House Committee on Appropriations 75th Legislature September 16, 1998 1:00 pm Capitol Extension, E1.030 Pursuant to a notice posted on September 2, 1998, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order by the Chair, Representative Robert Junell at 1:04 pm. The roll was answered as follows: Present: Representatives Junell; Delisi; Averitt; Cuellar; Eiland; Finnell; Gallego; Glaze; Greenberg; Haggerty; Heflin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Hochberg; Moreno; Pitts; Swinford; Tillery; Walker; West, George "Buddy" (20). Absent: Representatives Coleman; Davis; Kubiak; Mowery; Price; Raymond; Turner, Sylvester (7). A quorum was present. Chairman Junell asked for a moment of silence in honor of the memory of Representative Kubiak. Chairman Junell recognized the chairmen of the Performance Based Budgeting, Duplication of State Services, Job Classification, Funding Texas Courts, and Major Information Systems subcommittees to lay out their respective interim reports. After discussion and comments, each of these subcommittee reports was adopted. Rep. Swinford gave an update on the work being done by the State Park System Review subcommittee. Rep. Cuellar gave an update on the work being done by the TRS Care subcommittee. Rep. Heflin gave an update on the work being done by the Workforce and Welfare Reform subcommittee. Rep. Delisi gave an update on the work being done by the CHIP joint committee. At 3:15 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. ______________________ _____________ _________ Rep. Robert Junell, Chair Lawrence Collins , Clerk