MINUTES 
                                           
                               Friday, July 18, 2003 
                                     12:00 p.m. 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                Senator Ogden's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Infrastructure Development and Security Committee was  
         held on Friday, July 18, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at Senator  
         Ogden's desk at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
                                   
         At 11:37 a.m. Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 52, relating to the expenditure of funds  
         on rail facilities by the Texas Department of Transportation,  
         and recognized the author, Senator Ogden, to explain the pending  
         bill.  Senator Ogden moved that SB 52 be reported favorably to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out SCR 3, memorializing the secretary of the  
         United States Department of Homeland Security to designate a  
         university-based center for homeland security in the State of  
         Texas and recognized the author, Senator Ogden, to explain the  
         bill.  Senator Ogden moved that SCR 3 be reported favorably to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 8 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
         At 11:39 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, at 11:40 a.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