MINUTES 
                                           
            SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                               Monday, March 7, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                            Senator Van de Putte's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Veteran  
         Affairs & Military Installations was held on Monday, March 7,  
         2005, in the Senator Van de Putte's Desk 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            None 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The subcommittee report on SB 252 was laid out by Senator Van de  
         Putte.  Senator Shapleigh was recognized to explain the  
         subcommittee report on SB 252.  Senator Shapleigh then moved  
         adoption of the subcommittee report; there being no objection,  
         it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Estes moved that SB 252 do not pass but that CSSB 252 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, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Estes  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 2:20 p.m. Senator Van de  
         Putte moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the  
         call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Chair 
          
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         Sara Gonzalez, Clerk