MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                              Thursday, March 17, 2005 
                                     12:30 p.m. 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on State Affairs  
         was held on Thursday, March 17, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 12:33 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out pending business CSSB 155.  Senator Ellis  
         moved that SB 155 do not pass but that CSSB 155 be reported back  
         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 pending business CSSB 310 as amended.   
         Senator Ellis requested unanimous consent to roll the amendments  
         into a committee substitute; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Ellis then moved that the committee substitute  
         be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ellis  
         moved that SB 155 do not pass but that CSSB 155 be reported back  
         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.   
          
         Senator Harris assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business CSSB 368 as amended.   
         Senator Duncan moved to reconsider the vote by which the  
         committee substitute for SB 368 was adopted; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Harris sent up a new committee  
  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Duncan to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Duncan moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.   Senator  
         Duncan moved that SB 155 do not pass but that CSSB 155 be  
         reported back 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.   
          
         Senator Duncan resumed the chair.   
          
         There being no further business, Senator Duncan moved that the  
         Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Robert Duncan, Chair 
          
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         Teddy Carter, Clerk