MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                               Monday, April 12, 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, April 12, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony on the Committee's interim  
         charge relating to the Review of Fees at State Regulatory  
         Agencies.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the interim  
         charge are shown on the attached list. 
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved approval of the minutes from the  
         previous hearing held on April 12, 2004; without objection, it  
         was so ordered.  Senator Brimer moved approval of the minutes  
         from the previous hearing held on April 13, 2004; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 2:02 p.m. Senator Ogden recognized Senator Seliger as being present at the hearing. 
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:10 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until  
         9:00 a.m. the following morning, Tuesday, April 13, 2004.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
  
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk