The House Committee on Transportation

81st Legislature

April 16, 2009

9:30 a.m.

E1.018

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 15, 2009, the House Committee on Transportation met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Pickett, at 9:38 a.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Absent:              Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt (4).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 537

 

The chair laid out HB 537 as pending business.

 

Representative Phillips moved that HB 537, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 1634

 

The chair laid out HB 1634 as pending business.

 

Representative Smith, Todd offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 1634, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 2107

 

The chair laid out HB 2107 as pending business.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 2107, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

(Representative Dunnam now present.)

 

HB 2469

 

The chair laid out HB 2469 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 2469, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 3095

 

The chair laid out HB 3095 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Pickett offered an  amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Pickett offered an amendment to the committee substitute.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

The chair directed the staff to incorporate the amendments into a committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 3095, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 3139

 

The chair laid out HB 3139 as pending business.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 3139, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 3785

 

The chair laid out HB 3785 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 3785, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 4187

 

The chair laid out HB 4187 as pending business.

 

Representative Smith, Wayne moved that HB 4187, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 4272

 

The chair laid out HB 4272 as pending business.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 4272, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

HB 4311

 

The chair laid out HB 4311 as pending business.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 4311, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

 

HB 3785

 

The chair laid out HB 3785.

 

The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which HB 3785, as substituted, was reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.   The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

 

 Representative Callegari moved that HB 3785, 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 Pickett; Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Davis, Yvonne; McClendon; Merritt  (3).

 

 

 

 

 

At 9:59 a.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. Pickett, Chair

 

 

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Brian O'Reilly, Clerk