MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Thursday, April 14, 2005
1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rules 11.10 and 11.18, a public
hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland
Security was held on Thursday, April 14, 2005, in the Senate
Chamber at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Todd Staples Senator Frank Madla
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Jeff Wentworth
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:20 p.m. The clerk
called the roll, there being a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:
Senate posting rules 11.10 and 11.18, were suspended to hear the
following pending bill(s):
The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 642 and explained
the bill. The bill was left pending temporarily.
The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 737. Senator Brimer
moved that SB 737 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Brimer moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out, as pending business, CSSB 1336. The
committee substitute was previously adopted at the committees
April 13, 2005 hearing. Senator Lindsay moved that SB 1336 do
not pass but that CSSB 1336 be reported back to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Brimer moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:23 p.m. Senator Brimer assumed the chair.
The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 1670. Senator
Staples moved that SB 1670 be reported favorably to the Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present
not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Barrientos moved that SB 1670
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:26 p.m. Senator Staples resumed the chair.
The chair laid out again, as pending business, SB 642 and asked
for a motion. No motion was made; the bill was left pending.
The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 292 and asked for a
motion. No motion was made; the bill was left pending.
Senator Shapiro requested unanimous consent to be shown voting
aye on SB 737; the vote is reflected in the bills total.
Senator Shapleigh wished to be shown voting aye on SB 737, SB
1336, SB 1670 the votes are reflected in each bills total.
There being no further business, at 1:30 p.m. Senator Staples
moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Todd Staples, Chair
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Patricia Gajda, Clerk