MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, EXPENDITURES & FINANCE, SELECT

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

10:00 AM

Capitol Extension, Room E1.016

 

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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 Transportation Funding, Expenditures & Finance, Select was held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Robert Nichols, Chair

 

Senator Kel Seliger

Senator Joan Huffman, Vice Chair

 

 

Senator Donna Campbell

 

 

Senator Kevin Eltife

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

Senator Juan Hinojosa

 

 

Senator Carlos Uresti

 

 

Senator Judith Zaffirini

 

 

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM. The following business was transacted:

 

The Committee heard invited testimony from the following:

 

Texas Department of Transportation

 

The roll was called, and a quorum was established.

 

Invited testimony continued from the following:

 

Texas Department of Transportation

Texas A&M Transportation Institute

University of Texas Center for Transportation Research

Texas Association of Business

Miami-Dade Expressway Authority

Legislative Budget Board

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

 

Witnesses are shown on the attached list.

 

There being no further business, at 12:53 PM Senator Nichols moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Robert Nichols, Chair

 

 

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Amy Jeter, Clerk