MINUTES 
                                           
                                Friday, May 2, 2003 
                           12:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Infrastructure Development  
         and Security Committee was held on Friday, May 2, 2003, in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Bob Deuell                      Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Jon Lindsay                     Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1927 by Ogden, relating to the  
         construction, acquisition, financing, maintenance, management,  
         operation, ownership, and control of transportation facilities  
         and the progress, improvement, policing, and safety of  
         transportation in the state, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing.   
          
         At 3:15 p.m. Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1447 by Shapiro, relating to the creation  
         and implementation of the driver responsibility program, and  
         recognized Senator Ogden, in the absence of the author, to  
         explain the bill.  The committee then took testimony on Article  
         V of SB 1927, relating to driver responsibility and SB 1447  
         concurrently.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bills  
         are shown on the attached list.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 870 by Shapiro, relating to the  
         disposition of certain fees in connection with driver's licenses  
         to the credit of the Texas mobility fund for highway and  
         transportation purposes, which had been left pending at a  
         previous hearing.  The committee then took testimony on Article  
         VII of SB 1927, relating to DPS drivers license fees and SB 870  
         concurrently.   Witnesses testifying and registering on the  
         bills are shown on the attached list.  
          
         The committee heard testimony on the following Articles of SB  
         1927:  Article VIII, relating to bonding, Article XII, relating  
         to court costs, and Article XIII, relating to general provisions  
         and effective date.   
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony on SB 1927, SB 1447,  
         and SB 870 be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Barrientos moved that SB 1927, SB 1447 and SB 870 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 4:13 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:15 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Schwartz, Clerk