MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Monday, March 31, 2003 
                                     4:00 p.m. 
                  the Senate Administration Committee room, E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Monday, March 31, 2003, in the Senate  
         Administration Committee room, E1.714 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Mike Jackson                    Senator Leticia Van de  
                                                 Putte 
         Senator Kyle Janek                      Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:15 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 4:15 p.m. Senator Wentworth assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1567 and recognized Senator Harris, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Senator Harris sent  
         up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Harris  
         to explain the difference between the committee substitute and  
         the bill as filed.  Senator Harris moved adoption of the  
         committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Harris  
         moved that SB 1567 be left pending to await a quorum; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator  
         Wentworth moved that SB 1567 do not pass but that CSSB 1567 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator  
         Whitmire asked to be shown voting aye; hearing no objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Wentworth moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 4:17 p.m. Senator Harris resumed the chair.   
         The chair laid out SCR 26 and recognized Senator Jackson, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Witnesses  
  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Harris moved that  
         SCR 26 be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Jackson moved  
         that SCR 26 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Whitmire asked to be shown voting  
         aye; hearing no objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Jackson  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Harris laid out the recommended list for the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar scheduled for April 3, 2003 at 8:00 a.m.   
         There was discussion.  Senator Wentworth moved that all bills on  
         the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list with the  
         exception of SB 273, SB774, and SB 1280 be certified.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Whitmire asked to be shown  
         voting aye; hearing no objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:25 p.m. Senator Harris  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk