The House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics 
         79th Legislature 
         July 20, 2005 
         9:00 a.m. or or 1 hour prior to session 
         Capitol Extension 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on July 14, 2005 and revised on July  
         18, 2005 at 9:12 am and a final revision issued on July 18, 2005  
         at 3:17 pm, the House Committee on General Investigating &  
         Ethics met in a public hearing and was called to order by the  
         chair, Representative Bailey, at 12:20 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:   Representatives Bailey; Paxton; Dutton; Flynn; Keel  
                    (5). 
          
         Absent:    None (0). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The Chairman proceed to outline the issues listed in the  
         Committee's posting and opened discussion on all items. 
          
         Rep. Keel made the following recommendations; 
              Item 2 be referred to the House Committee on Urban Affairs  
         or not. 
              Item 6 be referred to the House Committee on Financial  
         Institutions. 
              Item 7 be referred to the House Committee on Business and  
         Industry. 
              Item 3 - Coordinate a Joint interim study with the House  
         Committee on Criminal         Jurisprudence. 
         All other agenda items were discussed and accepted. 
          
         Chairman Bailey laid out one additional item concerning the  
         Driver Responsibility Act and 
         advised that staff would obtain pertinent information for a  
         decision by the members. 
          
         The decision was made to make agenda item #3 our first priority  
         and we will coordinate with 
          the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee to hold a hearing. 
          
         At 12:56 p.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. Bailey, Chair 
          
         ________________________ 
         Roberta Bilsky, Clerk 
          
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