MINUTES 
                                           
            SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERAN AFFAIRS & MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                                Friday, May 20, 2005 
                           11:00 a.m. or upon adjournment 
                            Senator Van de Putte's Desk 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Veteran  
         Affairs & Military Installations was held on Friday, May 20,  
         2005, at Senator Van de Putte's Desk 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            None 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:55 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on May 18, 2005; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3302 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill.   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         Senator Fraser 
          
         There being no witnesses testifying for, on, or against the  
         bill, the chair moved that public testimony be closed.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved that HB 3302 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, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Shapleigh  
         moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local &  
         Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HCR 138 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Hinojosa, to explain the bill.   
  
         There being no witnesses testifying for, on, or against the  
         bill, the chair moved that public testimony be closed.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Estes moved that HCR 138 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, 0 nay, 0  
         present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Estes moved that the  
         bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested  
         Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 9:57 p.m. Senator Van de  
         Putte moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection,  
         it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Chair 
          
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         Sara Gonzalez, Clerk