MINUTES
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE
Thursday, May 10, 2001
9:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Committee of the Whole Senate
was held on Thursday, May 10, 2001, in the Senate Chamber at
Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Todd Staples
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos
Senator David Bernsen
Senator Teel Bivins
Senator J. E. Brown
Senator David Cain
Senator John Carona
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator Chris Harris
Senator Tom Haywood
Senator Mike Jackson
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Senator Frank Madla
Senator Mike Moncrief
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator David Sibley
Senator Carlos Truan
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Senator Jeff Wentworth
Senator Royce West
Senator John Whitmire
Senator Judith Zaffirini
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The Chair, Senator Truan, called the meeting to order at 9:25
a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was
transacted:
The Chair laid out S.B. 499 and recognized Senator Wentworth,
the sponsor of the bill, to explain proposed Committee Amendment
No. 1, Plan 01066 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Wentworth to explain proposed
Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan 01050 S.
The Chair recognized Senator Armbrister to explain proposed
Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan 01055 S.
Senator Brown assumed the Chair.
The Chair recognized Senator Lucio to explain proposed Committee
Amendment No. 4, Plan 01049 S.
Senators Truan and Zaffirini, respectively, asked questions of
Senator Lucio.
The Chair recognized Senator Lucio to explain proposed Committee
Amendment No. 5, Plan 01048 S.
Senators Truan and Zaffirini, respectively, asked questions of
Senator Lucio.
Senator Truan resumed the Chair.
The Chair laid out 01051 S, The Sibley Plan #1.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 1, Plan
01076 S and recognized Senator Carona, the author, to explain
the plan.
Senators Shapiro and West, respectively, asked questions of
Senator Carona.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan
01067 S and recognized Senator Fraser, the author, to explain
the plan.
The Chair laid out Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan 01069 S, and
recognized Senator Lucio, the author, to explain the plan.
Senator Zaffirini questioned Senator Lucio.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 4, Plan
01074 S, and recognized Senator Jackson, the author, to explain
the plan.
Senators Zaffirini, Whitmire, Brown, and Gallegos, respectively,
asked questions of Senator Jackson.
Senator Gallegos requested a Parliamentary Inquiry.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 5, Plan
01081 S, and recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain
the plan.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 6, Plan
01080 S, and recognized Senator Ogden, the author, to explain
the plan.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 7, Plan
01078 S, and recognized Senator Sibley, the author, to explain
the plan.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 8, Plan
01083 S, and recognized Senator Sibley, the author, to explain
the plan.
The Chair recognized Senator Cain to ask questions of Senator
Sibley.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 9, Plan
01065 S, and recognized Senator Shapliegh, the author, to
explain the plan.
The Chair recognized Senator Sibley to ask questions of Senator
Shapliegh.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 10, Plan
01068 S, and recognized Senator Madla, the author, to explain
the plan.
Senators Zaffirini, Van de Putte, and Shapliegh, respectively,
asked questions of Senator Madla.
The Chair laid out proposed Plan 01052 S and recognized Senator
Sibley to explain the plan.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 1, Plan
01059 S, and recognized the author, Senator Sibley, to explain
the plan.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 2, Plan
01065 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator
Shapliegh.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 3, Plan
01067 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Fraser.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 4, Plan
01068 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Madla.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 5, Plan
01081 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Ogden.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 6, Plan
01080 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Ogden.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 7, Plan
01076 S (previously proposed to Plan 01051 S) by Senator Carona.
The Chair laid out proposed Committee Amendment No. 8, Plan
01075 S, and recognized Senator Jackson, the author, to explain
the plan.
Senator Carona moved that the committee stand recessed until
8:00am, Friday May 11, 2001; without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Carlos Truan, Chair
Betty King, Secretary of the Senate