MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE 
                               Monday, July 14, 2003 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                            Capitol Extension Auditorium 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence  
         was held on Monday, July 14, 2003, in the Capitol Extension  
         Auditorium at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 9:38 a.m., the chair recessed until 30 minutes after the  
         Senate adjourns. 
          
         At 4:36 p.m. the committee reconvened. 
          
         Senator West moved that the committee limit testimony to five  
         minutes.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0  
         nays, 2 absent, and 0 present not voting. 
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 10.  A committee  
         substitute had been offered at a previous hearing.  Senator West  
         moved that SB 10 do not pass but that the committee substitute  
         for SB 10 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  4:39 p.m., public testimony resumed on pending business HB  
         3.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on HB 3 are shown on the attached list. 
          
         At 4:52 p.m. Senator Gallegos assumed the chair. 
          
         At 5:30 p.m., Senator Lucio presented five binders of e-mails in opposition to Redistricting and one e-mail  
  
         supporting Redistricting.  The meeting then continued with public testimony. 
          
         At 6:43 p.m. Senator Duncan resumed the chair. 
          
         At 8:04 p.m. Senator Gallegos assumed the chair. 
          
         At 8:10 p.m. Senator Duncan resumed the chair. 
          
         At 8:21 p.m. Senator Gallegos assumed the chair. 
          
         At 8:27 p.m. Senator Duncan resumed the chair. 
          
         At 8:40 p.m. Senator Duncan moved that the committee stand recessed until the call of the chair; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator Robert Duncan, Chair 
          
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         Lucy Oliver, Clerk