MINUTES 
                                           
                               Wednesday, May 2, 2001 
                           3:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                    The Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Veteran Affairs & Military  
         Installations was held on Wednesday, May 2, 2001, in the Betty  
         King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Carlos F. Truan                 Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Tom Haywood 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         Chairman Truan called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 4:36 p.m. Senator Van de Putte assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 116 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  Colonel Claude Hempel,  
         Colonel Keith Scragg, and Colonel Justo Gonzalez, representing  
         Selective Service System, testified in favor of the bill.  Frank  
         Elder, representing Texas Department of Public Safety, testified  
         on the bill.  Senator Truan moved that HB 116 be left pending;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 310 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  At 5:16 p.m. Senator  
         Shapleigh assumed the chair.  James Nier, representing Texas  
         Veterans Commission, and Douglas Oldmixon, representing Texas  
         Veterans Land Board, testified on the bill.  The chair moved  
         that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 310 be left pending  
         to await a quorum; without objection, it was so ordered.  Upon  
         arrival of a quorum, Senator Truan moved that HB 310 be reported  
         back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2908 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  The chair moved that the  
         public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so  
  
         ordered.  Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 2908 be left pending  
         to await a quorum; without objection, it was so ordered.  Upon  
         arrival of a quorum, Senator Truan moved that HB 2908 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3567 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  Senator Truan sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Truan to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Truan moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Douglas  
         Oldmixon, representing Texas Veterans Land Board, testified on  
         the bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Truan moved that  
         HB 3567 be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Truan moved  
         that HB 3567 do not pass but that CSHB 3567 be reported back to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 234 and recognized Senator Truan, in the  
         absence of the Senate sponsor, Senator Fraser, to explain the  
         bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Shapleigh moved  
         that HB 234 be left pending to await a quorum; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator  
         Shapleigh moved that HB 234 be reported back to the Senate with  
         the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Shapleigh moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 5:35 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.   
          
         Chairman Truan laid out HB 1924 and recognized the Senate  
         sponsor, Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill.  Chairman Truan  
         moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Truan moved that HB 1924 be left  
         pending to await a quorum; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 1924  
         be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it  
         do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote  
         of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator  
         Shapleigh moved that the bill be recommended for placement on  
         the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         At 5:40 p.m. Senator Truan moved that the committee stand  
         recessed for five minutes.  At 5:49 p.m. the committee  
         reconvened.   
          
         Chairman Truan laid out HCR 176 and recognized Senator  
         Shapleigh, in the absence of the Senate sponsor, Senator Ogden,  
         to explain the bill.  Chairman Truan moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Shapleigh moved that HCR 176 be reported favorably to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Shapleigh  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 5:57 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         At 5:59 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Van de Putte moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on April 23, 2001; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 6:02 p.m. Senator Van de  
         Putte moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the  
         call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chair 
          
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         Rhonda Pointer, Clerk