MINUTES
STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
1:30 p.m.
Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Standing Senate Subcommittee on
Base Realignment and Closure was held on Wednesday, March 30,
2005, in the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Craig Estes
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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:13 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair welcomed the public.
Senator Shapleigh moved adoption of the minutes from the
previous hearing held on March 2, 2005; without objection, it
was so ordered.
At 3:14 p.m. Senator Estes assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 1481 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapleigh, to explain the bill. Senator Estes moved that SB
1481 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a
record vote of 2 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1
absent.
At 3:16 p.m. Senator Shapleigh resumed the chair. The chair
laid out SB 1090 and recognized Senator Van de Putte, in the
absence of the author, to explain the bill. Witnesses
testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached
list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Shapleigh sent up
Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption. Senator Shapleigh
requested unanimous consent to roll the amendments into a
committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Shapleigh then moved that the committee substitute be
adopted; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator
Shapleigh moved that SB 1090 do not pass but that CSSB 1090 be
reported favorably to the full Veteran Affairs and Military
Installations Committee. The motion carried with a record vote
of 2 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent.
There being no further business, at 3:31 p.m. Senator Shapleigh
moved that the Committee be adjourned. Without objection, it was
so ordered.
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Senator Eliot Shapleigh, Chair
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Katherine Saunders, Clerk