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.   
          
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         Rep. Robert Junell, Chair                               
                                                                Lawrence  
                                                                Collins 
                                                        
                                                                , Clerk