MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

11:00 a.m. or upon adjournment

Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Government Organization was held on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Rodney Ellis

Senator Glenn Hegar

Senator Kim Brimer

Senator Jane Nelson

Senator John Whitmire

 

Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.

Senator Mike Jackson

 

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The Senate Committees on Government Organization and Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee met in a joint hearing to hear testimony on SB 917.

 

Senator Ellis called the Senate Committee on Government Organization to order at 1:16 p.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

Senator Van de Putte called the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and Military Installations to order at 1:19 p.m. the following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out SB 917 and recognized the author, Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill.

 

At 1:30 p.m. Senator Hegar assumed the chair.

 

Witnesses testifying and/or 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 Hegar moved that SB 917 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

There being no further business, at 3:01 p.m. Senator Hegar moved that the Senate Committee on Government Organization stand recessed subject to the call of the chair; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

At 3:01 p.m. Senator Van de Putte moved that Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations stand recessed subject to call of the chair; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair

 

 

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Marisol Rodriguez, Clerk