MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                               Monday, June 27, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                                   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, June 27, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:55 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Armbrister moved that the proposed State Affairs  
         Committee rules for the First Called Session of the 79th  
         legislature be adopted.  There being no objection; it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 23 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Duncan moved that SB 23 be reported favorably 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, 2  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 11 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.  Senator Duncan sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Duncan to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  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 Duncan moved that the committee stand recessed until  
         conclusion of the Senate Caucus; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         At 5:06 p.m. the committee reconvened.  Senator Ellis sent up  
         Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption.  The motion failed by  
         a record vote of 4 ayes, 3 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2  
         absent.  Senator Duncan moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, the substitute was adopted.   
         Senator Duncan moved that SB 11 do not pass but that CSSB 11 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6  
         ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, 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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         Teddy Carter, Clerk