MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

10:00 a.m.

The University of Texas at El Paso

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security was held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at The University of Texas at El Paso.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator John Carona Senator Kirk Watson Senator Wendy Davis Senator Joan Huffman Senator Robert Nichols Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh		Senator Rodney Ellis Senator Jeff Wentworth

 

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The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The Chair called upon representatives from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the Texas Adjutant's General Department, and the Texas Department of Transportation to deliver quarterly updates to the members. Witnesses are shown on the attached list.

 

The Chair took invited testimony on highway needs. The witness is shown on the attached list.

 

The Chair called upon a panel of witnesses to discuss border security. Witnesses are shown on the attached list.

 

The Chair opened public testimony. Having none, the Chair then moved that public testimony be closed; without objection it was so ordered.

 

There being no further business, at 1:22 p.m. Senator Watson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

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Senator John Carona, Chair

 

 

 

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Steven Polunsky, Committee Director