The House Committee on Calendars 
         78th Legislature 
         May 9, 2003 
         7:30 p.m. 
         Speaker's Committee Room 
          
         Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 9, 2003,  
         the House Committee on Calendars met in a formal meeting and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Woolley, at 7:31  
         p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Woolley; Wohlgemuth; Christian; Hupp;  
                   Luna; Madden; Menendez; Seaman; Telford; Truitt (10). 
          
         Absent:   Representative Turner (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Representative Woolley moved the adoption of the following rule  
         governing floor consideration of H.B. 3398, the Congressional  
         redistricting bill: 
          
         Pursuant to Rule 3, Section 4(2) and House Rule 6, Section  
         16(f), the committee on Calendars proposes the following rule  
         governing floor consideration of H.B. 3398: 
          
         Section 1.  All original amendments that will be offered during  
         second reading consideration of the bill must be filed with the  
         chief clerk by noon on Sunday, May11, 2003. 
          
         Sec. 2.  (a)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment,  
         or substitute amendment is eligible for consideration unless  
         five copies of a completed amendment packet prepared by the  
         Texas Legislative Council (TLC) has been submitted to the chief  
         clerk.  The amendment packet must include the following: 
              (1)  amendment text; 
              (2)  a statewide map if any district changed by the  
         amendment is located in more than one county and a separate map  
         of each divided county in which any district is changed by the  
         proposed amendment; and 
              (3)  the standard reports generated by the TLC's  
         Redistricting Application (REDAPPL) that provide population,  
         election, and geography analysis. 
              (b)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or  
         substitute amendment, is eligible for consideration if any  
         district in the amendment contains parts that are not  
         contiguous. 
               (c)  No proposed amendment, amendment to the amendment, or  
         substitute amendment is eligible for consideration if adoption  
         of the amendment would result in any unassigned or overlapping  
         geography in the state plan. 
  
         The motion prevailed by the following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Woolley; Wohlgemuth;  
                             Christian; Hupp; Luna; Madden; Menendez;  
                             Seaman; Telford; Truitt (10).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representative Turner  (1).  
           
         At 7:34 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Woolley, Chair 
          
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         Tessa Zavala, Clerk