MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Monday, May 18, 2009

1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment

Betty King Committee Room

 

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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 Monday, May 18, 2009, in the Betty King Committee Room at Austin, Texas.

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:26 p.m. The following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out HB 3597, then pulled it down temporarily.

 

The chair laid out HCR 16 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Nelson, 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 clerk called roll, there was a quorum present.

 

Senator Nelson moved that HCR 16 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. Senator Nelson moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out HB 3597 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Nelson, 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. Senator Nelson moved that HB 3597 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent. Senator Nelson moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out HCR 53 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr., in the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.

 

At 3:48 p.m. Senator Huffman assumed the chair. 

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 HB 874 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Lucio, Jr., to explain the bill.  This bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out HB 605 and recognized the Senate sponsor, Senator Estes, to explain the bill. This bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out HB 431 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr., in the absence of the Senate sponsor, 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 HB 1739 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr., in the absence of the Senate sponsor, 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 HCR 71 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr., in the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. This bill was left pending.

 

The chair laid out HB 4767 and recognized Senator Lucio, Jr., in the absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill. This bill was left pending.

 

There being no further business, at 4:07 p.m. Senator Huffman moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Rodney Ellis, Chair

 

 

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Mattie Murray, Clerk