MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Thursday, May 19, 2005 
                           4:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Administration was held on Thursday, May  
         19, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.714, at Austin,  
         Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa                   Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair moved to certify the bills recommended for the Local  
         and Uncontested Calendar for Tuesday, May 24, 2005, with the  
         exception of SB 542, SB 1896, HB 544, HB 969, HB 1058, HB 1098,  
         HB 1225, and HB 1833. The motion passed by a record vote of 4  
         ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. The list, with  
         the exception of the above bills, was so certified.  
          
         At 4:05 p.m. Senator Wentworth assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 35 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Harris, to explain the bill.  Senator Wentworth moved  
         that HCR 35 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Wentworth moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 117 and recognized Senator Harris, in the  
         absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved that HCR 117 be reported favorably to the Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Hinojosa moved that the bill  
         be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
  
         At 4:09 p.m. Senator Harris resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 105 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Wentworth, to explain the bill.  Senator Wentworth moved  
         that HCR 105 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Wentworth moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 108 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Wentworth, to explain the bill.  Marlo Riley,  
         representing Lacy Family Descendants, testified in favor of the  
         bill.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Wentworth moved  
         that HCR 108 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Wentworth moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 4:24 p.m. Senator Harris moved that the committee stand  
         recessed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Harris 
         Chair, Senate Committee on Administration 
          
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         Anne Hagan 
         Committee Clerk