MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Monday, March 15, 2004
1:00 p.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Monday, March 15, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Kip Averitt
Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Royce West
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Todd Staples
Senator John Whitmire
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:48 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The first order of Committee business was to take up and
consider the adoption of proposed Senate Finance Committee
rules. Senator Shapleigh moved to amend item #12, Fiscal Notes,
by striking the words, "reported out" and replacing them with
the words "voted out." Senator Zaffirini seconded the motion to
amend item #12. There being no objection, the rules were
amended. Senator Zaffirini then moved that the rules as amended
be adopted. Senator Barrientos seconded the motion. The motion
to adopt the rules carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays,
0 present not voting, and 5 absent.
The Committee continued with organizational matters, including
the discussion of the Committee's interim schedule, and the
introduction of Committee staff.
The Committee then heard invited testimony on the Committee's
interim charge relating to Fund 006 and the Texas Mobility Fund.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the interim charge are
shown on the attached list.
There being no further business, at 4:34 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9 a.m. the next
morning, Tuesday, March 16, 2004. Without objection, it was so
ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk