MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                               Tuesday, March 1, 2005 
                                     8:00 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, March 1, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     None 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.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.  Witnesses  
         providing testimony are shown on the attached list. 
          
         The chair recognized Senator Whitmire to lay out the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article V. 
          
         At 8:55 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 15 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 9:14 a.m.   
          
         At 9:15 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 9:45 a.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 9:47 a.m. 
          
         Senator Williams moved to leave pending the rider relating to  
         the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Contracted Temporary  
         Capacity of the Article V workgroup recommendations.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Duncan moved that the rider relating to the Commission  
         on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, Limitation  
         on Employment of the Article V workgroup recommendations be  
         adopted in conjunction with the Article V workgroup  
         recommendations.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Barrientos moved to pend Items 2 and 3 regarding the  
         Adjutant General's Department, and Items 2 and 3 regarding the  
         Military Facilities Commission.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Whitmire moved to adopt the amended workgroup  
         recommendations for Article V, with the exception of pending  
         items.  Senator Staples seconded the motion. There was a roll  
         call vote.  The motion carried with a record vote of 15 ayes, 0  
         nays, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  Senator Nelson and  
         Senator Shapiro requested unanimous consent to be shown voting  
         aye on the workgroup recommendations for Article V; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The chair recognized Senator Duncan to lay out the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article III relating to public education. 
          
         Senator Duncan moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for  
         Article III relating to public education, with the exception of  
         pending items.  There was a roll call vote.  The motion carried  
         with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 2 present not voting, and  
         4 absent.  Senator West requested unanimous consent to be shown  
         voting aye on the workgroup recommendations for Article III  
         relating to public education; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:42 a.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 45 minutes after  
         adjournment of the Senate the following day, March 2, 2005.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk