MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment

Capitol Extension, Room E1.036

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Government Organization was held on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Rodney Ellis		Senator Glenn Hegar Senator Joan Huffman Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Jane Nelson Senator Steve Ogden Senator John Whitmire

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:08 p.m.  The following business was transacted: 

 

The chair laid out SB 2298 and, in the absence of the author, explained the bill himself.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. This bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out SB 2381 and recognized Johanna Thomas, in the absence of the author, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. 

The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. This bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out SB 1884 and recognized E. Joyce Iyamu to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. The bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out HB 1830, the house companion to SB 2164, and recognized E. Joyce Iyamu to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. The bill was left pending.

 

At 3:26 p.m. Senator Ellis moved that the committee stand recessed; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair

 

 

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Mattie Murray, Clerk