The House Committee on Border & Intergovernmental Affairs

81st Legislature

April 27, 2009

2:00 p.m. or upon final adjourn./recess

E1.010

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 22, 2009, and pursuant to a suspension of the 5 day posting rule by the house granting the committee permission to hear SB 1398, the House Committee on Border & Intergovernmental Affairs met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Gonzales, at 6:35 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Gonzales; Flynn; Flores; Guillen; Moody; Olivo; Shelton (7).

 

Absent:              Representatives Leibowitz; Raymond (2).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 186

 

The chair laid out HB 186.

 

Representative Moody offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 186, 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 Gonzales; Guillen; Moody; Olivo; Shelton (5).

 

Nays:                             Representative Flynn (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Flores; Leibowitz; Raymond  (3).

 

(Representative Leibowitz now present.)

 

HB 4067

 

The chair laid out HB 4067.

 

Representative Moody offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 4067, as substituted, 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 Gonzales; Flynn; Guillen; Leibowitz; Moody; Olivo; Shelton (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Flores; Raymond  (2).

 

SB 1398

 

The chair laid out SB 1398.

 

The chair recognized Representative Anchia to explain the measure.

 

Representative Gonzales offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Anchia to close on the measure.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 4067

 

The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the measure was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 4067, as substituted, 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 Gonzales; Flynn; Flores; Guillen; Moody; Olivo; Shelton (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Leibowitz; Raymond  (2).

 

SB 1003

 

The chair laid out SB 1003.

 

The chair recognized Representative Flynn to explain the measure.

 

Representative Gonzales offered a complete committee substitute.

 

Representative Flynn offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was withdrawn without objection.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Flynn to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HCR 171

 

The chair laid out HCR 171.

 

The chair recognized Representative Guillen to explain the measure.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Guillen to close on the measure.

 

The resolution was left pending without objection.

 

SCR 10

 

The chair laid out SCR 10.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The resolution was left pending without objection.

 

 

The chair recognized Nick Dauster, a representative of the the Texas Department of State Health Services. The committee proceeded to a discussion of the current public health situation in the border region  pertaining to the recent outbreak of swine flu.

At 7:55 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. Gonzales, Chair

 

 

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David Wilkie, Clerk