MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING
Friday, May 4, 2001
1 hour after adjournment.
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rules 11.10 and 11.18, a
public hearing of the Senate Committee on Redistricting was
held on Friday, May 4, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Jeff Wentworth Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Mike Jackson Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Judith
Zaffirini
Senator David Cain
Senator Florence Shapiro
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:27 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted:
Senator Duncan, Senator Ellis, and Senator Zaffirini were
absent due to a concurrent meeting of the Conference
Committee on Senate Bill 1.
Senator Jackson moved to adopt the committee minutes from
the previous hearings on Wednesday, May 2, 2001, and
Thursday, May 3, 2001. There being no objection, the
minutes were adopted.
The chair indicated that two amendments to CSSB 499 were
laid out and explained at the last committee meeting.
Senator Cain reported that an additional amendment
affecting Dallas County was in the process of being revised
and would be sent up at the next meeting. Senator Cain
moved that the committee recess until 9:00 a.m. on Monday,
May 7, 2001. There being no objection, the motion passed.
There being no further business, at 1:29 p.m., the chair
announced the committee would stand in recess until 9:00
a.m. on Monday, May 7, 2001, when it would reconvene in the
Betty King Committee Room. Without objection, the
committee recessed.
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Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair
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Erica Sadlon, Clerk