MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment Senate Chamber ***** Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rules 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security was held on Thursday, April 14, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Todd Staples Senator Frank Madla Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Kim Brimer Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Jeff Wentworth ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 1:20 p.m. The clerk called the roll, there being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: Senate posting rules 11.10 and 11.18, were suspended to hear the following pending bill(s): The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 642 and explained the bill. The bill was left pending temporarily. The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 737. Senator Brimer moved that SB 737 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 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, as pending business, CSSB 1336. The committee substitute was previously adopted at the committees April 13, 2005 hearing. Senator Lindsay moved that SB 1336 do not pass but that CSSB 1336 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 Brimer moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. At 1:23 p.m. Senator Brimer assumed the chair. The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 1670. Senator Staples moved that SB 1670 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 1 absent. Senator Barrientos moved that SB 1670 be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. At 1:26 p.m. Senator Staples resumed the chair. The chair laid out again, as pending business, SB 642 and asked for a motion. No motion was made; the bill was left pending. The chair laid out, as pending business, SB 292 and asked for a motion. No motion was made; the bill was left pending. Senator Shapiro requested unanimous consent to be shown voting aye on SB 737; the vote is reflected in the bills total. Senator Shapleigh wished to be shown voting aye on SB 737, SB 1336, SB 1670 the votes are reflected in each bills total. There being no further business, at 1:30 p.m. Senator Staples moved that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator Todd Staples, Chair _____________________________ Patricia Gajda, Clerk