MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Thursday, February 9, 2017

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 9, 2017, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

Senator Carlos Uresti

Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair

 

 

Senator Paul Bettencourt

 

 

Senator Brian Birdwell

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

Senator Joan Huffman

 

 

Senator Lois Kolkhorst

 

 

Senator Robert Nichols

 

 

Senator Charles Schwertner

 

 

Senator Kel Seliger

 

 

Senator Larry Taylor

 

 

Senator Kirk Watson

 

 

Senator Royce West

 

 

Senator John Whitmire

 

 

 

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The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:03 AM. The following business was transacted:

 

The Chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1.

 

Testimony was heard on SB 1 – Article IV and Article VI.  Witnesses testifying and registering are shown on the attached list.

 

Office of State Prosecuting Attorney

 

Office of Court Administration

 

Texas Indigent Defense Commission

 

State Law Library

 

Comptroller’s Department, Judiciary Section

 

Office of Capital and Forensic Writs

 

Special Provisions Relating to the Judiciary

 

General Land Office and Veterans’ Land Board 

 

Texas Department of Agriculture

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.  

 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

Animal Health Commission

 

Railroad Commission

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

Commission on Environmental Quality

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

Soil and Water Conservation Board

 

Water Development Board

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

Public Testimony was heard.

 

Senator Nelson closed public testimony.

 

Senator Nelson moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

There being no further business, at 5:16 PM Senator Nelson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

 

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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk