The House Committee on Natural Resources
77th Legislature
April 18, 2001
3:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess
Capitol Extension, E2.014
Pursuant to a notice posted on April 12, 2001, and a suspension
of the 5-day posting rule on April 18, 2001, so the committee
could take up and consider HB 3675, HB 3682, SB 649, and SB
1629, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a public
hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Counts, at 3:10 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook; Hilderbran;
Hope; Puente; Walker (7).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Lewis, Ron (2).
A quorum was present.
HB 3670
The chair laid out HB 3670.
The chair recognized Representative Jones, Delwin to explain the
measure.
Representative King, Tracy moved that HB 3670, without
amendments, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Hilderbran; Hope; Puente; Walker (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Lewis, Ron (2).
HB 3676
The chair laid out HB 3676.
The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain the measure.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3676, without amendments, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Hilderbran; Hope; Puente (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Lewis, Ron; Walker (3).
HB 2093
(Representative Corte and Walker now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2093.
The chair recognized Representative Brown, Betty to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Brown, Betty to close on the
measure.
The bill was left pending without objection.
HB 3675
The chair laid out HB 3675.
The chair recognized Representative Bonnen to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Bonnen to close on the
measure.
Representative Hope moved that HB 3675, without amendments, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Puente; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Lewis, Ron (1).
SB 649
(Representative Lewis, Ron now present.)
The chair laid out SB 649.
The chair recognized Representative Flores to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The chair recognized Representative Flores to close on the
measure.
Representative Hilderbran moved that SB 649, without amendments,
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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente;
Walker (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 1629
The chair laid out SB 1629.
The chair recognized Representative Puente to explain the
measure.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Puente moved that SB 1629, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente;
Walker (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3682
The chair laid out HB 3682.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron moved that HB 3682, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente (6).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Hilderbran; Walker (3).
HB 2403
(Representative Corte and Walker now present.)
The chair laid out HB 2403 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered a complete committee
substitute.
Representative Lewis, Ron 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
a committee substitute.
Representative Walker moved that HB 2403, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hilderbran (1).
HB 2404
The chair laid out HB 2404 as pending business.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered a complete committee
substitute.
Representative Lewis, Ron 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
a committee substitute.
Representative King, Tracy moved that HB 2404, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Hilderbran (1).
HB 3299
(Representative Hilderbran now present.)
The chair laid out HB 3299 as pending business.
Representative Walker offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Hope moved that HB 3299, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente;
Walker (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 3111
The chair laid out HB 3111 as pending business.
Representative Counts offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Corte moved that HB 3111, 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 record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente;
Walker (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 289
The chair laid out SB 289 as pending business.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Cook moved that SB 289, 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 record
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Corte; Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente;
Walker (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
The chair directed that the March 21, 2001, minutes for the
House Committee on Natural Resources be corrected. The corrected
minutes were authorized without objection.
At 5:30 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. Counts, Chair
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Jennifer Modgling, Clerk