The House Committee on Ways & Means

81st Legislature

April 15, 2009

10:30 a.m. or during reading and referral of bills

E2.010

 

CORRECTED MINUTES

 

On April 22, 2009, the House Committee on Ways & Means authorized the correction of the  minutes for the meeting of the House Committee on Ways & Means held on April 15, 2009. The following are the corrected minutes for that meeting:

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on April 9, 2009, the House Committee on Ways & Means met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Oliveira, at 1:50 p.m.

 

The roll was answered as follows:

 

Present:              Representatives Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena (8).

 

Absent:              Representatives Hartnett; Taylor; Villarreal (3).

 

A quorum was present.

 

HB 413

 

The chair laid out HB 413 as pending business.

 

Representative Howard, Charlie moved that HB 413, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Taylor; Villarreal  (3).

 

HB 749

 

The chair laid out HB 749 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 749, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Taylor; Villarreal  (3).

 

HB 752

 

The chair laid out HB 752 as pending business.

 

Representative King, Phil moved that HB 752, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Taylor; Villarreal  (3).

 

(Representative Taylor now present.)

 

HB 770

 

The chair laid out HB 770 as pending business.

 

Representative Bohac offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Bohac moved that HB 770, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (8).

 

Nays:                             Representative Howard, Charlie (1).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 1004

 

The chair laid out HB 1004 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 1004, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 1134

 

The chair laid out HB 1134 as pending business.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB 1134, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 1202

 

The chair laid out HB 1202 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 1202, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

 

 

HB 1660

 

The chair laid out HB 1660 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 1660, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 1770

 

The chair laid out HB 1770 as pending business.

 

Representative Hilderbran moved that HB 1770, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 2071

 

The chair laid out HB 2071 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 2071, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 2165

 

The chair laid out HB 2165 as pending business.

 

Representative Paxton moved that HB 2165, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 2230

 

The chair laid out HB 2230 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 2230, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Villarreal  (2).

 

HB 2908

 

The chair laid out HB 2908 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 2908, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hartnett; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hilderbran; Villarreal  (2).

 

(Representative Villarreal now present.)

 

HB 3133

 

The chair laid out HB 3133 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3222

 

The chair laid out HB 3222 as pending business.

 

Representative Otto moved that HB 3222, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Hartnett  (1).

 

HB 3765

 

The chair laid out HB 3765 as pending business.

 

Representative Bohac moved that HB 3765, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Hilderbran; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (10).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representative Hartnett  (1).

 

 

HB 2070

 

The chair laid out HB 2070 as pending business.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

 

Representative Bohac moved that HB 2070, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Villarreal (8).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     Representatives Hilderbran; Taylor  (2).

 

Absent:                          Representative Hartnett  (1).

 

 

HB 408

 

The chair laid out HB 408 as pending business.

 

Representative Howard, Charlie moved that HB 408, 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 Oliveira; Otto; Bohac; Howard, Charlie; King, Phil; Paxton; Pena; Taylor; Villarreal (9).

 

Nays:                             None (0).

 

Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).

 

Absent:                          Representatives Hartnett; Hilderbran  (2).

 

(Representative Hilderbran now present.)

 

 

HB 2391

 

The chair laid out HB 2391.

 

The chair recognized Representative England to explain the measure.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative England to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3189

 

The chair laid out HB 3189.

 

The chair recognized Representative McCall to explain the measure.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative McCall to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 1994

 

The chair laid out HB 1994.

 

The chair recognized Representative McCall to explain the measure.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative McCall to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded on Total Revenue Exemption.  (See attached witness list.)

 

HB277, HB720, HB1036, HB1220, HB1667, HB1825, HB2227, HB2534, HB2945, HB3237, HB4003, HB4765, HB4766

 

The chair laid out HB277, HB720, HB1036, HB1220, HB1667, HB1825, HB2227, HB2534, HB2945, HB3237, HB4003, HB4765, HB4766.

