House Committee on Pensions & Investments
76th Legislature
March 3, 1999
8:00 am
Capitol Extension, E2.028
Pursuant to a notice posted on February 25, 1999, the House
Committee on Pensions & Investments met in a public hearing
and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Sherri
Greenberg at 8:17 am.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Greenberg; Tillery; Bonnen; Clark;
George; Rangel; Telford; Williams (8).
Absent: Representative Salinas (1).
A quorum was present.
HB 986
The chair laid out HB 986.
The chair recognized Representative Williams to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Williams to close on the
measure.
Representative Telford moved that HB 986 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 Greenberg; Tillery; Bonnen;
Clark; George; Rangel; Telford; Williams (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Salinas (1).
HB 264
The chair laid out HB 264.
(Representative Tillery now absent.)
The chair recognized Representative Hochberg to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Hochberg to close on the
measure.
Representative Clark moved that HB 264 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 Greenberg; Bonnen; Clark;
George; Rangel; Telford; Williams (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Tillery; Salinas (2).
HB 18
The chair laid out HB 18.
The chair recognized Representative Goolsby to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Goolsby to close on the
measure.
The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named
later by the chair.
HB 1173
The chair laid out HB 1173.
The chair recognized Representative Yarbrough to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Greenberg; Bonnen; Clark;
George; Rangel; Telford; Williams (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Tillery; Salinas (2).
The chair instructed that the amendment be incorporated into a
substitute.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Telford moved that HB 1173, 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 Greenberg; Bonnen; Clark;
George; Rangel; Telford; Williams (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Tillery; Salinas (2).
HB 1214
The chair laid out HB 1214.
The chair recognized Representative Yarbrough to explain the
measure.
The chair recognized Representative Yarbrough to close on the
measure.
The chair referred the bill to a subcommittee to be named
later by the chair.
The Committee stood at ease for 15 minutes.
(Representatives Bonnen and Williams now absent.)
HB 1173
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure
was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider
prevailed by the following vote:
Ayes: Representatives Greenberg; Clark; George;
Rangel; Telford (5).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Tillery; Bonnen; Salinas;
Williams (4).
(Representative Williams now present.)
Representative Telford moved that HB 1173, 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 Greenberg; Clark; George;
Rangel; Telford; Williams (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Tillery; Bonnen; Salinas (3).
HB 1207
The chair laid out HB 1207.
The chair recognized Representative Naishtat to explain the
measure.
(Representative Salinas now present.)
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Naishtat to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 9:25 am, on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at
8:00 am.
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Rep. Sherri Greenberg, Chair
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Juliane Baron, Clerk