House Committee on Natural Resources
76th Legislature
April 21, 1999
2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
Capitol Extension, E1.010
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 16, 1999, and a
suspension of the 5-day posting rule on April 21, 1999, so
that the committee could take up and consider HB 3835, SB 950,
SB 1311, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a
public hearing and was called to order by the Chair,
Representative David Counts, at 5:40 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook; Lewis,
Ron; Puente (5).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Hamric; Shields; Walker (4).
A quorum was present.
HB 3813
(Representative Corte now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3813.
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3817
The chair laid out HB 3817.
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to close on the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3817 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; Corte; Lewis,
Ron; Puente (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Hamric; Shields;
Walker (4).
HB 3818
The chair laid out HB 3818.
The chair recognized Representative Kuempel to explain the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3818 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; Corte; Lewis,
Ron; Puente (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Hamric; Shields;
Walker (4).
HB 3278
(Representative Shields now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3278.
The chair laid out SB 1310, the companion to HB 3278, in lieu
of the house measure.
SB 1310
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Cook to close on the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that SB 1310 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; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Shields (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Hamric;
Walker (4).
HB 3823
The chair laid out and explained HB 3823.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3823 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; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Shields (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Hamric;
Walker (4).
HB 2045
(Representative Hamric now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2045 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 2045, 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 (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Puente;
Walker (4).
HB 2808
(Representative Puente now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2808.
The chair laid out SB 1311, the companion to HB 2808, in lieu
of the house measure.
SB 1311
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to explain
the measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Ron E. Lewis to close on
the measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 272
The chair laid out SB 272.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 305
The chair laid out SB 305.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 657
The chair laid out SB 657.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 658
The chair laid out SB 658.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 897
The chair laid out SB 897.
The bill was left pending without objection.
SB 898
The chair laid out SB 898.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1900
The chair laid out HB 1900.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3812
The chair laid out HB 3812.
The chair recognized Representative Morrison to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair recognized Representative Morrison to close on the
measure.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3812, as amended, 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; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Shields (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Hamric;
Walker (4).
HB 3816
(Representatives King, Tracy and Walker now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3816.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain the
measure.
Representative Cook offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Cook to close on the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 3816, as amended, 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;
Shields; Walker (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Hamric; Lewis, Ron;
Puente (4).
SB 296
(Representatives Lewis, Ron and Puente now present.)
The chair laid out and explained SB 296.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that SB 296 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;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Hamric (2).
HB 533
(Representative Corte now present.)
The chair laid out HB 533.
The chair recognized Representative Puente to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Puente to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 1645
The chair laid out HB 1645.
The chair recognized Representative Puente to explain the
measure.
(Representative King, Tracy in chair.)
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
(Representative Counts in chair.)
The chair recognized Representative Puente to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3835
The chair laid out HB 3835.
The chair recognized Representative Staples to explain the
measure.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Staples to close on the
measure.
Representative Walker moved that HB 3835, as amended, 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; Corte; Puente;
Shields; Walker (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Hamric; Lewis, Ron
(3).
SB 950
The chair laid out SB 950.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain the
measure.
Representative Cook moved that SB 950 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 failed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Corte; Puente;
Walker (5).
Nays: Representative Shields (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Hamric; Lewis, Ron
(3).
SB 950
(Representatives King, Tracy and Lewis, Ron now present.)
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure
was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider
prevailed without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that SB 950 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; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (7).
Nays: Representative Shields (1).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
HB 2561
The chair laid out HB 2561 as pending business.
(An amendment was adopted in a previous meeting.)
Representative Walker moved that HB 2561, as amended, 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;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
HB 3738
The chair laid out HB 3738 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3738, 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;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
HB 3796
The chair laid out HB 3796 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative King, Tracy moved that HB 3796, 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;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
HB 3797
The chair laid out HB 3797 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Puente moved that HB 3797, 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;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Shields; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
HB 2275
The chair laid out and explained HB 2275.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 2275 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;
Corte; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: Representative Shields (1).
Absent: Representative Hamric (1).
At 11:00 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