MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Saturday, May 24, 2003
12:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Saturday, May 24, 2003, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Teel Bivins Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Todd Staples
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Royce West
Senator John Whitmire
Senator Tommy Williams
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The chair called the meeting to order at 12:52 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out HB 179 and recognized Senator Ogden, in the
absence of the Senate sponsor. The bill was left pending from
the previous day. Senator Ogden moved that HB 179 be reported
favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 10
ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 5 absent. Senator Ogden
moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out HB 651 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Williams. The bill was left pending from the previous
day. Senator Williams moved that HB 651 be reported favorably
to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 10 ayes, 0
nay, 0 present not voting, and 5 absent.
The chair laid out HB 3607 and recognized Senator West, in the
absence of the Senate sponsor. The bill was left pending from
the previous day. Senator West moved that HB 3607 be reported
favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 11
ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 4 absent. Senator
Whitmire moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the
Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so
ordered.
The chair laid out HB 2424 and recognized Senator Whitmire, in
the absence of the Senate sponsor. The bill was left pending
from the previous day. Senator Whitmire moved that HB 2424 do
not pass but that CSHB 2424 be reported back to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 11 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out HB 3318 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Bivins. The bill was left pending from the previous
day. Senator Bivins moved that HB 3318 do not pass but that
CSHB 3318 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
record vote of 11 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 4
absent.
The chair laid out HB 2425 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Duncan, to explain the bill. Senator Duncan moved to
reconsider the vote on the committee substitute that was adopted
the previous day; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:22 p.m. Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.
Senator Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Bivins
requested unanimous consent to roll the amendment into a
committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:24 p.m. Senator Bivins assumed the chair.
Senator Duncan then moved that the committee substitute be
adopted; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Duncan
moved that HB 2425 do not pass but that CSHB 2425 be reported
back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and
be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 10 ayes, 1
nay, 0 present not voting, and 4 absent.
There being no further business, at 1:25 p.m. Senator Bivins
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Teel Bivins, Chair
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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk