House Committee on Environmental Regulation
75th Legislature
April 08, 1997
2:00 pm or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E1.026
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 03, 1997, the House
Committee on Environmental Regulation met in a public hearing
and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Warren
Chisum at 2:12 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Chisum; Jackson; Hirschi; Howard;
Kuempel; Puente; Talton (7).
Absent: Representatives Allen; Dukes (2).
A quorum was present.
HB 1367
The chair laid out HB 1367.
Representative Puente offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Howard moved that the committee substitute be
adopted, and that HB 1367, as substituted, be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Hirschi; Howard;
Kuempel; Puente; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Jackson; Allen; Dukes (3).
HB 3231
The chair laid out HB 3231.
Representative Howard offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Puente moved that the committee substitute be
adopted and that HB 3231, as substituted, be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Hirschi; Howard;
Kuempel; Puente; Talton (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Jackson; Allen; Dukes (3).
(Representative Jackson now present.)
HB 3462
The chair laid out HB 3462.
Representative Howard offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Howard moved that the committee substitute be
adopted and that HB 3462, as substituted, be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Jackson; Hirschi;
Howard; Kuempel; Puente; Talton (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Allen; Dukes (2).
HB 1131
The chair recalled HB 1131 from subcommittee and laid the bill
before the full committee.
Representative Jackson offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1674
The chair laid out HB 1674.
The chair recognized Rep. Alexander to explain the measure.
Testimony was taken.
(Representative Allen now present.)
The chair recognized Rep. Alexander to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2103
The chair laid out HB 2103.
The chair recognized Rep. Sylvester Turner to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Sylvester Turner to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 633
The chair laid out SB 633.
The chair recognized Rep. Uher to explain the measure.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Uher to close on the measure and the
bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3115
The chair laid out HB 3115.
The chair recognized Rep. Gutierrez to explain the measure.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Gutierrez to close on the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1533
The chair laid out HB 1533.
The chair recognized Rep. Hamric to explain the measure.
Representative Jackson offered a complete committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Hamric to close on the measure.
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3221 & HB 3274
The chair laid out HB 3221 and HB 3274 simultaneously.
The chair recognized Representative Walker to explain HB 3221.
The chair recognized Representative Howard to explain HB 3274.
Representative Howard offered a complete committee substitute
for HB 3274.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Walker to close on HB 3221.
HB 3221 was left pending without objection.
Further testimony was taken on HB 3274.
The chair recognized Representative Howard to close on the HB
3274.
The committee substitute for HB 3274 was withdrawn without
objection.
HB 3274 was left pending without objection.
HB 1098
The chair laid out HB 1098.
The chair recognized Rep. Raymond to explain the measure.
Testimony was taken.
The chair recognized Rep. Raymond to close on the measure.
Representative Jackson moved that HB 1098 be reported
favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Jackson; Hirschi;
Howard; Puente (5).
Nays: Representative Talton (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Allen; Dukes; Kuempel (3).
HB 1839
The chair laid out HB 1839.
Testimony was taken.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1491
The chair laid out HB 1491.
(Representatives Allen and Kuempel now present.)
Testimony was taken.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1529
The chair laid out HB 1529.
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to explain the
measure.
Representative Allen offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken.
Representative Jackson moved that the committee substitute be
adopted and HB 1529, as substituted, be reported favorably to
the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Jackson; Allen;
Hirschi; Howard; Kuempel; Puente; Talton (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Dukes (1).
HB 2604
The chair laid out HB 2604.
Testimony was taken.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1131
The chair laid out HB 1131.
Representative Jackson offered a complete committee
substitute.
Representative Hirschi moved that the committee substitute be
adopted and HB 1131, as substituted, be reported favorably to
the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Chisum; Jackson; Allen;
Hirschi; Puente (5).
Nays: Representatives Howard; Kuempel; Talton (3).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Dukes (1).
At 10:40 pm, 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. Warren Chisum, Chair
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Derek Seal, General Counsel