MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                              Tuesday, March 15, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Criminal  
         Justice was held on Tuesday, March 15, 2005, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Whitmire                   Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 60 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Lucio, Jr., 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 Hinojosa sent up a committee substitute; the chair  
         recognized Senator Lucio, Jr. to explain the difference between  
         the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Hinojosa moved adoption of the committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 60  
         do not pass but that CSSB 60 be reported back to the Senate with  
         the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 2 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Carona assumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Whitmire resumed the chair.   
          
         The Committee then heard invited testimony concerning the Texas  
         Youth Commission.  The Chair recognized the following witness to  
         testify on the state of the Texas Youth Commission: 
  
         Mr. Dwight Harris, Executive Director, Texas Youth Commission. 
          
         The Committee then heard public testimony on the Texas Youth  
         Commission.  Witnesses testifying and registering on TYC are  
         shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:48 p.m. Senator Whitmire  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Whitmire, Chair 
          
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         Carley Rose, Clerk