MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                                Monday, May 9, 2005 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                                   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 Monday, May 9, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Tommy Williams                  Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 526 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Deuell, 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 Armbrister moved that HB  
         526 be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Duncan resumed  
         the chair and Senator Williams moved that HB 526 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator  
         Williams moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the  
         Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Senator Williams assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 1800 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Harris, 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 Harris moved that HB 1800  
         be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Duncan resumed the  
         chair and Senator Harris moved that HB 1800 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2202 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Harris, 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 Harris moved that HB 2202  
         be left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Duncan resumed the  
         chair and Senator Harris moved that HB 2202 be reported  
         favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 7  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 197 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Barrientos, 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.  The bill was left pending before  
         the committee. 
          
         The chair laid out SB 753 and recognized Senator Harris, in the  
         absence of the author, 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.  The bill was left pending  
         before the committee.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 70 and recognized Senator Armbrister, in  
         the absence of the Senate sponsor, 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  
         Armbrister moved that HB 70 be left pending to await a quorum;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum,  
         Senator Duncan resumed the chair and Senator Armbrister moved  
         that HB 70 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Duncan resumed the chair and laid out HB 976 and  
         recognized Senator Armbrister, in the absence of the Senate  
         sponsor, to explain the bill.  Senator Armbrister sent up  
         Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Armbrister requested unanimous  
         consent to roll the amendments into a committee substitute;  
  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Armbrister then  
         moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Armbrister moved that HB  
         976 do not pass but that CSHB 976 be reported back to the Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         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