The House Committee on Ways & Means
77th Legislature
April 17, 2001
Upon final adjourn./recess
Capitol Extension, E2.016
CORRECTED MINUTES
On April 25, 2001, the House Committee on Ways & Means
authorized the correction of the minutes for the meeting of the
House Committee on Ways & Means held on April 17, 2001. The
following are the corrected minutes for that meeting:
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 17,
2001, the House Committee on Ways & Means met in a formal
meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Oliveira, at 5:59 p.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Oliveira; Bonnen; Craddick; Hartnett;
Heflin; Ramsay; Ritter (7).
Absent: Representatives McCall; Davis, Yvonne; Hilbert; Keffer
(4).
A quorum was present.
HB 824
The chair laid out HB 824 as pending business.
(Representative Davis, Yvonne now present.)
(Representative McCall now present.)
Representative Ramsay offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Ramsay moved that HB 824, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Ramsay (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Keffer; Ritter (3).
HB 1689
The chair laid out HB 1689 as pending business.
Representative Ramsay moved that HB 1689, without amendments, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Ramsay
(7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Heflin (1).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Keffer; Ritter (3).
HB 1732
The chair laid out HB 1732 as pending business.
(Representative Keffer now present.)
Representative Heflin offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Heflin moved that HB 1732, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2456
The chair laid out HB 2456 as pending business.
Representative Craddick offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Craddick moved that HB 2456, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2681
The chair laid out HB 2681 as pending business.
Representative Hartnett moved that HB 2681, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2782
The chair laid out HB 2782 as pending business.
Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative McCall moved that HB 2782, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2832
The chair laid out HB 2832 as pending business.
Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative McCall moved that HB 2832, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2936
The chair laid out HB 2936 as pending business.
Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative McCall moved that HB 2936, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer; Ramsay (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
HB 2982
The chair laid out HB 2982 as pending business.
Representative Craddick moved that HB 2982, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Heflin;
Keffer (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter (3).
HB 3532
The chair laid out HB 3532 as pending business.
Representative Heflin offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Heflin 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 amendment into a
committee substitute.
Representative Heflin moved that HB 3532, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Craddick; Davis, Yvonne; Heflin; Keffer (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Hartnett (1).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter (3).
Representative McCall moved that the April 4, 2001 minutes for
the House Committee on Ways & Means be corrected. The corrected
minutes were authorized without objection.
HB 3382
The chair laid out HB 3382 as pending business.
Representative Davis, Yvonne offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Davis, Yvonne moved that HB 3382, 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 McCall; Bonnen; Craddick;
Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Keffer (6).
Nays: Representatives Oliveira; Heflin (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ramsay; Ritter (3).
HB 1200
The chair laid out HB 1200 as pending business.
(Representative Ramsay now present.)
Representative McCall offered a complete committee substitute.
Representative Oliveira offered an amendment to the measure.
The amendment was adopted by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Oliveira; Bonnen; Hartnett;
Keffer; Ramsay (5).
Nays: Representatives McCall; Craddick; Davis,
Yvonne; Heflin (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without
objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendment into a
committee substitute.
Representative McCall moved that HB 1200, 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 Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen;
Davis, Yvonne; Hartnett; Keffer; Ramsay (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representatives Craddick; Heflin (2).
Absent: Representatives Hilbert; Ritter (2).
At 6:35 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. Oliveira, Chair
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J.J. Garza, Clerk