MINUTES 
                                           
                               Thursday, May 22, 2003 
                                     8:30 a.m. 
                              Sam Houston Building 210 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Infrastructure Development and Security Committee was  
         held on Thursday, May 22, 2003, in the Sam Houston Building 210. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3588, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the construction, acquisition,  
         financing, maintenance, management, operation, ownership, and  
         control of transportation facilities and the progress,  
         improvement, policing, and safety of transportation in the  
         state.  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 Ogden moved that HB 3588 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 9:00 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 10:00 a.m; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Ogden reconvened the hearing at 10:02 a.m. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 479, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to registration with the Selective  
         Service System of certain applicants for a driver's license or  
         personal identification certificate.  Senator Shapleigh sent up  
         Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Ogden requested unanimous  
         consent to roll the amendment into a committee substitute;  
  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Shapleigh then  
         moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Shapleigh moved that HB  
         479 do not pass but that CSHB 479 be reported back to the Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Shapleigh moved that the bill  
         be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 1699, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the liability of certain highway,  
         road, and street contractors.  Senator Ogden moved to pull down  
         a committee substitute sent up and adopted at a previous  
         hearing; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Shapleigh moved that HB 1699 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 2 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 1784, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to an offense of blocking an access  
         aisle designed to aid persons with disabilities.  Senator Deuell  
         moved that HB 1784 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 2 absent.  Senator Deuell moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2006, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the construction and maintenance  
         of utility, common carrier, and energy transporter facilities  
         along, over, under, or across a railroad right-of-way.  Senator  
         Shapleigh sent up a committee substitute; the chair recognized  
         Senator Shapleigh to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed. Senator Shapleigh  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that HB 2006 be left  
         pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
  
         At 10:15 a.m. Senator Madla assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2377, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the transfer of property under the  
         jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation.  Senator  
         Ogden moved that HB 2377 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 2 absent.   
          
         At 10:16 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2500, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the enforcement of fares imposed  
         for the use of certain public transportation systems; providing  
         penalties.  Senator Ogden moved to roll a committee substitute  
         and Committee Amendment 1, both of which had been sent up at a  
         previous hearing, into a new committee substitute and moved its  
         adoption; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Deuell  
         moved that HB 2500 do not pass but that CSHB 2500 be reported  
         back 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 2 absent.  Senator Ogden moved  
         that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2650, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the creation of a council to  
         oversee the implementation of a statewide integrated public  
         safety radio communications system for public safety and  
         homeland security purposes. Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 2650  
         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 2 absent.    
         Senator Ogden moved that the bill be recommended for placement  
         on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2971, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to certain license plates issued by  
         the Texas Department of Transportation.  Senator Deuell moved  
         that HB 2971 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 2 absent.  Senator Deuell moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3330, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing, relating to the definition of an eligible  
         highway for purposes of applying to erect an information logo  
         sign.  Senator Lindsay sent up a committee substitute; the chair  
         recognized Senator Lindsay to explain the difference between the                                                                             
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Lindsay  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Lindsay moved that HB 3330 do not  
         pass but that CSHB 3330 be reported back 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 2 absent.   
          
         The following bills had no action taken in committee:  HB 471 by  
         Lucio, HJR 28 by Lucio, HB 814 by Barrientos, HB 3185 by  
         Staples, and HB 3343 by Ogden. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:20 a.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Schwartz, Clerk