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1 HOUSE JOURNAL. EIGHTIETH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION. PROCEEDINGS. EIGHTY-FOURTH DAY FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007. The house met at 10 and was called to order by the speaker. The roll of the house was called and a quorum was announced present (Recordi1734). Present Mr. Speaker; Allen; Alonzo; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman;. Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro;. Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Crabb; Crownover;. Darby; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland;. Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Flynn; Frost.

2 Gallego; Gattis; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen;. Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Heflin;. Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, C.;. Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Krusee;. Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway;. Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt;. Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; O D ' ay; Olivo; Ortiz; Otto; Parker;. Patrick; Paxton; Pen a; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla.

3 Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons;. Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal;. Vo; West; Zedler. Absent Anchia; Bolton; Cohen; Corte; Creighton; Davis, J.; Garcia;. Geren; Hartnett; Hernandez; Keffer; Kolkhorst; Lucio; McCall; Miles; Moreno;. Noriega; Oliveira; Orr; Smith, T.; Strama; Turner; Van Arsdale; Woolley; Zerwas. The invocation was offered by Kyle Ashley, pastor, Westoak Woods Baptist Church, Austin, as follows: Heavenly Father, we give thanks to you on this glorious day, a day we can honor you, the God almighty, for creating this universe, this nation, and the great State of Texas.

4 We give thanks for the men and women elected to serve the people of Texas in this 80th session of the Texas Legislature. What a privilege it is for these representatives to serve you by serving others. May they conduct business in a manner that would please you, Lord, in a manner that demonstrates the same unconditional love for others, as you have for us. As these men and women gather in this chamber a chamber built on the sacrifices of others, who gave their lives for the very freedom we enjoy today enable them to utilize the gifts and talents you have bestowed upon them, acting not as adversaries, but as a unified body, as they pursue the common good of the people of the State of Texas 5848 80th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION.

5 And this great nation. Give these outstanding servants the wisdom to know what is right, the compassion to seek what is right, and the courage to do what is right in representing the many and diverse needs of the people. Finally, Lord, help us to believe that without you, we toil in vain, but that with you, and through you, all things are possible. In your name we pray. Amen. The speaker recognized Representative Farabee who led the house in the pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags. (Bolton and Keffer now present). CAPITOL PHYSICIAN. The speaker recognized Representatives Bolton and Herrero who presented Dr.

6 Rick Edwards and Dr. Barbara Estment of Corpus Christi as the "Doctors for the Day.". The house welcomed Drs. Edwards and Estment and thanked them for their participation in the Physician of the Day Program sponsored by the Texas Academy of family Physicians. (Hamilton in the chair). (Orr now present). HCR 254 - ADOPTED. (by Pen a). Representative Hochberg moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HCRi254. The motion prevailed. The following resolution was laid before the house: HCR 254, Congratulating The University of Texas-Pan American ROTC. Battalion on earning the 2006 General Douglas MacArthur Award.

7 HCR 254 was adopted. (Cohen and Corte now present). HCR 272 - ADOPTED. (by Parker). The following privileged resolution was laid before the house: HCR 272. WHEREAS, HB 4061 has been adopted by the house of representatives and the senate and is being prepared for enrollment; and WHEREAS, The bill contains technical and typographical errors that should be corrected; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas, That the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives be instructed to make the following correction: In SECTION 2 of the house engrossment (page 8, line 4), strike "South 68824 'East", and substitute "South 68824 2' 5" East".

8 HCR 272 was adopted. Friday, May 25, 2007 HOUSE JOURNAL 84th Day 5849. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. Representative Hardcastle moved to suspend all necessary rules in order to take up and consider at this time HCR 265, HCR 273, HR 2237, HR 2378, HRi2464, HR 2581, HR 2609, and HR 2656. The motion prevailed. The following resolutions were laid before the house: HCR 265 (by Dukes), Honoring Major James R. Stegall (Ret.) of Austin for his service to his country and recommending that he be inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. HCR 273 (by Garcia), Paying tribute to the remarkable life of Dr.

9 Hector P. Garcia on the third Wednesday of September in 2007 and in 2008. HR 2237 (by Rodriguez), Recognizing PrintGlobe, Inc., in Austin on the grand opening of its expanded facility in May 2007. HR 2378 (by Chavez), Honoring Yolanda M. Griego for serving as Democratic chair of Precinct 69 in El Paso County. HR 2464 (by Villarreal), Honoring the Conjunto Heritage Taller of San Antonio for its efforts to preserve and perpetuate traditional conjunto music in Texas. HR 2581 (by Puente), Honoring Sandy Rodesney for her Capitol career with the State of Texas. HR 2609 (by Rodriguez and Martinez Fischer), Commending Damon Martinez for his service as a legislative intern in the office of Representative Eddie Rodriguez.

10 HR 2656 (by Y. Davis), Honoring comedian Dick Gregory on his 75th birthday. The resolutions were adopted. HR 2052 - ADOPTED. (by Callegari). Representative Hardcastle moved to suspend all necessary rules to take up and consider at this time HRi2052. The motion prevailed. The following resolution was laid before the house: HR 2052, In memory of Army Master Sergeant James Curtis Coons, Army Captain James Alexander Funkhouser, Jr., Marine Corporal Benjamin Salgado Rosales, Army First Lieutenant Jonathan D. Rozier, and Marine Sergeant James Rodney Tijerina of Katy. HR 2052 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote.