MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, March 5, 2009

8:30 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 5, 2009, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:		MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator Kip Averitt Senator Bob Deuell Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kevin Eltife Senator Chris Harris Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Jane Nelson Senator Kel Seliger Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams Senator Judith Zaffirini		None

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 8:33 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The chair laid out SB 1 as pending business.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. 

 

The chair recognized Senator Eltife to lay out the workgroup recommendations for Article VII.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Department of Housing and Community Affairs; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Lottery Commission; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Zaffirini moved that Item 3 on page 20 of the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, relating to the Office of Rural Community Affairs, be moved to Article XI; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Office of Rural Community Affairs; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Workforce Commission; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article VII, Reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Account; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

The chair recognized Senator Hinojosa to lay out the workgroup recommendations for Article IV.

 

Senator Williams moved to pend Item 4 on page 4 of the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, relating to the Supreme Court; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Supreme Court; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Court of Criminal Appeals; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, 14 Appellate Courts; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Office of Court Administration; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, State Law Library; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, State Commission on Judicial Conduct; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Duncan moved to pend Item 2 on page 24 of the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, relating to the Comptroller's Department, Judiciary Section; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Comptroller's Department, Judiciary Section; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved to pend Section 10 of the workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Special Provisions, relating to the 14 Appellate Courts; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Hinojosa moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article IV, Special Provisions; 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 10:05 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:30 a.m., March 6, 2009.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair

 

 

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Amy Jeter, Clerk