The House Committee on Ways & Means

81st Legislature

April 30, 2009

4:30 p.m.

3W.15

 

 

CORRECTED MINUTES

 

On May 6, 2009, the House Committee on Ways & Means authorized the correction of the  minutes for the meeting of the House Committee on Ways & Means held on April 30, 2009. The following are the corrected minutes for that meeting:

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 30, 2009 and given permission to meet while the House was in Session, the House Committee on Ways & Means met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Oliveira, at 4:35 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Absent:              Representative Otto (1).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 3359

 

The chair laid out HB 3359 as pending business.

 

Representative King, Phil offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative King, Phil moved that HB 3359, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB 464

 

The chair laid out HB 464 as pending business.

 

Representative Pena moved that HB 464, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB 1403

 

The chair laid out HB 1403 as pending business.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB 1403, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB 1994

 

The chair laid out HB 1994 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 1994, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB2226

 

The chair laid out HB2226 as pending business.

 

Representative King, Phil moved that HB2226, 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 Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             Representative Oliveira (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB2338

 

The chair laid out HB2338 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB2338, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative King, Phil  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

HB 2583

 

The chair laid out HB 2583 as pending business.

 

Representative Hilderbran offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hilderbran offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

 

Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 2583, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Otto  (1).

 

 

HB 3131

 

The chair laid out HB 3131 as pending business.

 

Representative Hartnett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB 3131, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 3185

 

The chair laid out HB 3185 as pending business.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 3185, 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 Oliveira; Hartnett (2).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor  (5).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Villarreal  (4).

 

HB 3425

 

The chair laid out HB 3425 as pending business.

 

(Representative Villarreal now present.)

 

Representative Hartnett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 3425, 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 Oliveira; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran  (3).

 

HB 3669

 

The chair laid out HB 3669 as pending business.

 

Representative Hartnett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 3669, 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 Oliveira; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran  (3).

 

HB3699

 

The chair laid out HB3699 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

(Representative Bohac now present.)

 

Representative Taylor moved that HB3699, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 4229

 

The chair laid out HB 4229 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 4229, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 4230

 

The chair laid out HB 4230 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 4230, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 4747

 

The chair laid out HB 4747 as pending business.

 

Representative Villarreal moved that HB 4747, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 4755

 

The chair laid out HB 4755 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 4755, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

SB 1105

 

The chair laid out SB 1105, the companion to HB 413.

 

Representative Taylor moved that SB 1105, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 3935

 

The chair laid out HB 3935 as pending business.

 

Representative Villarreal offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB 3935, as amended, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

HB 791

 

Representative Hartnett moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

Representative Hartnett offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into the measure.

 

Representative Hartnett moved that HB 791, 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 Oliveira; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Otto; Hilderbran  (2).

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 5:19 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. Oliveira, Chair

 

 

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Carolyn Merchan Saegert, Clerk