MINUTES 
                                           
                               Wednesday, May 9, 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 Committee was held on Wednesday, May 9, 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 3:25 p.m.  There  
         being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Chairman Truan laid out HB 2040 and recognized the Senate  
         sponsor, Senator Zaffirini, to explain the bill.  County Judge  
         Jose Aliseda, representing Bee County, testified in favor of the  
         bill.  Tom Beasley, representing the Bee Development Authority,  
         James Berry, representing the Bee Development Authority, and  
         Chris Shields, representing the Beeville Redevelopment  
         Authority, registered in favor of the bill but did not testify.   
         Tom Hunter, representing Public Utility Commission, registered  
         on the bill but did not testify.  Chairman Truan moved that the  
         public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 2040 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 Van de  
         Putte moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Chairman Truan laid out HB 3387 and recognized the Senate  
         sponsor, Senator Sibley, to explain the bill.  County Judge Jose  
         Aliseda, representing Bee County, Tom Beasley, representing the  
         Bee Development Authority, and James Berry, representing the Bee  
         Development Authority, registered in favor of the bill but did  
         not testify.  Tom Hunter, representing Public Utility  
         Commission, registered on the bill but did not testify.   
         Chairman Truan moved that the public testimony be closed;  
  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Van de Putte  
         moved that HB 3387 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.   
          
         Chairman Truan laid out HB 2988 and recognized the Senate  
         sponsor, Senator Haywood, to explain the bill.  Chairman Truan  
         moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Haywood moved that HB 2988 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  
         Haywood moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         At 3:39 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 209 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  General Daniel James,  
         representing the Adjutant General's Department, testified on the  
         bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Truan moved that  
         HCR 209 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 Truan moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 217 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Truan, to explain the bill.  Senator Truan moved that  
         HCR 217 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 Truan moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 116 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.  General  
         Daniel James, representing the Adjutant General's Department,  
         Margaret Spinks, representing the Department of Public Safety,  
         and Kim Smith, representing the Department of Public Safety,  
         testified on the bill.  Senator Truan moved that HB 116 do not  
         pass but that CSHB 116 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.   
          
         At 4:02 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Van de Putte moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on May 2, 2001; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         Senator Shapleigh and Senator Van de Putte congratulated  
         Chairman Truan on his leadership of the Senate Veteran Affairs &  
         Military Installations Committee during the 77th Legislative  
         Session and for bringing veteran and military installation  
         issues to the forefront.   
          
         There being no further business, at 4:03 p.m. Senator Shapleigh  
         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, Chairman 
          
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         Rhonda Pointer, Clerk