MINUTES 
                                           
                       SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
                                Friday, May 20, 2005 
                                     9:57 p.m. 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Natural Resources was held on Friday,  
         May 20, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister              Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Mike Jackson                    Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Frank Madla 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:49 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Jackson assumed the chair.   
          
         The posting rule, Senate Rule 11.18, was suspended to hear the  
         following bill(s):  
          
         The chair laid out HB 2651 and recognized Senator Armbrister, in  
         the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  There  
         were no witnesses registered.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Armbrister moved that HB 2651 be reported favorably to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.  Senator Armbrister  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 2651; without objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         The chair laid out HB 1821 and recognized Senator Ogden, in the  
         absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  There were  
         no witnesses registered.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Armbrister moved that HB 1821 be reported favorably to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent. Senator Armbrister  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.    
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 1821 without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 3423 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill.   There were no  
         witnesses registered. The chair moved that the public testimony  
         be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Armbrister moved that HB 3423 be reported favorably 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 3 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that  
         the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 3423; without objection, it was so ordered.  
          
         The chair laid out HB 3482 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Armbrister, to explain the bill.  There were no  
         witnesses registered.  The chair moved that the public testimony  
         be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Armbrister moved that HB 3482 be reported favorably 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 3 absent.  Senator Armbrister moved that  
         the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 3482;  without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Armbrister assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3539 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Fraser, to explain the bill.    There were no witnesses  
         registered.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Fraser  
         moved that HB 3539 be reported favorably 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 3 absent.  Senator Fraser moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 3539; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2370 and recognized Senator Estes, in the  
         absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  There were  
         no witnesses registered.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Estes moved that HB 2370 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 7 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 4 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3566 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Hinojosa, to explain the bill.  There were no witnesses  
         registered.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Hinojosa  
         moved that HB 3566 be reported favorably 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 3 absent.  Senator Hinojosa moved that the bill be  
         recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Barrientos requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on HB 3566; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:07 p.m. Senator  
         Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to  
         the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair 
          
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         Kelly Gilbert, Clerk