MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                               Sunday, July 17, 2005 
                                     12:30 p.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 Sunday, July 17, 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 12:46 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.  
          
         The chair laid out SJR 13 and recognized Senator Ogden, in the  
         absence of the author, to explain the bill.  Witnesses  
         testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Barrientos sent  
         up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption.  The motion failed  
         by a record vote of 5 ayes, 10 nays, 0 present not voting, and 0  
         absent.  Senator Ogden moved that SJR 13 be reported favorably  
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 14 ayes, 1  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 6 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, to explain the bill.  Senator Ogden sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ogden to  
  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Ogden moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden  
         moved that HB 6 do not pass but that CSHB 6 be reported back to  
         the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 15 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.   
          
         Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         At 1:26 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 1:45 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 1:54 p.m. 
          
         Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, to explain the bill.  Senator Ogden sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ogden to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill  
         are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 1 and then  
         withdrew the amendment; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Ogden moved adoption of the committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Ogden moved that  
         HB 1 do not pass but that CSHB 1 be reported back to the Senate  
         with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 11 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present  
         not voting, and 3 absent.  Senator Shapiro requested unanimous  
         consent to be shown voting aye; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         There was no action taken for the following bill(s):  SB 4 and  
         SB 45. 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:05 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