MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE 
                              Wednesday, July 2, 2003 
                                     1:00 p.m. 
                Cesar Chavez High School Auditorium, Houston, Texas 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence  
         was held on Wednesday, July 2, 2003, in the Cesar Chavez High  
         School Auditorium, Houston, Texas 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Duncan offered welcoming comments.  He introduced  
         Araceli Sullivan, the translator for the hearing.  Ms. Sullivan  
         explained that she would be translating the meeting into English  
         and Spanish. 
          
         Senators Gallegos, Harris, West, Staples, Averitt, Whitmire,  
         Ellis, Wentworth, Lindsay, Van de Putte, Janek and Estes offered  
         welcoming comments.  Senator Staples moved that committee limit  
         testimony to 5 minutes.  The motion passed with a record vote of  
         6 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent, 0 present not voting.              
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         At 3:15 p.m. Senator Duncan moved that the Committee would stand  
         in recess until 3:30 p.m.  The chair called the meeting to order  
         at 3:31 p.m. 
          
         At 5:00 p.m. the chair moved that the Committee would stand in recess until 5:15 p.m.  The chair called the meeting to order at  
         5:23 p.m. 
          
         At 7:00 p.m. the chair announced that the Committee would stand in recess until 7:15 p.m.  The chair called  
         the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m. 
          
         At 8:45 p.m. the chair announced that the Committee would stand in recess for 5 minutes.  The chair called  
  
         the meeting to order at 8:55 p.m. 
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Gallegos moved that all remaining cards of people not wishing to testify be added to the record; the  
         motion passed with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent, 0 present not voting. 
          
         There being no further business, at 8:59 p.m. Senator Duncan moved that the Committee stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Robert Duncan, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk