MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                            Tuesday, September 21, 2004 
                                     9:00 a.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 Tuesday, September 21, 2004, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Bob Deuell                      Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Royce West 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article IV and  
         Article VIII agencies' FY  06 and  07 Legislative Appropriations  
         Request and other budget matters.  Witnesses registering and  
         testifying on the subject are shown on the attached list. 
          
         At 10:55 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 10 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 11:10 a.m. 
          
         Invited testimony resumed.   
          
         At 11:43 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 1:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 1:01 p.m. 
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:15 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 1:00 p.m. on  
         Monday, September 27, 2004.  Without objection, it was so  
  
         ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk