MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                              Thursday, April 21, 2005 
                           11:00 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 State Affairs  
         was held on Thursday, April 21, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
          
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:37 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Madla assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1284 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Armbrister, to explain the bill.  Senator Armbrister moved that  
         SB 1284 be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Armbrister  
         moved that SB 1284 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Ellis moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 520 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Madla, to explain the bill.  Senator Madla sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Madla to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Madla moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  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 Madla moved that  
         SB 520 be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Madla moved  
         that SB 520 do not pass but that CSSB 520 be reported back to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Madla moved  
         that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Madla assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1149 and recognized Senator Armbrister, in  
         the absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Senator  
         Armbrister sent up a committee substitute; the chair recognized  
         Senator Armbrister to explain the difference between the  
         committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Lucio, Jr.  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  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 Armbrister moved that SB 1149 be left pending  
         to await a quorum; without objection, it was so ordered.  Upon  
         arrival of a quorum, Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 1149 do  
         not pass but that CSSB 1149 be reported back to the Senate with  
         the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1845 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Deuell, to explain the bill.  Senator Madla sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Deuell to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are  
         shown on the attached list.   
          
         Senator Duncan resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  The bill was left pending before  
         the committee. 
          
         Senator Duncan moved that the committee stand recessed until  
         3:00 p.m; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 3:06 p.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 49.  Senator Madla sent  
         up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Madla to  
  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Madla moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 49 do not pass but that CSSB 49 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 8  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 698.  Senator Duncan  
         moved that the committee substitute for SB 698, which he offered  
         at a previous hearing be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved that SB 698 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 698 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 1648.  Senator Fraser  
         sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted.  The bill was left pending  
         before the committee. 
          
         Senator Williams assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 121.  Senator Armbrister  
         moved to reconsider the vote by which a previous committee  
         substitute had been adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Duncan sent up a new committee substitute; the  
         chair recognized Senator Duncan to explain the difference  
         between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Duncan moved to reopen public testimony; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  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.  The bill was left pending before the committee.   
          
         Senator Duncan resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, Senator Duncan moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Robert Duncan, Chair 
          
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         Teddy Carter, Clerk