The House Committee on Natural Resources

84th Legislature

April 17, 2015

2:30 p.m.

3W.15

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on April 17, 2015, and permission granted on April 17, 2015, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Natural Resources met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Keffer, at 2:34 p.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; and Workman.

A quorum was present.

HB 950

The chair laid out HB 950 as pending business.

Representative King, Tracy O. offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative King, Tracy O. moved that HB 950, as substituted, 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 Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; Burns; Nevárez (3).

HB 1232

The chair laid out HB 1232 as pending business.

Representative Larson offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Larson moved that HB 1232, as substituted, 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 Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; Burns; Nevárez (3).

HB 2788

The chair laid out HB 2788 as pending business.

Representative Lucio III moved that HB 2788, 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 Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; Burns; Nevárez (3).

HB 3298

The chair laid out HB 3298 as pending business.

Representative Kacal moved that HB 3298, 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 Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; Burns; Nevárez (3).

HCR 74

The chair laid out HCR 74 as pending business.

Representative Frank moved that HCR 74, 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 Keffer; Ashby; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; Burns; Nevárez (3).

At 2:40 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. Keffer, Chair

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Buffy Barrett, Clerk