MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES Thursday, October 2, 2003 Upon Adjournment Senate Chamber ***** Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Thursday, October 2, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Mike Jackson Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Robert Duncan Senator Craig Estes Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Troy Fraser Senator Todd Staples Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Florence Shapiro ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: At 3:11 p.m. Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair. The chair laid out SB 29 and recognized the author, Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. There were no witnesses on the bill. Senator Armbrister moved that SB 29 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 4 absent. At 3:13 p.m. Senator Armbrister resumed the chair. There being no further business, at 3:15 p.m. Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair ______________________ Kelly Gilbert, Clerk