The House Committee on Calendars

81st Legislature

April 29, 2009

6:15 p.m.

Speaker's Committee Room, 2W.6

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 29, 2009, and permission received to meet while the House is in session on April 29, 2009, the House Committee on Calendars met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative McCall, at 6:15 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives McCall; Lucio III; Chavez; Coleman; Cook; Geren; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; McReynolds; Ritter; Solomons (11).

 

Absent:              Representatives Creighton; Keffer (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Creighton now present.)

 

Representative Kolkhorst moved to adopt the proposed rule for floor consideration on HB 4765. 

 

Pursuant to House Rule 3, Section 5(2), and House Rule 6, Section 16(f), the House Committee on Calendars proposes the following rule governing floor consideration of HB 4765:

 

a)          All original amendments that will be offered during second reading consideration of HB 4765 must be filed with the Chief Clerk not later than 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2009.

 

b)          Any amendment to HB 4765 is not in order unless the amendment is revenue neutral.  For purposes of this rule, revenue neutral means that the total cost of the bill may not exceed $172,123,000 for the 2010-11 biennium and that there are no other additional costs in any other biennium.

 

c)          For the purposes of this rule, the fiscal impact of an amendment will be determined based on estimates provided by the Legislative Budget Board and the Office of the Comptroller.

 

d)         This rule does not apply to an amendment that makes an adjustment solely to correct a technical or clerical error. 

 

The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives McCall; Lucio III; Chavez; Coleman; Cook; Creighton; Geren; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; McReynolds; Ritter; Solomons (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Keffer (1).

 

Representative McCall moved that the following measures not be placed on the calendar at this time:  HR798.

 

The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives McCall; Lucio III; Chavez; Coleman; Cook; Creighton; Geren; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; McReynolds; Ritter; Solomons (12).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Keffer (1).

 

 

At 6:20 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

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Rep. McCall, Chair

 

 

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Juan V. Garcia, Clerk