The House Committee on Natural Resources

84th Legislature

May 15, 2015

Upon first adjournment

Agricultural Museum, 1W.14

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 15, 2015, and permission granted on May 15, 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 12:11 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.

(Representative Bonnen, Dennis now present.)

SB 2049

The chair laid out SB 2049 as pending business.

Representative King, Tracy O. moved that SB 2049, 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; Bonnen, Dennis; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Burns; Nevárez (2).

SB 2030

The chair laid out SB 2030 as pending business.

Representative Ashby moved that SB 2030, 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; Bonnen, Dennis; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Burns; Nevárez (2).

SB 1301

The chair laid out SB 1301 as pending business.

Representative Kacal moved that SB 1301, 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; Bonnen, Dennis; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Workman (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Burns; Nevárez (2).

SB 1336

The chair laid out SB 1336 as pending business.

(Representative Nevárez now present.)

Representative Lucio III offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Lucio III Representative Lucio III moved that SB 1336, as substituted, 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; Bonnen, Dennis; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Nevárez; Workman (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representative Burns (1).

SB 523

The chair laid out SB 523 as pending business.

Representative Larson offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Larson moved that SB 523, as substituted, 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; Larson; Lucio III; Nevárez; Workman (8).

Nays:                           Representatives Bonnen, Dennis; King, Tracy O. (2).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representative Burns (1).

SB 2049

Representative Kacal moved to reconsider the vote by which all votes were considered.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

Representative Kacal moved that SB 2049, 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; Bonnen, Dennis; Frank; Kacal; King, Tracy O.; Larson; Lucio III; Nevárez; Workman (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representative Burns (1).

At 12:20 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