The House Committee on Environmental Regulation 
         79th Legislature 
         March 17, 2005 
         During the Reading and Referral of Bills 
         Capitol Building, 3N.4 
          
         Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on March 17,  
         2005, and a suspension of the House Rules for permission to meet  
         during the reading and referral of bills, the House Committee on  
         Environmental Regulation met in a formal meeting and was called  
         to order by the chair, Representative Bonnen, at 12:36 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Bonnen; Howard; Driver; Homer;  
                    Kuempel; Smith, Wayne (6). 
          
         Absent:    Representative King, Tracy (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 965 
          
         Representative Kuempel moved to reconsider the vote by which HB  
         965 was adopted.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without  
         objection. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 965 as pending business.  
          
         (Representative King, Tracy now present.) 
          
         Representative Bonnen offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Representative Bonnen offered an amendment to the committee  
         substitute.  
          
         The amendment was adopted without objection. 
          
         The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without  
         objection. 
          
         The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into  
         a new committee substitute. 
          
         Representative Homer moved that HB 965, 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 Bonnen; Howard; King, Tracy;  
                         Driver; Homer; Kuempel; Smith, Wayne (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
           
         Absent:         None  (0). 
          
         HB 1705 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1705 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Smith, Wayne offered a complete committee  
                         substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         Representative Smith, Wayne moved that HB 1705, 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 Bonnen; Howard; King, Tracy;  
                         Driver; Homer; Kuempel; Smith, Wayne (7). 
          
         Nays:           None (0). 
          
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0). 
          
         Absent:         None  (0). 
          
         At 12:40 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
         ________________________ 
         Rep. Bonnen, Chair 
          
         ________________________ 
         Steve Bruno, Clerk 
          
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