MINUTES 
                                           
               SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE 
                                Friday, May 16, 2003 
                           1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                        Senate Chamber, Senator Lucio's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on International Relations and Trade was  
         held on Friday, May 16, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at Senator  
         Lucio's Desk. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Craig Estes                     Senator Teel Bivins 
         Senator Jane Nelson                     Senator John Carona 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:14 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:          
          
         The chair laid out SCR 55 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Barrientos, to explain the bill. The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Estes moved that SCR 55 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 3 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business HB 148.  Senator Estes moved  
         that HB 148 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 3 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business HB 177.  Senator Estes moved  
         that HB 177 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 3 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.       
          
         The chair laid out pending business HCR 59.  Senator Estes moved  
         adoption of Committee Amendment 1, which was sent up by Senator  
         Estes at the hearing held on May 14, 2003; without objection,  
         the amendment was adopted.  Senator Estes requested unanimous  
         consent to roll the adopted amendment into a committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Estes  
         then moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Estes moved that HCR 59  
         do not pass but that CSHCR 59 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 3 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         At 4:20 p.m. Senator Estes assumed the chair. 
          
         The chair laid out pending business HB 1653.  Senator Lucio  
         moved that HB 1653 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 3 absent.  Senator Lucio moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.         
          
         The chair laid out pending business HB 2975.  Senator Lucio  
         moved that HB 2975 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 3 absent.  Senator Lucio moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business HB 3420.  Senator Lucio sent  
         up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption; without objection,  
         the amendment was adopted.  Senator Lucio requested unanimous  
         consent to roll the amendments into a committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Lucio then moved  
         that the committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Lucio moved that HB 3420 do not pass  
         but that CSHB 3420 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 3 absent.     
          
         At 4:25 p.m. Senator Lucio resumed the chair.  
          
         There being no further business, at 4:25 p.m. the chair moved  
         that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
                                                                            
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         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair 
          
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         Laura Garcia, Clerk