The House Committee on Ways & Means 
         79th Legislature 
         April 6, 2005 
         8:30 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E2.018 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 5, 2005, the House  
         Committee on Ways & Means met in a formal meeting and was called  
         to order by the chair, Representative Keffer, Jim, at 8:38 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Keffer, Jim; Paxton; Ritter; Smithee;  
                    Woolley (5). 
          
         Absent:    Representatives Villarreal; Edwards; Grusendorf; Luna  
                    (4). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 726 
          
         The chair laid out HB 726 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Ritter offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Ritter moved that HB 726, 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 Keffer, Jim; Paxton; Ritter;  
                         Smithee; Woolley (5). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Edwards; Grusendorf;  
                         Luna  (4). 
          
         HJR 32 
          
         The chair laid out HJR 32 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Ritter offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Ritter moved that HJR 32, 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 Keffer, Jim; Paxton; Ritter;  
                         Smithee; Woolley (5). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Edwards; Grusendorf;  
                         Luna  (4). 
          
         HB 809 
          
         The chair laid out HB 809 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative Edwards now present.) 
          
         Representative Paxton offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Paxton moved that HB 809, 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 Keffer, Jim; Edwards; Paxton;  
                         Ritter; Smithee; Woolley (6). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Grusendorf; Luna   
                         (3). 
          
         HB 1185 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1185 as pending business. 
          
         Representative Woolley moved that HB 1185, without amendments,  
         be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation  
 
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         that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the  
         following record vote:  
           
         Ayes:           Representatives Keffer, Jim; Edwards; Paxton;  
                         Ritter; Smithee; Woolley (6). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Grusendorf; Luna   
                         (3). 
          
         HB 1528 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1528 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Edwards moved that HB 1528, 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 Keffer, Jim; Edwards; Paxton;  
                         Ritter; Smithee; Woolley (6). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Grusendorf; Luna   
                         (3). 
          
         HB 2080 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2080 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Smithee moved that HB 2080, 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 Keffer, Jim; Edwards; Paxton;  
                         Ritter; Smithee; Woolley (6). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         Representatives Villarreal; Grusendorf; Luna   
                         (3). 
          
         At 8:49 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. Keffer, Jim, Chair 
           
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         Ky Ash, Clerk 
          
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