 

The chair explained HB 1220.

 

(Representative Howard, Charlie in chair.)

 

The chair recognized Representative Bonnen to explain HB 2534.

 

The chair recognized Representative Callegari to explain HB 3237.

 

The chair recognized Representative Zerwas to explain HB 277.

 

The chair recognized Representative Paxton to explain HB 1036, HB 1825 and HB 4003.

 

Representative Howard, Charlie offered a complete committee substitute to HB 4003.

 

The chair recognized Representative Harper-Brown to explain HB 2945.

 

The chair recognized Representative Edwards to explain HB 1667.

 

Representative Howard, Charlie offered an amendment to HB 1667. 

 

The chair recognized Representative Creighton to explain HB 720.

 

The chair explained HB 2227.

 

The chair explained the measure HB 4765.

 

The chair explained the measure HB 4766.

 

The chair recognized Representative Parker to explain HB 2227.

 

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

 

(Representative Oliveira in chair.)

The committee substitute for HB 4003 was withdrawn without objection.

 

The amendment for HB 1667 was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair closed on HB277, HB720, HB1036, HB1220, HB1667, HB1825, HB2227, HB2534, HB2945, HB3237, HB4003, HB4765, HB4766.

 

HB 3778

 

The chair laid out HB 3778.

 

The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

 HB 3206

 

The chair laid out HB 3206.

 

The chair recognized Representative Edwards to explain the measure.

 

Representative Oliveira offered an amendment to the measure.

 

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

 

The amendment was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Edwards to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3339

 

The chair laid out HB 3339.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hopson to explain the measure.

 

(Representative King, Phil in chair.)

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Hopson to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2377

 

The chair laid out HB 2377.

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2041

 

The chair laid out HB 2041.

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Turner, Sylvester to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3010

 

The chair laid out HB 3010.

 

The chair recognized Representative Coleman to explain the measure.

 

Representative King, Phil offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Coleman to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3185

 

The chair laid out HB 3185.

 

The chair recognized Representative Jackson, Jim to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Jackson, Jim to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Oliveira in chair.)

 

HB 1289

 

The chair laid out HB 1289.

 

The chair recognized Representative Gutierrez to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Gutierrez to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 3835

 

The chair laid out HB 3835.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to explain the measure.

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Hilderbran to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 4246

 

The chair laid out HB 4246.

 

The chair recognized Representative Keffer to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Keffer to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 2944

 

The chair laid out HB 2944.

 

The chair recognized Representative Harper-Brown to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Harper-Brown to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB3104, HB2828, HB2980

 

The chair laid out HB3104, HB2828, HB2980.

 

The chair explained HB 2980

 

The chair recognized Representative Paxton to explain HB 3104

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

The chair recognized Representative Menendez to explain HB 2828

 

Representative Oliveira offered a complete committee substitute.

 

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

 

The committee substitute for HB 3104 was withdrawn without objection.

 

The committee substitute for HB 2828 was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Menendez to close on the measure.

 

The chair closed on HB 3104 and HB 2980.

 

The bills were left pending without objection.

 

HB 4269

 

The chair laid out HB 4269.

 

The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Howard, Charlie to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

HB 4234

 

The chair laid out HB 4234.

 

The chair recognized Representative Taylor to explain the measure.

 

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

 

The chair recognized Representative Taylor to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Howard, Charlie in chair.)

 

HB 3927

 

The chair laid out HB 3927.

 

The chair recognized Representative Oliveira to explain the measure.

 

Representative Howard, Charlie offered an amendment to the measure.

 

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

 

(Representative Hartnett now present.)

 

The amendment was withdrawn without objection.

 

The chair recognized Representative Oliveira to close on the measure.

 

The bill was left pending without objection.

 

(Representative Oliveira in chair.)

 

At 9:43 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. Oliveira, Chair

 

 

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Carolyn Merchan Saegert, Clerk