The House Committee on Natural Resources
81st Legislature
April 9, 2009
Upon final adjourn./recess
Agricultural Museum, 1W.14
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 9, 2009, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Ritter, at 12:26 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
A quorum was present.
The chair directed that the March 24, 2009, minutes for the House Committee on Natural Resources be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.
The chair directed that the March 26, 2009, minutes for the House Committee on Natural Resources be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.
The chair directed that the April 2, 2009, minutes for the House Committee on Natural Resources be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.
HB 1890
The chair laid out HB 1890 as pending business.
Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 1890, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3501
The chair laid out HB 3501 as pending business.
Representative Corte moved that HB 3501, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion failed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (5).
Nays: Representative Frost (1).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Creighton (1).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3031
The chair laid out HB 3031 as pending business.
Representative Frost offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 3031, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3032
The chair laid out HB 3032 as pending business.
Representative Frost offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 3032, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3990
The chair laid out HB 3990 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari not present.)
Representative Corte moved that HB 3990, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (5).
HB 4210
The chair laid out HB 4210 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari now present.)
Representative Corte moved that HB 4210, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 4703
The chair laid out HB 4703 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari not present.)
Representative Corte moved that HB 4703, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (5).
HB 4705
The chair laid out HB 4705 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari now present.)
Representative King, Tracy O. offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Miller, Doug moved that HB 4705, as substituted, be reported favorably to the
full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee
on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 4706
The chair laid out HB 4706.
Representative Frost moved that HB 4706, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Laubenberg; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 4702
The chair laid out HB 4702 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari not present.)
(Representative Martinez Fischer now present.)
Representative Frost moved that HB 4702, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Laubenberg; Lucio III; Smithee (4).
HB 4714
The chair laid out HB 4714 as pending business.
Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 4714, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Laubenberg; Lucio III; Smithee (4).
HB 4715
The chair laid out HB 4715 as pending business.
Representative Corte moved that HB 4715, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Laubenberg; Lucio III; Smithee (4).
HB 4716
The chair laid out HB 4716 as pending business.
(Representative Laubenberg now present.)
Representative Frost moved that HB 4716, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Callegari; Lucio III; Smithee (3).
HB 4721
The chair laid out HB 4721 as pending business.
(Representative Callegari now present.)
Representative Frost moved that HB 4721, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Creighton; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Lucio III; Smithee (2).
HB 3501
Representative Frost moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 3501 failed to be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.
Representative Corte moved that HB 3501, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: Representative Frost (1).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Creighton (1).
Absent: Representatives Lucio III; Smithee (2).
HB 1433
The chair laid out HB 1433 as pending business.
(Representative Creighton not present.)
Representative Frost moved that HB 1433, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Smithee (3).
HB 4299
The chair laid out HB 4299 as pending business.
Representative Callegari offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Martinez Fischer moved that HB 4299, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: Representative King, Tracy O. (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Smithee (3).
HB 3527
The chair laid out HB 3527.
Representative Miller, Doug moved that HB 3527, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Smithee (3).
HB 4043
The chair laid out HB 4043 as pending business.
(Representative Martinez Fischer not present.)
Representative Frost moved that HB 4043, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3541
The chair laid out HB 3541 as pending business.
Representative Callegari moved that HB 3541, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Miller, Doug (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Smithee (4).
HB 3542
The chair laid out HB 3542 as pending business.
(Representative Smithee now present.)
Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 3542, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Miller, Doug; Smithee (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer (3).
HB 3543
The chair laid out HB 3543 as pending business.
Representative Smithee moved that HB 3543, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Ritter; Callegari; Corte; Frost; King, Tracy O.; Laubenberg; Miller, Doug; Smithee (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Creighton; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer (3).
At 12:56 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Ritter, Chair
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Elizabeth Fazio, Clerk