MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING 
                               Thursday, May 10, 2001 
                                  Upon Adjournment 
                              Desk 25, Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rules 11.10 and 11.18,  
         a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Redistricting was held on Thursday, May 10, 2001, at  
         Desk 25 in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth                  None 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator David Cain 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:25 p.m.   
         There being a quorum present, the following business  
         was transacted:   
          
         At 2:25 p.m. Senator Jackson assumed the chair and laid  
         out House Bill 150.   
          
         Senator Wentworth, the Senate sponsor of House Bill  
         150, explained the bill.  Senator Jackson asked if  
         anyone present would like to testify for or against the  
         bill.  No one wished to testify.  Public testimony was  
         closed.  Senator Wentworth moved House Bill 150 be  
         passed, printed, and reported favorably to the Senate.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0 nay,  
         0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Wentworth resumed the chair at 2:28 p.m.   
          
         There being no further business, at 2:28 p.m., the  
         chair announced the committee would stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the chair.   
          
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         Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair 
          
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         Erica Sadlon, Clerk