MINUTES 
                                           
                              Wednesday, July 16, 2003 
                                     1:00 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Infrastructure Development and Security Committee was  
         held on Wednesday, July 16, 2003, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Gonzalo  
                                                 Barrientos 
         Senator Bob Deuell                      Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 37, relating to the precedence of highway  
         access rules and ordinances of certain counties and  
         municipalities over highway access management orders of the  
         Texas Transportation Commission, and recognized the author,  
         Senator Lindsay, 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 Ogden moved that SB 37 be  
         left pending to await a quorum; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Upon arrival of a quorum, Senator Shapleigh moved that  
         SB 37 be reported favorably to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed. Senator Lindsay  
         requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 37;  
         without objection, it was so ordered. The motion carried with a  
         record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3  
         absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:27 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
  
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         Amy Schwartz, Clerk