MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Tuesday, March 10, 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 Tuesday, March 10, 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 8:30 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 V.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article V, Adjutant General's Department; without objection, it was so ordered.

Senator Ogden moved to pend Item 4 on page 6 of the workgroup recommendations for Article V, relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article V, Alcoholic Beverage Commission; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article V, Department of Criminal Justice; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article V, Commission on Fire Protection; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Hinojosa moved that Item 1 on page 21 of the workgroup recommendations for Article V, relating to the Commission on Jail Standards be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the amended workgroup recommendations for Article V, Commission on Jail Standards; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article V, Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Eltife moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for Article V, Department of Public Safety; 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 9:04 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:30 a.m., March 11, 2009.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair

 

 

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Amy Jeter, Clerk