MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS 
                               Friday, April 22, 2005 
                                     8:00 a.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 Friday, April 22, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at  
         Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mike Jackson 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Frank Madla 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:49 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 15.  Senator Fraser sent  
         up a committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Janek to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  The bill was left pending before the committee. 
          
         At 9:25 a.m. Senator Duncan moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until further call of the chair; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Duncan suspended the 24-hour posting rule on the Senate  
         floor today, so that the Senate Committee on State Affairs could  
         take up the following bills today at 1:45 p.m. in room E1.012:  
         SB 15 and SB 121. 
          
         At 1:56 a.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 121.  Senator Duncan  
         withdrew a previously offered committee substitute.  Senator  
         Duncan 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 to  
         re-open public testimony; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Witnesses testifying and 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 Duncan  
         moved adoption of the committee substitute; without objection,  
         it was so ordered.  Senator Duncan moved that SB 121 do not pass  
         but that CSSB 121 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.   
          
         The chair laid out pending business SB 15.  Senator Fraser moved  
         adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Senator Fraser moved that SB 121 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 121 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.   
          
         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