The House Committee on Transportation

80th Legislature

May 10, 2007

upon lunch recess

House Chamber, Desk 46

 

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 10, 2007, the House Committee on Transportation met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Krusee, at 12:06 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (7).

 

Absent:              Representatives Deshotel; Haggerty (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

SJR 64

 

The chair laid out SJR 64.

 

Chairman Krusee explained the bill.

 

Representative Phillips moved that SJR 64, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Deshotel; Haggerty  (2).

 

SB 1794

 

The chair laid out SB 1794.

 

(Representative Haggerty now present.)

 

Representative Krusee moved that SB 1794, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 1953

 

The chair laid out SB 1953.

 

The chair recognized Representative Garcia to explain the measure.

 

Representative Krusee moved that SB 1953, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 1032

 

The chair laid out SB 1032.

 

Representative Phillips moved that SB 1032, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Murphy (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Deshotel; Macias  (2).

 

(Representative Macias now present.)

 

SB 731

 

The chair laid out SB 731.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that SB 731, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 669

 

The chair laid out SB 669.

 

Representative Haggerty offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Macias moved that SB 669, as amended, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 766

 

The chair laid out SB 766.

 

Representative Phillips moved that SB 766, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 384

 

The chair laid out SB 384.

 

Representative Haggerty offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Macias moved that SB 384, as amended, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harper-Brown; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Deshotel  (1).

 

SB 436

 

The chair laid out SB 436 as pending business.

 

Representative Harless moved that SB 436, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion failed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Haggerty; Harless (2).

 

Nays:                             Representatives Hill; Macias; Murphy (3).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representative Krusee  (1).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Harper-Brown; Deshotel  (3).

 

(Representative Phillips now present.)

 

SB 564

 

The chair laid out SB 564.

 

Representative Krusee moved that SB 564, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Harper-Brown; Deshotel  (2).

 

SB 1795

 

The chair laid out SB 1795 as pending business.

 

Representative Harless moved that SB 1795, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Haggerty; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Harper-Brown; Deshotel  (2).

 

SB1079, SB1080, SB1081

 

The chair laid out SB1079, SB1080, SB1081 as pending business.

 

SB 1079, SB 1080 and SB 1081 were left pending without objection.

 

SB 132

 

Representative Hill moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure failed.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

Representative Harless offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harless moved that SB 132, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

 

Ayes:                             Representatives Krusee; Phillips; Harless; Hill; Macias; Murphy (6).

 

Nays:                             Representative Haggerty (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Harper-Brown; Deshotel  (2).

 

SB 46

 

The chair laid out SB 46.

 

The chair recognized Representative Phillips to explain the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

At 12:22 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

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Rep. Krusee, Chair

 

 

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Laurie McAnally, Clerk