MINUTES 
                                           
                        SENATE COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
                                Friday, May 12, 2006 
                                     10:35 a.m. 
                              Senator Whitmire's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice was held on Friday, May  
         12, 2006, at Senator Whitmire's Desk 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Whitmire                   Senator Jon Lindsay 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator John Carona 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 10:35 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 14 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Duncan, to explain the bill.  No witness registered on the bill.   
         Senator Hinojosa moved that SB 14 be reported favorably to the  
         Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 10:40 a.m. Senator Hinojosa  
         moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Whitmire, Chair 
          
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         Ashley Horn, Clerk