MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

8:00 a.m.

El Paso Public Library

 

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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 Wednesday, July 9, 2008, in the Main Auditorium of the El Paso Public Library at El Paso, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator John Carona Senator Kirk Watson Senator Kim Brimer Senator Robert Nichols Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Jeff Wentworth Senator Tommy Williams		Senator Rodney Ellis

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The Committee received public and invited testimony related to interim study charges on illegal immigration, transnational gangs and tamper-proof identification.  Witnesses are shown on the attached list.

 

There being no further business, at 1:05 p.m. Senator Nichols 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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Erika Akpan, Assistant Clerk