MINUTES 
                                           
                  STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                             Wednesday, April 23, 2003 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                              Sam Houston Building 210 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Standing Senate Subcommittee on  
         Higher Education was held on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, in the  
         Sam Houston Building 210 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kyle Janek                      Senator Leticia Van de  
                                                 Putte 
         Senator Todd Staples 
                                           
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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:   
          
         There was no action taken for the following bill(s): SB 1139 &  
         SB 1319 
          
         Senator Janek moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearing held on April 14, 2003; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 166 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapiro, to explain the bill. Senator Janek sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Shapiro to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Janek moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West  
         moved that SB 166 be left pending to await a quorum; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 4:18 p.m. Senator Janek assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1007 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, 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 Staples sent up Committee Amendment 1 and  
         moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator West sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator West moved  
         that SB 1007, as amended, be reported back to the full committee  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
  
         motion carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent.   
         The chair laid out SB 1009 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, to explain the bill. Senator West sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator West to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator West 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 West moved that SB 1009  
         do not pass but that CSSB 1009 be reported back to the full  
         committee with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.       
          
         Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator West moved that SB 166 do not  
         pass but that CSSB 166 be reported back to the full committee  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent.    
          
         The chair laid out SB 1476 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, to explain the bill.  Senator West sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator West to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator West moved adoption of the committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West sent up  
         Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator West requested unanimous consent  
         to roll the amendment into a committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West then moved that the  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator West moved that SB 1476 do not pass but that  
         CSSB 1476 be reported back to the full committee with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 3 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.    
          
         At 5:05 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1443 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Barrientos, 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 West moved that SB 1443  
         be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1230 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Wentworth, 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 West moved that SB 1230  
         be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1908 and recognized Senator Wentworth, 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 West moved that  
         SB 1908 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 5:25 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk