MINUTES 
                                           
                SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & TRADE 
                              Wednesday, May 18, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on International  
         Relations & Trade was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in the  
         Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.                Senator Kevin Eltife 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 3:14 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on May 5, 2005; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  
          
         The chair laid out HB 2463 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Janek, to explain the bill.  Senator Carona sent up  
         Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  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 Carona moved that HB 2463, as amended, be reported back  
         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 Zaffirini  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:43 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2420 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
  
         Senator Lucio, Jr., 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 Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 2420 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 Lucio, Jr.  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:46 p.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:47 p.m. Senator Shapleigh  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair 
          
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         LeAnn Gallegos, Clerk