The House Committee on Natural Resources
77th Legislature
May 11, 2001
8:00 a.m.
E2.014, Capitol Extension
Pursuant to a notice posted on May 10, 2001, an announcement
from the house floor and a suspension of the 5-day posting rule
on May 11, 2001, so the committee could take up and consider SB
1764, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a public
hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Counts, at 8:05 a.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook; Hope;
Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker (7).
Absent: Representatives Corte; Hilderbran (2).
A quorum was present.
SB 2
(Representative Hilderbran and Corte now present.)
The chair laid out the complete committee substitute, as
amended, to SB 2 as pending business.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted without objection.
The amendment, as amended, was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Corte; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Walker (5).
Nays: Representatives King, Tracy; Cook;
Hilderbran; Hope (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Hope offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Hope offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted without objection.
The amendment, as amended, was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted 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 amendment, as amended, was adopted by the following record
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; Cook; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Walker (5).
Nays: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte;
Hilderbran; Hope (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted without objection.
The amendment, as amended, was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Puente offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative Cook offered an amendment to the amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was withdrawn without objection.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
The bill was left pending without objection.
At 9:50 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was recessed subject to the call of the chair and
with an announcement from the chair that the meeting would
reconvene after the house convened upon permission being granted
for the committee to meet while the house was in session.
Pursuant to an earlier recess, an announcement from the house
floor and permission being granted for the committee to meet
while the house was in session, the committee reconvened at
10:35 a.m. and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Counts. The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Counts; Cook; Hope; Lewis, Ron;
Puente; Walker (6).
Absent: Representatives King, Tracy; Corte; Hilderbran (3).
A quorum was present.
SB 2
The chair laid out the complete committee substitute, as
amended, to SB 2 as pending business.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
(Representatives King, Tracy, Corte and Hilderbran now present.)
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the
amendment.
The amendment to the amendment was adopted by the following
record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy;
Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Walker (6).
Nays: Representatives Corte; Puente (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Cook (1).
The amendment, as amended, was adopted by the following record
vote:
Ayes: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy;
Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Walker (6).
Nays: Representatives Corte; Puente (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Cook (1).
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
(Representative Cook now present.)
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Walker offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was withdrawn without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative King, Tracy offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Lewis, Ron offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Corte; Hilderbran; Hope;
Lewis, Ron; Walker (5).
Nays: Representatives Counts; King, Tracy; Cook;
Puente (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
Representative Walker 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 Lewis, Ron moved that SB 2, 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;
Hilderbran; Hope; Lewis, Ron; Puente; Walker
(8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Corte (1).
SB 312
(Representative Corte now present.)
The chair laid out SB 312.
Representative Counts offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the committee
substitute.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Counts 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 Lewis, Ron moved that SB 312, 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).
SB 1764
The chair laid out SB 1764.
Representative Counts offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted without objection.
Representative Walker moved that SB 1764, 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).
At 12:15 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