The House Committee on Transportation

81st Legislature

April 30, 2009

9:00 a.m.

E1.022

 

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 29, 2009, the House Committee on Transportation met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Pickett, at 9:10 a.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Pickett; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (6).

 

Absent:              Representatives Phillips; Callegari; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt (5).

 

A quorum was present.

 

(Representative Callegari now present.)

 

 

The chair directed that the April 23, 2009, minutes for the House Committee on Transportation be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.

 

 

HB 1790

 

The chair laid out HB 1790 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 1790, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 1910

 

The chair laid out HB 1910 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 1910, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 2057

 

The chair laid out HB 2057 as pending business.

 

Representative Davis, Yvonne moved that HB 2057, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 2142

 

The chair laid out HB 2142 as pending business.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 2142, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 2346

 

The chair laid out HB 2346 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3044

 

The chair laid out HB 3044 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 3044, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 3672

 

The chair laid out HB 3672 as pending business.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 4408

 

The chair laid out HB 4408 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Smith, Todd moved that HB 4408, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

HB 4493

 

The chair laid out HB 4493 as pending business.

 

Representative Callegari moved that HB 4493, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

HB 4523

 

The chair laid out HB 4523 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 4523, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

HB 4594

 

The chair laid out HB 4594 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 4594, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

 

SB 293

 

The chair laid out SB 293, the companion to HB 2738.

 

Representative Callegari moved that SB 293, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

SB 405

 

The chair laid out SB 405, the companion to HB 2439.

 

Representative Davis, Yvonne moved that SB 405, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

SB 502

 

The chair laid out SB 502 as pending business, the companion to HB 4203.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that SB 502, 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; Callegari; Davis, Yvonne; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (7).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (4).

 

 

SB 1235

 

The chair laid out SB 1235 as pending business, the companion to HB 3088.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

 

SB 1670

 

The chair laid out SB 1670, the companion to HB 2979.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

 

HB 121

 

The chair laid out HB 121 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 121, 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; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (5).

 

 

HB 2767

 

The chair laid out HB 2767 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 2767, as amended, 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; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (5).

 

 

HB 3500

 

The chair laid out HB 3500 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered an amendment to the measure.

 

The amendment was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Guillen moved that HB 3500, as amended, 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; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (5).

 

 

HB 4315

 

The chair laid out HB 4315 as pending business.

 

Representative Pickett offered a substitute to the measure.

 

The substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Harper-Brown moved that HB 4315, 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; Callegari; Guillen; Harper-Brown; Smith, Todd; Smith, Wayne (6).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Phillips; Davis, Yvonne; Dunnam; McClendon; Merritt  (5).

 

 

 

At 9:37 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