MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                             Tuesday, November 9, 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, November 9, 2004, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Kim Brimer                      Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article III  
         agencies' FY  06 and  07 Legislative Appropriations Requests and  
         other budget matters.  Witnesses testifying and registering on  
         the subject are shown on the attached list.        
          
         At 12:55 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 1:35 p.m.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 1:43 p.m. Senator Ogden reconvened the hearing. 
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         At 2:04 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 2:15 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.  
          
         At 2:34 p.m. Senator Zaffirini presented a Progress Report for  
         the Senate Finance Subcommittee on State Contracting Practices.   
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         At 3:44 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 5 minutes.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 3:50 p.m. Senator Ogden reconvened the hearing. 
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:50 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk