MINUTES 
                                           
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION 
                                Monday, May 19, 2003 
                                     8:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.016 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Government  
         Organization was held on Monday, May 19, 2003, in the Capitol  
         Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator Kim Brimer                      Senator Kenneth  
         Armbrister 
                                                 Senator Teel Bivins 
                                                 Senator Bill Ratliff      
         Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
                                   
         Senator Brimer assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out CSSB 1952 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ellis, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Ellis moved that the Committee stand recessed until  
         10:30 a.m. today.  At this time, the committee, will vote out  
         the bill.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Ellis                      Senator Wentworth 
         Senator Armbrister                                Senator Bivins 
         Senator Ratliff 
         Senator Brimer                                                    
         Senator Whitmire 
          
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 10:45 a.m. in the  
         Senate Chamber.  The following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Ellis sent up CSSB 1952.  Senator Ellis adopted CSSB  
         1952; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Ellis moved  
         that CSSB 1952 do not pass but that CSSB 1952 be reported back  
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.  
          
         There being no further business, Senator Ellis moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Ellis                      Senator Wentworth 
         Senator Armbrister                                Senator Bivins 
         Senator Ratliff 
         Senator Brimer                                                    
         Senator Whitmire 
          
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         The chair calls the committee back to order at 10:55 a.m. The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Ellis would like to reconsider the vote by which CSSB  
         1952 was passed and adopted. Senator Ratliff sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Ratliff requested unanimous consent to  
         roll the amendment into a committee substitute; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ellis then moved that the  
         committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Ellis moved that CSSB 1952 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 1952 be reported back to the Senate with the  
         recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion  
         carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not  
         voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         Senator Wentworth sent in his "motion in writing" -  voting  
         "aye"on CSSB 1952.  Senator Wenworth's vote is reflected in  
         the final vote count.  
          
         There being no further business, Senator Ellis moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair 
          
                             
                                                                            
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         Karen Domino, Clerk