The House Committee on Natural Resources 
         79th Legislature 
         May 4, 2005 
         2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess 
         Capitol Extension, E1.026 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 29, 2005 and a suspension  
         of the 5-day posting rule on May 3rd, 2005, the House Committee  
         on Natural Resources met in a public hearing and was called to  
         order by the chair, Representative Puente, at 8:02 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                    Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Absent:    Representatives Hilderbran; Laney (2). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 2140 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2140 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Geren moved that HB 2140, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3284 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3284 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Hope moved that HB 3284, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
  
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3491 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3491 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Callegari moved that HB 3491, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3510 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3510 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Campbell moved that HB 3510, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3539 
          
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         The chair laid out HB 3539 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Bonnen moved that HB 3539, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3561 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3561 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Bonnen moved that HB 3561, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3564 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3564 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Geren moved that HB 3564, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
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         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
           
         HB 3565 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3565 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Hope moved that HB 3565, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3566 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3566 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Geren moved that HB 3566, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3568 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3568 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Callegari moved that HB 3568, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
 
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         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
           
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 3569 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3569 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Bonnen moved that HB 3569, without amendments, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
         HB 3576 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3576 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Geren moved that HB 3576, as amended, be reported  
         favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and  
         Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record  
         vote:  
          
         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope; Bonnen;  
                         Campbell; Geren; Hardcastle (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Hilderbran; Laney  (2). 
          
         HB 2445 
 
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         Representative Geren moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         measure was reported from committee.  The motion to reconsider  
          prevailed without objection. 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Bonnen moved that HB 2445, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on  
         Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
        Ayes:         Representatives Puente; Hope; Bonnen; Campbell;  
                         Geren; Hardcastle (6). 
         
        Nays:         None (0). 
         
        Present, Not Voting: None  (0). 
         
        Absent:       Representatives Callegari; Hilderbran; Laney  (3). 
         
         HB 3578 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3583. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3579 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3579. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         SB 428 
 
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         The chair laid out SB 428. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Riddle to explain the  
          measure.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Riddle to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         SB 429 
          
         The chair laid out SB 429. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Riddle to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Riddle to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3580 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3580. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Hegar to close on the  
         measure.  
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 2876 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2876 as pending business.  
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Campbell moved that HB 2876, as substituted, be  
         reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
          
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         Ayes:           Representatives Puente; Callegari; Hope;  
                         Campbell; Hardcastle; Hilderbran; Laney (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
          Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Bonnen; Geren  (2). 
          
         HB 3586 
          
         The chair laid out and explained HB 3586. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The chair closed on the measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3571 
          
         The chair laid out and explained HB 3571. 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Callegari in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Puente in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3583 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3583. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to explain the  
         measure. 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to close on the  
         measure.  
          
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         The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3584 
          
          The chair laid out HB 3584. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to explain the  
         measure. 
          
         The chair offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         HB 3582 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3582. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         SB 355 
          
         The chair laid out SB 355. 
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         The chair recognized Representative Callegari to close on the  
         measure.  
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 1:21 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Puente, Chair 
          
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         Hope Wells, Clerk 
          
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