MINUTES

 

JOINT COMMITTEE ON OPERATION & MANAGEMENT OF THE TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

8:30 a.m.

Capitol Extension Auditorium

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18 and a motion to suspend the 24-hour posting rule by Senator Whitmire and pursuant to a suspension of the 5-day posting rule and an announcement from the House floor on March 26, 2007, a public hearing of the Joint Committee on Operation & Management of the Texas Youth Commission was held on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, in the Capitol Extension Auditorium at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator John Whitmire

Senator Chris Harris

Senator Juan Hinojosa

Senator Kel Seliger

Senator Royce West

Representative Jerry Madden

Representative Harold Dutton, Jr.

Representative Aaron Pena

Representative Larry Phillips

Representative Sylvester Turner

Representative Corbin Van Arsdale

 

Senator Florence Shapiro

Senator Tommy Williams

Representative Debbie Riddle

 

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Senator Whitmire called the meeting to order at 8:44 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

 

Senator Whitmire and Representative Madden shared presiding duties.

 

Persons providing invited testimony are shown on the attached list. 

 

There being no further business, at 10:20 a.m. Senator Whitmire moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator John Whitmire, Co-Chair

 

 

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Representative Jerry Madden, Co-Chair

 

 

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Mahala Price, Clerk