House Committee on Natural Resources
76th Legislature
April 7, 1999
2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E1.010
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 1, 1999, the House
Committee on Natural Resources met in a public hearing and was
called to order by the Chair, Representative David Counts, at
2:15 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Hamric (2).
A quorum was present.
House Appropriations Committee Presentation
The chair recognized Representative Talmadge Heflin for a
presentation on funding for state agencies related to natural
resources.
HB 2045
The chair laid out HB 2045.
(Representative Hamric now present.)
The chair recognized Representative Brimer to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Puente in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Brimer to close on the
measure.
(Representative Counts in chair.)
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3620
The chair laid out HB 3620.
The chair recognized Representative Ron Lewis to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments
into the committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Ron Lewis to close on the
measure.
Representative Hamric moved that HB 3620, 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 Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Puente (3).
HB 2447
(Representative Cook in chair.)
(Representatives Corte, Puente now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2447.
The chair recognized Representative Counts to explain the
measure.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Lewis, Ron in chair.)
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Counts to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
(Representative Walker in chair.)
HB 3410
The chair laid out HB 3410.
The chair recognized Representative Ron Lewis to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Ron Lewis to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3793
The chair laid out HB 3793.
The chair recognized Representative Averitt to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Averitt to close on the
measure.
Representative Shields moved that HB 3793 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook (2).
HB 3401
The chair laid out HB 3401.
The chair recognized Representative Hardcastle to explain the
measure.
Representative Corte moved that HB 3401 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook (2).
(Representative Counts in chair.)
HB 3568
The chair laid out HB 3568.
The chair recognized Representative Uher to explain the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 3568 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook (2).
HB 2561
The chair laid out HB 2561.
The chair recognized Representative Gray to explain the
measure.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Gray to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3763
The chair laid out HB 3763.
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to close on the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 3763 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Puente;
Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook; Lewis, Ron
(3).
HB 3764
The chair laid out HB 3764.
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Gallego to close on the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 3764 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Puente;
Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook; Lewis, Ron
(3).
HB 2660
(Representative Lewis, Ron now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2660 as pending business.
The chair offered and explained a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 340
The chair laid out HB 340 as pending business.
The chair recognized Representative Walker to explain the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 340 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook (2).
HB 847
The chair laid out HB 847 as pending business.
The chair offered and explained a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Corte moved that HB 847, 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 Counts; Corte; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook (2).
HB 2965
(Representative Cook now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2965.
The chair recognized Representative Hilbert to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Hilbert to explain the
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative Hamric offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Ron Lewis offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments
into the committee substitute.
The chair recognized Representative Hilbert to close on the
measure.
Representative Hamric moved that HB 2965, 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 Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Lewis, Ron; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Puente (2).
HB 3802
The chair laid out HB 3802.
The chair recognized Representative Hilbert to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Hilbert to close on the
measure.
Representative Hamric moved that HB 3802, 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 Counts; Cook; Corte; Hamric;
Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Lewis, Ron; Puente
(3).
HB 1378
(Representatives King, Tracy and Lewis, Ron now present.)
(Representative Lewis, Ron in chair.)
The chair laid out HB 1378.
The chair recognized Representative Naishtat to explain the
measure.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered a complete committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Counts in chair.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Naishtat to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3481
The chair laid out HB 3481.
The chair recognized Representative Tracy King to explain the
measure.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Tracy King to close on the
measure.
Representative Hamric moved that HB 3481, 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 Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Hamric; Lewis, Ron; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Puente (2).
HB 3374
The chair laid out HB 3374.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3738
The chair laid out and explained HB 3738.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 2956
The chair recalled HB 2956 from subcommittee.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered and explained a complete
committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 2956, 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 Counts; Cook; Hamric; Lewis,
Ron; Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Puente (3).
At 9:40 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. David Counts, Chair
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Jennifer Modgling, Clerk