MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION
Monday, April 28, 2003
4:00 p.m.
Administration Committee room, E1.714
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
Administration was held on Monday, April 28, 2003, in the
Administration Committee room, E1.714
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Chris Harris Senator Leticia Van de
Putte
Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator John Whitmire
Senator Mike Jackson
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Jeff Wentworth
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The chair called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out HB 587 and recognized Senator Janek, in the
absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. Witnesses
testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached
list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 587 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Hinojosa moved that HB 587 not be
sent to the Local and Uncontested Calendar; without objection,
it was so ordered.
Senator Harris moved adoption of the minutes from the previous
hearing held on April 21, 2003; without objection, it was so
ordered.
The chair laid out HB 641 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 641 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Hinojosa moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 1677 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 1677 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Jackson moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 601 and recognized Senator Hinojosa, in
the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be
closed; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Jackson
moved that HB 601 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out HB 1049 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Jackson, to explain the bill. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 1049 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Hinojosa moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 1234 and recognized Senator Harris, in the
absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. Witnesses
testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached
list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 1234 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent. Senator Harris moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 1522 and recognized Senator Harris, in the
absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. Senator
Hinojosa moved that HB 1522 be reported favorably to the Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent. Senator Jackson moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator
Wentworth asked that Senator Van de Putte be shown voting "aye"
on HB 1234 and HB 1522; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Hinojosa asked that Senator Whitmire be shown voting
"aye" on all bills that the committee had considered; without
objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 2091 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Deuell, to explain the bill. Senator Hinojosa moved
that HB 2091 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent. Senator Hinojosa asked that Senators Van
de Putte and Whitmire be shown voting "aye" on HB 2091; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Hinojosa moved that the
bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out the Local and Uncontested Calendar
recommended list for May 1, 2003. There was discussion.
Senator Hinojosa moved that HB 641, HB 1049, HB 1234, HB 1522,
HB 1677 and HB 2091 be added to the May 1, 2003, Local and
Uncontested Calendar certified list. The motion carried with a
record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2
absent. Senator Hinojosa moved that all bills on the Local and
Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified except SB 45,
SB 315, SB 488, SB 954, SB 1014, SB 1044, SB 1141, SB 1148, SB
1180, SB 1184, SB 1188, SB 1344, SB 1405, SB 1410, SB 1464, SB
1508, SB 1775 and SB 1806. The motion carried with a record
vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.
Senator Hinojosa asked that Senators Van de Putte and Whitmire
be shown voting "aye" on the certification of the Local and
Uncontested Calendar for May 1, 2003; without objection, it was
so ordered.
There being no further business, at 4:46 p.m. Senator Harris
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Chris Harris, Chair
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Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk