MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                               Thursday, May 17, 2001 
                                     4:00 p.m. 
                                       E1.714 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Thursday, May 17, 2001, in E1.714. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator David Cain                      None 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator J. E. Brown 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Brown moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearing held on May 14, 2001; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         Chairman Cain asked if there were any questions or comments  
         about any of the bills recommended for the May 22, 2001, Local  
         and Uncontested Calendar.  There was discussion.  Senator Brown  
         moved that all of the bills on page one of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  SCR 54, SB 1511, SB 1752, SB 1831, and HCR 202;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Moncrief moved  
         that all of the bills on page two of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on  
         page three of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended  
         list be certified with the exception of HB 123, HB 131, and HB  
         299; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Ogden moved  
         that all of the bills on page four of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of HB  
         351, HB 370, and HB 374; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Brown moved that all of the bills on page five of the  
         Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified  
         with the exception of  HB 557, HB 631, HB 776, and HB 820;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved  
         that all of the bills on page six of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of HB  
  
         877, HB 910, HB 981, and HB 1099; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. Senator Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page  
         seven of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of  HB 1107, HB 1241, and HB 1317;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Moncrief moved  
         that all of the bills on page eight of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB  
         1448, HB 1476, and HB 1505; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Brown moved that all of the bills on page nine  
         of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of  HB 1585, HB 1628, HB 1689, and  
         HB 1692; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page ten of the Local  
         and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  HB 1706, HB 1716, HB 1723, HB 1761, HB 1765, HB  
         1813, and HB 1838; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Ogden moved that all of the bills on page eleven of the  
         Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified  
         with the exception of  HB 1880, HB 1886, HB 1890, HB 1912, HB  
         1925, HB 2005, and HB 2028; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on page  
         twelve of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of  HB 2046, HB 2065, HB 2119, HB  
         2134, and HB 2138; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page thirteen  
         of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of  HB 2191 and HB 2263; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that all of  
         the bills on page fourteen of the Local and Uncontested Calendar  
         recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB 2382;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that  
         all of the bills on page fifteen of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB  
         2430, HB 2452, HB 2503, HB 2504, HB 2509, and HB 2529; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved that all  
         of the bills on page sixteen of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB  
         2544, HB 2588, HB 2614; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on page seventeen  
         of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden  
         moved that all of the bills on page eighteen of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  HB 2807; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on page nineteen of  
         the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified  
         with the exception of  HB 2847, HB 2873, HB 2879, HB 2888, HB  
         2932; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Brown moved  
         that all of the bills on page twenty of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  HB 3040 and HB 3081; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Moncrief moved that all of the bills on page  
         twenty-one of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended  
         list be certified; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Zaffirini moved that all of the bills on page twenty-two  
  
         of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended list be  
         certified with the exception of HB 3329 and HB 3348; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that all of  
         the bills on page twenty-three of the Local and Uncontested  
         Calendar recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB  
         3404, HB 3473, HB 3543, HB 3544, HB 3578, HB 3586, and HB 3589;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Brown moved that  
         all of the bills on page twenty-four of the Local and  
         Uncontested Calendar recommended list be certified with the  
         exception of  HB 3604, HB 3623, and HB 3634; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini moved that all of the  
         bills on page twenty-five of the Local and Uncontested Calendar  
         recommended list be certified with the exception of  HB 3651, HB  
         3655, HB 3659, and HB 3675; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that all of the bills on page  
         twenty-six of the Local and Uncontested Calendar recommended  
         list be certified with the exception of HB 3680, HB 3687, and HB  
         3694; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 7:02 p.m., Senator Cain  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator David Cain, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen Rejino, Clerk