The House Committee on Business & Industry 
         78th Legislature 
         April 30, 2003 
         Upon final adjourn./recess 
         House Chamber, Desk #103 
          
         Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 29,  
         2003, the House Committee on Business & Industry met in a formal  
         meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Giddings, at 12:12 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Giddings; Elkins; Kolkhorst; Bohac;  
                   Solomons; Zedler (6). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Martinez Fischer; Moreno, Joe E.;  
                   Oliveira (3). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Elkins in chair.) 
          
         SB 473 
          
         The chair laid out SB 473. 
          
         Representative Kolkhorst offered a complete committee  
         substitute.  
          
         (Representative Martinez Fischer now present.) 
          
         Representative Giddings offered an amendment (#1) to the  
         committee substitute.  
          
         Representative Giddings offered an amendment (#2) to the  
         committee substitute.  
          
         Amendment #2 was adopted without objection. 
          
         Amendment #1 was adopted without objection. 
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into  
         a new committee substitute. 
          
         The chair laid out the new substitute. 
          
         The new committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
         Representative Bohac moved that SB 473, 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 Giddings; Elkins; Kolkhorst;  
                             Bohac; Martinez Fischer; Solomons; Zedler  
                     
                             (7).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Moreno, Joe E.; Oliveira  (2).  
          
         (Representative Giddings in chair.) 
          
         HB 1860 
          
         The chair recalled HB 1860 from subcommittee.  
          
         Representative Solomons offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Solomons moved that HB 1860, 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 Giddings; Elkins; Bohac;  
                             Martinez Fischer; Solomons; Zedler (6).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        Representatives Kolkhorst; Moreno, Joe E.;  
                        Oliveira  (3).  
          
         The chair directed that the April 25, 2003, minutes for the  
         House Committee on Business & Industry be corrected. The  
         corrected minutes were authorized without objection. 
         At 12:54 a.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. Helen Giddings, Chair 
          
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         Paul S. Harris, Chief Clerk