MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Monday, April 18, 2005 
                           4:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Monday, April 18, 2005, in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.714, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Leticia Van de  
         Putte 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 36 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Hinojosa, to explain the bill.  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 Hinojosa moved that HCR  
         36 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation  
         that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a  
         record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2  
         absent.   
          
         The chair then moved that the list of bills recommended for the  
         Local and Uncontested Calendar be certified with the exception  
         of SB 302, SB 755, SB 802, SB 1022, SB 1102, and SB 1491. There  
         being no objection, the list, with the exception of the above  
         bills, was so certified. 
          
         At 4:11 p.m. Senator Harris moved that the committee stand  
         recessed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris 
         Chair, Senate Committee on Administration 
          
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         Anne Hagan 
         Committee Clerk