MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, February 10,
2011
9:00 AM
Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with
Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on
Finance was held on Thursday, February 10, 2011, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair |
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Senator Bob Deuell |
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Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair |
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Senator Robert Duncan |
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Senator Kevin Eltife |
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Senator Craig Estes |
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Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. |
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Senator Jane Nelson |
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Senator Dan Patrick |
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Senator Kel Seliger |
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Senator Florence Shapiro |
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Senator Royce West |
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Senator John Whitmire |
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Senator Tommy Williams Senator Judith Zaffirini |
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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:02 AM.
There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1 as pending business.
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
Senator Hinojosa moved that the cards turned in by witnesses
registering a position only at the hearing on February 9th be
entered into the record for that day.
Without objection, it was so ordered.
Texas A&M University System
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
Texas
A&M University
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
Texas
A&M University at Galveston
Prairie
View A&M University
Texas
A&M University – Corpus Christi
Texas
A&M University – Kingsville
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Texas
A&M University – San Antonio
Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.
Texas
A&M International University
West
Texas A&M University
Texas
A&M University – Commerce
Texas
A&M University – Texarkana
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Senator Ogden announced subcommittees. He stated that the subcommittees would meet
for approximately three weeks and then will report back to the full committee.
Subcommittee on Medicaid
Senator Nelson (chair)
Senator Deuell
Senator Eltife
Senator Hinojosa
Senator Whitmire
Senator Williams
Senator Zaffirini
Subcommittee on Public Education Funding
Senator Shapiro (chair)
Senator Duncan
Senator Estes
Senator Lucio
Senator Patrick
Senator Seliger
Senator West
Senator Ogden referred SB 23 and SB 571 directly to
the Subcommittee on Medicaid.
Testimony continued on SB 1 – Article III.
Tarleton State University
Texas
A&M University – Central Texas
Texas AgriLife Research
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas Forest Service
Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Texas Engineering Extension Service
Texas Transportation Institute
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending. Without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 4:37 PM 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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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk