The House Committee on Natural Resources

82nd Legislature

May 12, 2011

3:00 p.m.

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor and permission granted to meet while the house in session on May 12, 2011 to consider SB 609, SB 1895, SCR 2 and pending business, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Ritter, at 3:01 p.m.

 

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Ritter; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Miller, Doug; and Price.

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 3864

 

The chair laid out HB 3864 as pending business.

 

Representative Lucio III moved that HB 3864, 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; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Miller, Doug; Price (8).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representatives King, Tracy O.; Keffer; Martinez Fischer (3).

 

(Representative King, Tracy O. now present.)

 

HB 3865

 

The chair laid out HB 3865 as pending business.

 

Representative Hopson moved that HB 3865, 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; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Miller, Doug; Price (8).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   Representative King, Tracy O. (1).

 

Absent:                        Representatives Keffer; Martinez Fischer (2).

 

(Representative Martinez Fischer now present.)

 

HB 3866

 

The chair laid out HB 3866 as pending business.

 

Representative Creighton moved that HB 3866, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Miller, Doug; Price (9).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Martinez Fischer (1).

 

Absent:                        Representative Keffer (1).

 

SB 1132

 

The chair laid out SB 1132 as pending business.

 

Representative Price moved that SB 1132, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (10).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        Representative Keffer (1).

 

SB 1225

 

The chair laid out SB 1225 as pending business.

 

SB 1225 was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Keffer now present.)

 

SB 1895

 

The chair laid out SB 1895.

 

Representative Miller, Doug moved that SB 1895, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Keffer; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (11).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        None (0).

 

SB 728

 

The chair laid out SB 728 as pending business.

 

Representative Beck moved that SB 728, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Keffer; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (11).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        None (0).

 

SB 1295

 

The chair laid out SB 1295 as pending business.

 

Representative Lucio III moved that SB 1295, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Keffer; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (11).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        None (0).

 

SB 1361

 

The chair laid out SB 1361 as pending business.

 

Representative Price moved that SB 1361, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Keffer; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (11).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        None (0).

 

SCR 2

 

The chair laid out SCR 2.

 

Representative Hopson moved that SCR 2, 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; King, Tracy O.; Beck; Creighton; Hopson; Keffer; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer; Miller, Doug; Price (11).

 

Nays:                           None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

 

Absent:                        None (0).

 

(Representative King, Tracy O. now absent.)

 

SB 573

 

The chair laid out SB 573 as pending business.

 

Representative Lucio III offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Lucio III moved that SB 573, 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; Creighton; Hopson; Larson; Lucio III; Martinez Fischer (6).

 

Nays:                           Representatives Beck; Price (2).

 

Present, Not Voting:   Representatives Keffer; Miller, Doug (2).

 

Absent:                        Representative King, Tracy O. (1).

 

At 3:15 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