MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Monday, March 8, 1999
9:00 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Monday, March 8, 1999 in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Bill Ratliff Senator Gonzalo
Barrientos
Senator Carlos Truan
Senator John Carona
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Mike Moncrief
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Royce West
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
Senators Fraser, Gallegos and West.
The Committee began its markup session on the General
Appropriations Bill (Senate Bill 2) and worked on the
following:
Board of Public Accountancy
Office of Administrative Hearings
Board of Architectural Examiners
Board of Barber Examiners
Cosmetology Commission
Credit Union Department
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers
Finance Commission
Department of Banking
Consumer Credit Commissioner
Savings and Loan Department
State Securities Board
Board of Tax Professional Examiners
The Committee adopted specific items included in the
Legislative Budget Board (LBB) markup document for each
agency. Final action will be taken on adopted items at the
end of the markup process.
Chairman Ratliff told members that exempt salary items
included in the LBB markup document would be referred to
Senator Lindsay's Subcommittee on Exempt Salaries.
Action taken on items not included in the LBB markup documents
included the following:
Senator Duncan sent up two proposed riders to zero fund
the Board of Barber Examiners and merge its functions
with the Cosmetology Commission. Senator Ratliff
requested that the riders be left pending for
consideration at the end of the markup process.
John O'Brien, of the LBB, requested authority to make
technical corrections in accordance with budgetary and
FTE decisions made by the Committee. Without objection,
it was so ordered.
Mr. O'Brien asked Chairman Ratliff for clarification on
the use of the contingent revenue collections rider.
The Chair directed LBB staff to apply the rider to the
appropriate agencies. At the end of markup, the
Committee will determine which additional agencies will
need to be covered by the rider.
Witnesses called on to answer questions of the Committee are
shown on the attached list.
There being no further business, at 11:25 a.m. Senator Ratliff
announced that the Committee would stand recessed until 9:00
a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 1999. Without objection, it was so
ordered.
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Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair
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Patricia Hicks, Clerk