MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Thursday, April 28, 2005
1:30 p.m.
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of
the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security was
held on Thursday, April 28, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Todd Staples Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Frank Madla
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Jeff Wentworth
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:52 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senate posting rules 11.10 and 11.18, were suspended to hear the
following pending bills:
The chair laid out as pending business, CSSB 696. The
substitute was previously adopted at the committee's April 27,
2005 hearing. Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 696 do not pass
but that CSSB 696 be reported back to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 3 absent.
The chair laid out as pending business, HB 87. Senator Ellis
moved that HB 87 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 3 absent.
The chair laid out as pending business, CSHB 749. The committee
substitute was previously adopted at the committee's April 27,
2005 hearing. Senator Staples withdrew committee amendment 1;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Lindsay moved that
HB 749 do not pass but that CSHB 749 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 3 absent. Senator Lindsay moved that
the bill be recommended for placement on the local & uncontested
calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out as pending business, SB 859. Committee
amendment 1 by Senator Ellis was left pending at the committee's
April 13, 2005 hearing. Senator Ellis moved adoption of
committee amendment 1; without objection, the amendment was
adopted. Senator Ellis requested unanimous consent to
incorporate the amendment into a committee substitute; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Ellis then moved that the
committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so
ordered. Senator Ellis moved that SB 859 do not pass but that
CSSB 859 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3
absent.
There being no further business, at 2:04 p.m. Senator Staples
moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Todd Staples, Chair
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Patricia Gajda, Clerk