MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment

Senator Ellis's Desk

 

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Government Organization was held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at Senator Ellis's Desk.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:                                                                  MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Rodney Ellis                                                                          Senator Steve Ogden

Senator Glenn Hegar

Senator Joan Huffman

Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Senator Jane Nelson

Senator John Whitmire

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:53 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business HB 431. Senator Lucio, Jr. sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Lucio, Jr. requested unanimous consent to roll the amendment into a new committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Lucio, Jr. then moved that the committee substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 431 do not pass but that CSHB 431 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business HB 605. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 605 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business HB 874. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 874 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business HB 1739. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that HB 1739 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Lucio, Jr. moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered.  

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business HCR 53. Senator Nelson moved that HCR 53 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 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 as a matter of pending business HCR 71. Senator Hegar moved that HCR 71 be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 6 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 1 absent. Senator Hegar moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

There being no further business, at 3:58 p.m. Senator Ellis 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