MINUTES 
                                           
            SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                                Friday, May 6, 2005 
                           9:30 a.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 Friday, May 6,  
         2005, at 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 6:30 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1735 and explained that another substitute  
         had been previously sent up on April 27th.   Senator Shapleigh  
         moved to withdraw from consideration the committee substitute to  
         SB 1735, which had been laid out and discussed at the previous  
         hearing.  Without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Shapleigh then sent up a new committee substitute; the chair  
         recognized Senator Shapleigh to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Shapleigh moved adoption of the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 1735 do not pass but that CSSB  
         1735 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 Shapleigh moved that the bill be recommended for  
         placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 322 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Estes, to explain the bill.  Senator Estes moved to  
         reconsider the vote by which the committee substitute for HB 322  
         was adopted at a previous hearing.  Without objection; it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Estes then moved to withdraw the committee  
         substitute.  Without objection; it was so ordered.  Senator  
  
         Estes sent up a new committee substitute; the chair recognized  
         Senator Estes to explain the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Estes moved adoption  
         of the committee substitute; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Estes moved that HB 322 do not pass but that CSHB 322 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.    
          
         The subcommittee report on HB 2340 was laid out by Senator Van  
         de Putte.  Senator Shapleigh was recognized to explain the  
         subcommittee report on HB 2340.  Senator Van de Putte then moved  
         adoption of the subcommittee report; there being no objection,  
         it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 2340 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, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Shapleigh  
         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 6:38 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