102 S. Senator
Jackson asked questions of Senator Armbrister.
The Chair recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 15, Plan 01100 S.
The Chair laid out the proposed amendments to the Sibley Plan
No. 2 (Plan 01052 S).
The Chair recognized Senator Sibley, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 9, Plan 01101 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 10, Plan 01108 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister, the author to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 11, Plan 01103 S. Senator
Jackson asked questions of Senator Armbrister.
The Chair recognized Senator Gallegos, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 12, Plan 01109 S. Senator
Gallegos then withdrew the proposed plan.
The Chair recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 13, Plan 01110 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 11, Plan 01071 S. The Chair
recognized Senator Cain, co-author, to further explain the
proposed amendment.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 12, Plan 01107 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 13, Plan 01110 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 14, Plan 01113 S. Senator
Jackson asked questions of Senator Moncrief.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 15, Plan 01114 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 16, Plan 01115 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Moncrief, the author, to explain
proposed Committee Amendment No. 17, Plan 01116 S. Senators
Sibley and Nelson, respectively, asked questions of Senator
Moncrief.
Senator Brown moved that the Committee of the Whole Senate rise
and report progress at 10:25 am. Without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Carlos Truan, Chair
Patsy Spaw, Secretary of the Senate, Designee