MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
12:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
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, February 8, 2005, 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 Kyle Janek
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator John Whitmire
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Todd Staples
Senator Royce West
Senator Tommy Williams
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The chair called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1, the General Appropriations Bill, which
had been left pending at a previous hearing.
Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on
the attached list:
Texas Education Agency
State Board for Educator Certification
At 4:10 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
At 4:51 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
School for the Deaf
Community Colleges
At 5:42 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 5:46 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Texas State Technical College System
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 6:53 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8 a.m. the
following morning, February 9, 2005. Without objection, it was
so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk