MINUTES 
                                           
              SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
                              Tuesday, April 18, 2006 
                           1:00 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Transportation and Homeland Security was held on Tuesday, April  
         18, 2006, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin,  
         Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator John Carona                     Senator Kenneth  
         Armbrister 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Kim Brimer                      Senator Jeff Wentworth 
         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Brimer moved adoption of the Committee's interim rules;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on April 18, 2006; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
         The committee heard opening remarks from several members from  
         the Texas Department of Transportation, witness list is  
         attached.    
          
         The Chairman laid out the Committee's interim charge number 5.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the charge are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chairman laid out the Committee's interim charge number 1.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the charge are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The Chairman laid out the Committee's interim charge number 6.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the charge are shown on  
         the attached list.   
  
         The Chairman laid out the Committee's interim charge number 4.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the charge are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         With no one else present and wishing to testify, the Chairman  
         moved that the public testimony on the committee's interim  
         charges 1, 4, 5 & 6 be closed; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:58 p.m. Senator Carona  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator John Carona, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Gajda, Clerk