MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS
Monday, April 7, 2003
8:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs
was held on Monday, April 7, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Bill Ratliff None
Senator Todd Staples
Senator Kenneth Armbrister
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Chris Harris
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Jane Nelson
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Chairman Ratliff called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m., and
briefly discussed the logistics of hearing HB 4. Senator
Staples assumed the chair and laid out HB 4. Senator Ratliff
opened the public testimony portion of the hearing on Article 1
of HB 4. At the conclusion of public testimony, Senator Ratliff
moved that public testimony on Article 1 be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. At 12:40 p.m., Senator Ratliff
moved that the committee stand recessed until after adjournment
of the Senate; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 4:30 p.m., the committee reconvened and Senator Ratliff
opened the public testimony portion of the hearing on Article 2
of HB 4. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill during
today's hearing are shown on the attached list. At 7:05 p.m.,
Senator Staples indicated that testimony on Article 2 would
continue at the committee's next regularly scheduled meeting on
Thursday, April 10, 2003. Senator Staples then recessed the
committee subject to the call of the chairman.
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Senator Bill Ratliff, Chairman
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Nancy B. Macken, Clerk