MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS & TRADE
Thursday, May 19, 2005
2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Senator Lucio's Desk
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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of
the Senate Committee on International Relations & Trade was held
on Thursday, May 19, 2005, in the Senator Lucio's Desk
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. None
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator John Carona
Senator Kevin Eltife
Senator Craig Estes
Senator Kel Seliger
Senator Judith Zaffirini
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Senator Carona called the meeting to order at 1:48 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
At 1:48 p.m. Senator Lucio, Jr. resumed the chair.
The chair laid out HB 3426 and recognized the Senate sponsor,
Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill. The chair called for
public testimony; there being none, the chair moved that the
public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator
Shapleigh requested unanimous consent to roll the amendment into
a committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Shapleigh then moved that the committee substitute be
adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 3426 do not pass but that CSHB
3426 be reported back 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 Shapleigh moved that the bill be recommended for
placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 1:51 p.m. Senator Seliger
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair
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LeAnn Gallegos, Clerk