MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                                Monday, May 23, 2005 
                                     10:00 a.m. 
                                       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, May 23, 2005, in the E1.714 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa                   Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out the Local and Uncontested Calendar for May  
         25, 2005, at 7:30 a.m.  The following bills were removed from  
         the recommended list: HB 240, HB 295, HB 316, HB 603, HB 916, HB  
         1038, HB 1096, HB 1252, HB 1428, HB 1483, HB 1701, HB 1765, HB  
         2025, HB 2145, HB 2420, HB 2579, HB 2840, HB 2868 & HB 3426.   
         The chair moved that the Local and Uncontested Calendar for May  
         25, 2005, at 7:30 a.m. be certified with the exception of the  
         previously listed bills; the calendar was certified with a  
         record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent & 0 present not voting. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:45 a.m. Senator Harris  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Tara Rejino, Clerk