MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:30 p.m. Senate Chamber ***** Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security was held on Thursday, April 28, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Todd Staples Senator Kim Brimer Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Frank Madla Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Jeff Wentworth ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 1:52 p.m. 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 bills: The chair laid out as pending business, CSSB 696. The substitute was previously adopted at the committee's April 27, 2005 hearing. Senator Shapleigh moved that SB 696 do not pass but that CSSB 696 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. The chair laid out as pending business, HB 87. Senator Ellis moved that HB 87 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. The chair laid out as pending business, CSHB 749. The committee substitute was previously adopted at the committee's April 27, 2005 hearing. Senator Staples withdrew committee amendment 1; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Lindsay moved that HB 749 do not pass but that CSHB 749 be reported back 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 3 absent. Senator Lindsay 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, SB 859. Committee amendment 1 by Senator Ellis was left pending at the committee's April 13, 2005 hearing. Senator Ellis moved adoption of committee amendment 1; without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Ellis requested unanimous consent to incorporate the amendment 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 859 do not pass but that CSSB 859 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. There being no further business, at 2:04 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