MINUTES
Monday, April 23, 2001
1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Lt. Governor 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 Veteran Affairs & Military
Installations Committee was held on Monday, April 23, 2001, in
the Lt. Governor Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin,
Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Carlos F. Truan None
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
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Chairman Truan called the meeting to order at 3:11 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senator Shapleigh moved adoption of the minutes from the
previous hearing held on April 4, 2001; without objection, it
was so ordered.
At 3:12 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1815 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill. Dick Messbarger, representing Texas
Defense, Aviation, and Aerospace Alliance, testified in favor of
the bill. James Christoferson, representing the Office of
Defense Affairs, testified on the bill. Craig Pinkley,
representing Texas Department of Economic Development,
registered on the bill but did not testify. The chair moved
that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was
so ordered. Senator Truan sent up Committee Amendment 1 and
moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Truan moved that SB 1815, as amended, be reported back
to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0
nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
The chair laid out HB 271 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. Douglas Oldmixon,
representing Texas Veterans Land Board, testified on the bill.
The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Truan moved that HB 271
be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that
it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record
vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Truan moved that the bill be recommended for placement
on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was
so ordered.
The chair laid out HCR 201 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan moved that
HCR 201 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent. Senator Truan moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
At 3:32 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.
Chairman Truan laid out HCR 11 and recognized the Senate
sponsor, Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill. Samuel Bier,
representing Disabled American Veterans, testified in favor of
the bill. Chairman Truan moved that the public testimony be
closed; without objection, it was so ordered. Chairman Truan
thanked Senator Shapleigh for bringing HCR 11 before the
Committee and signed on as cosponsor of the concurrent
resolution. Senator Shapleigh moved that HCR11 be reported
favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5
ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Chairman Truan laid out HCR 119 and recognized the Senate
sponsor, Senator Lindsay, to explain the bill. Samuel Bier,
representing Capital City Chapter Ex-Prisoners of War, testified
in favor of the bill. Chairman Truan moved that the public
testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Shapleigh moved that HCR119 be reported favorably to the
Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0
present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Shapleigh moved that
the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 3:49 p.m. Senator Shapleigh assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1160 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan requested that the
previously adopted substitute for SB 1160 be withdrawn; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Truan sent up a new
committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Truan to
explain the difference between the committee substitute and the
bill as filed. Senator Truan moved adoption of the committee
substitute; without objection, it was so ordered. Douglas
Oldmixon, representing Texas Veterans Land Board, testified on
the bill. Senator Truan moved that SB 1160 do not pass but that
CSSB 1160 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0
absent.
The chair laid out pending SB 1558 and recognized Senator Van de
Putte, in the absence of the author, to explain the bill.
Senator Van de Putte sent up Committee Amendment 1 and Senator
Truan moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was
adopted. James Christoferson, representing the Office of
Defense Affairs, testified on the bill. Senator Van de Putte
requested unanimous consent to roll Committee Amendment 1 into a
committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Van de Putte moved that the new committee substitute be
adopted; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Van de
Putte moved that SB 1558 do not pass but that CSSB 1558 be
reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5
ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
At 4:03 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.
There being no further business, at 4:03 p.m. Senator Truan
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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Rhonda Pointer, Clerk