MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                              Thursday, March 3, 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 Thursday, March 3, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Royce West 
         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 John Whitmire 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:01 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  
         registering and providing testimony are shown on the attached  
         list. 
          
         The chair recognized Senator Zaffirini to lay out the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article II. 
          
         At 8:46 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 8:49 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         Senator Staples moved to pend the rider on page 85 relating to  
         the Health and Human Services Commission of the workgroup  
  
         recommendations for Article II.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Nelson moved to amend Item 4 on page 25 relating to the  
         Department of Family and Protective Services of the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article II.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved to leave the riders on pages 53, 54, and  
         55 relating to the Department of State Health Services in the  
         workgroup recommendations for Article II.  Without objection, it  
         was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved to amend Items 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 on  
         page 79 relating to the Health and Human Services Commission of  
         the workgroup recommendations for Article II.  Senator Shapleigh  
         withdrew the motion; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Shapleigh moved to pend the riders on pages 58 and 90  
         relating to the Department of State Health Services and the  
         Health and Human Services Commission, respectively, of the  
         workgroup recommendations for Article II.  There being one  
         objection, there was a roll call vote.  The motion failed with a  
         record vote of 4 ayes, 10 nays, 0 present not voting, and 1  
         absent. 
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations  
         for Article II as amended, with the exception of pending items.   
         Senator Nelson seconded the motion.  There was a roll call vote.   
         The motion carried with a record vote of 12 ayes, 2 nays, 0  
         present not voting and 1 absent. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:11 a.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m. Monday,  
         March 7, 2005.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk