MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Monday, May 2, 2005
12:00 p.m.
Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations was held on Monday, May 2, 2005, in
the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Frank Madla Senator Bob Deuell
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator Jeff Wentworth
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The chair called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out pending business SB 760. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SB 760 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 828. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SB 828 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out pending business SB 892. Both Amendments
sent up on April 28th were pulled down and Senator Wentworth
moved that SB 892 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out SB 1884 and recognized the author, Senator
Ellis, to explain the bill. Witnesses 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 Wentworth moved that SB 1884 be reported favorably to
the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0
nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Wentworth
moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &
Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1136. Motion to report
SB 1136 favorably to the Senate was pulled down; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Madla moved that SB 1136
be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1458. The committee
substitute laid out on April 28th was withdrawn. Senator
Wentworth moved that SB 1458 be reported favorably to the Senate
with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The
motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present
not voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1692. Senator Brimer
moved that SB 1692 be reported favorably to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Brimer moved that the bill be
recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;
without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1820. Senator Madla sent
up a committee substitute and explained the difference between
the committee substitute and the bill as filed. Senator Madla
moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection,
it was so ordered. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that SB 1820 do
not pass but that CSSB 1820 be reported back to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1846. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SB 1846 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1856. Senator Deuell
sent up a committee substitute on April 28th. Senator Madla
moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that SB 1856, as amended, be
reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 4
ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1872. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SB 1872 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SB 1873. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SB 1873 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent. Senator Gallegos, Jr. moved that the bill
be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested
Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.
The chair laid out pending business SJR 44. Senator Gallegos,
Jr. moved that SJR 44 be reported favorably to the Senate with
the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not
voting, and 1 absent.
There was no action taken for the following bill(s): SB 1453
There being no further business, at 12:16 p.m. Senator Madla
moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of
the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Frank Madla, Chair
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Christine Wright, Clerk