MINUTES
Monday, April 2, 2001
10:00 a.m. or upon adjournment
Lt. Governor Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Veteran Affairs & Military
Installations Committee was held on Monday, April 2, 2001, in
the Lt. Governor Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin,
Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Carlos F. Truan None
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
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Chairman Truan called the meeting to order at 2:31 p.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Chairman Truan laid out SB 1556 and recognized the author,
Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill. Senator Shapleigh moved
that SB 1556 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent.
At 2:35 p.m. Senator Fraser assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1159 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan moved that SB 1159 be
reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it
do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent. Senator
Truan moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the
Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so
ordered.
At 2:37 p.m. Senator Truan resumed the chair.
Chairman Truan laid out SB 1353 and recognized the author,
Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill. Senator Fraser moved
that SB 1353 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 0 absent. Senator Fraser moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
Chairman Truan laid out SB 1539 by Senator Duncan and recognized
Senator Fraser, to explain the bill. Senator Fraser sent up a
committee substitute; Chairman Truan recognized Senator Fraser
to explain the difference between the committee substitute and
the bill as filed. Senator Fraser moved adoption of the
committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Duncan, upon arrival to the hearing, was recognized by
Chairman Truan to explain the committee substitute. Chairman
Truan moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Fraser moved that SB 1539
do not pass but that CSSB 1539 be reported back to the Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present
not voting, and 0 absent.
At 2:53 p.m. Senator Fraser assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1699 and recognized the author, Senator
Truan, to explain the bill. Senator Truan requested SB 1699 be
laid on the table subject to call; without objection, it was so
ordered.
There being no further business, at 2:55 p.m. Senator Truan
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Carlos F. Truan, Chair
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Rhonda Pointer, Clerk