The House Committee on Public School Finance, Select 
         78th Legislature 
         April 26, 2004 
         10:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 23, 2004, the House  
         Committee on Public School Finance, Select met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Grusendorf, at 10:10 a.m. 
                                           
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Grusendorf; Luna; Bonnen; Delisi;  
                   Eissler; Giddings; Griggs; Heflin; Hill; Hope; Krusee;  
                   Lewis; Madden; Marchant; McCall; Pitts; Ritter;  
                   Swinford; Wilson (19). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Branch; Dutton; Garza; Hamric;  
                   Hilderbran; Isett; Jones, Elizabeth; Keffer, Jim;  
                   Oliveira; Villarreal (10). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 1, HJR 1 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1, HJR 1 as pending business.  
          
         Representative Grusendorf laid out amendments to HB 1, #1  
         through #25, which had been discussed during the committee's  
         prior public hearings.  
          
         (Representative Hamric now present.) 
          
         (Representative Jones, Elizabeth now present.) 
          
         Representative Wilson offered amendment #26 to HB 1. 
          
         Representative Eissler offered amendment #27 to HB 1.  
          
         (Representative Keffer, Jim now present.) 
          
         (Representative Branch now present.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Oliveira now present.) 
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Villarreal now present.) 
          
         (Representative Hilderbran now present.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         At 11:45 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until 2:00 p.m., April 26, 2004. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 2:30 p.m. and was called to order by  
         the chair, Representative Grusendorf. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Grusendorf; Bonnen; Eissler; Giddings;  
                   Griggs; Hamric; Hope; Isett; Krusee; Lewis; Madden;  
                   McCall; Pitts; Ritter; Swinford; Villarreal (16). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Luna; Branch; Delisi; Dutton; Garza;  
                   Heflin; Hilderbran; Hill; Jones, Elizabeth; Keffer,  
                   Jim; Marchant; Oliveira; Wilson (13). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The chair reminded the members that HB 1 with amendments #1  
         through #27 and HJR 1 were before the committee.   
          
         Representative Giddings offered amendment #28 to HB 1.  
          
         (Representative Wilson now present.) 
                                                       
         Representative Pitts offered amendment #29 to HB 1.  
          
         (Representative Keffer, Jim now present.) 
          
         (Representative Lewis in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Jones, Elizabeth now present.) 
          
         (Representative Branch now present.) 
          
         (Representative Luna now present.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Hilderbran now present.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Hill now present.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin now present.) 
          
         (Representative Dutton now present.) 
          
         (Representative Marchant now present.) 
 
         House Committee on Public School Finance, Select 
         4/26/2004 
          
         Representative Pitts offered amendment #1 to HJR 1.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Lewis in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Oliveira now present.) 
          
         (Representative Lewis in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         Representative Giddings offered amendment #30 to HB 1.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Lewis in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Marchant in chair.) 
          
         Representative Madden offered amendment #31 to HB 1.  
          
         Amendments #1 through #31 to HB 1 were withdrawn without  
         objection. 
          
         The amendment to HJR 1 was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         HB 1 was left pending without objection.  
          
         HJR 1 was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 8:25 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 10:00 a.m. or upon adjournment  
         of the Regular Session of the full House, April 27, 2004. 
          
         ________________________ 
         Rep. Grusendorf, Chair 
          
         ________________________ 
         Greg Herzog, Clerk 
          
         House Committee on Public School Finance, Select 
         4/26/2004