MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Monday, April 17, 2006 
                           2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                      Senate Chamber at Senator Brimer's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Administration was held on Monday, April  
         17, 2006, in the Senate Chamber at Senator Brimer's Desk. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kim Brimer                      Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 4:54 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 4:54 p.m. Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 9 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Brimer, to explain the bill.  Senator Wentworth moved that SB 9  
         be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that  
         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record  
         vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 6 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Brimer, to explain the bill.  Senator Wentworth moved that SJR 6  
         be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that  
         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record  
         vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Brimer resumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Brimer laid out the Subcommittee on Capital Funding and  
         Higher Education budget for approval.  Senator Van de Putte  
         moved approval of the budget; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Brimer laid out the Subcommittee on Emerging  
         Technologies and Economic Development budget for approval.   
         Senator Shapiro moved approval of the budget; without objection,  
         it was so ordered. 
  
         There being no further business, at 4:58 p.m. Senator Wentworth  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kim Brimer, Chair 
          
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         Tara Rejino, Clerk