House Committee on Ways & Means 
         76th Legislature 
         February 17, 1999 
         2:00 pm  
         Capitol Extension, E2.014 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 11, 1999, the House  
         Committee on Ways & Means met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the Chair, Representative Ren  Oliveira at  
         2:10 pm. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows:   
          
         Present:  Representatives Oliveira; McCall; Bonnen; Craddick;  
                   Davis, Yvonne; Heflin; Hilbert; Keffer; King, Tracy;  
                   Sadler (10). 
          
         Absent:   Representative Ramsay (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Ramsay now present.)  
          
         Chairman Oliveira laid out the subject of Committee  
         organization. 
          
         Chairman Oliveira laid out the topic of the Office of the  
         Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The Chair laid out the topic of the Board of  Tax Professional  
         Examiners.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         Chairman Oliveira took up the topic of severance taxes.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         The chair named the following members to the Subcommittee on  
         Property Taxes:  Representative King, Tracy, chair,  
         Representatives McCall; Craddick; Heflin; and Sadler.  
          
         The chair named the following members to the Subcommittee on  
         Sales, Excise, and Use Taxes:  Representative Keffer, chair,  
         Representatives Bonnen and Ramsay.  
          
         The chair named the following members to the Subcommittee on  
         State Taxation:  Representative Bonnen, chair, Representatives  
         Davis, Yvonne and Hilbert.  
         At 5:17 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. Ren  Oliveira, Chair 
          
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         J.J. Garza, Clerk