MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS

Thursday, March 29, 2007

10:45 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 State Affairs was held on Thursday, March 29, 2007, in the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Robert Duncan Senator Tommy Williams Senator Troy Fraser Senator Mike Jackson Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Leticia Van de Putte		Senator John Carona Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Chris Harris

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:56 p.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 382.  Senator Van de Putte sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Van de Putte moved to roll the amendment into a committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Van de Putte then moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Van de Putte moved that SB 382 do not pas but that CSSB 382 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, o nay, and 3 absents.  Senator Van de Putte moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   

 

At 1:59 p.m. Senator Williams assumed the chair.   

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 493.  Senator Duncan moved that SB 382 be reported favorably 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 Duncan then moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

At 2:01 p.m. Senator Duncan assumed the chair. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1030.  Senator Fraser moved that SB 382 be reported favorably 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. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1047.  Senator Williams moved that SB 382 be reported favorably 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 Williams moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1107.  Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Watson to explain the difference between the committee substitute and the senate bill as filed.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that SB 382 do not pass but that CSSB 382 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 Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 889.  Senator Williams sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Williams requested unanimous consent to roll the amendments into a committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Williams then moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Williams moved that SB 889 do not pass but that CSSB 889 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, 3 present not voting, and 0 absent. 

 

There being no further business, at 2:19 p.m. 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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Anna Beth White, Clerk