MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
11:00 a.m. or upon adjournment
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 Senate Committee on Government Organization was held on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in the Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: |
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MEMBERS ABSENT: |
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Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Glenn Hegar Senator Kim Brimer Senator Jane Nelson Senator John Whitmire |
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Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr. Senator Mike Jackson |
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The Senate Committees on Government Organization and Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee met in a joint hearing to hear testimony on SB 917.
Senator Ellis called the Senate Committee on Government Organization to order at 1:16 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senator Van de Putte called the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and Military Installations to order at 1:19 p.m. the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 917 and recognized the author, Senator Shapleigh, to explain the bill.
At 1:30 p.m. Senator Hegar assumed the chair.
Witnesses testifying and/or 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 Hegar moved that SB 917 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 3:01 p.m. Senator Hegar moved that the Senate Committee on Government Organization stand recessed subject to the call of the chair; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 3:01 p.m. Senator Van de Putte moved that Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations stand recessed subject to call of the chair; without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair
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Marisol Rodriguez, Clerk