The House Committee on Appropriations

86th Legislature

March 12, 2019

10:30 a.m. or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

E1.030

 

Pursuant to a notice posted on March 6, 2019, and permission granted on March 12, 2019, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Zerwas, at 11:24 a.m.

 

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Zerwas; Longoria; Bonnen, Greg; Buckley; Capriglione; Cortez; Davis, Sarah; Hefner; Howard; Johnson, Jarvis; Miller; Minjarez; Rose; Schaefer; Stucky; Toth; Turner, John; and VanDeaver.

 

A quorum was present.

 


 

The Chair directed that the February 4, 2019 minutes for the House Committee on Appropriations be corrected. The corrected minutes were authorized without objection.

 

(Representative González, Mary now present.)

 

(Representative Sheffield now present.)

 

(Representative Sherman, Sr. now present.)

 

(Representative Smith now present.)

 

(Representative Wu now present.)

 

Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS)

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

(Representative Muñoz, Jr. now present.)

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of subcommittee recommendations for the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

Information Technology

 

(Representative Walle now present.)

 

(Representative Wilson now present.)

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of subcommittee recommendations for Information Technology.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

Capital Needs

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of subcommittee recommendations for Capital Needs.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

Article IX

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of recommendations for Article IX.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

Salaries

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of recommendations for Salaries.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

Pending Items

 

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

 

The Chair moved the adoption of subcommittee recommendations for Article II.

 

The motion was adopted without objection.

 

The Chair provided direction to the Legislative Budget Board to produce the budget recommendations adopted by the Committee.

 

HB 4

 

The chair laid out HB 4 as pending business.

 

The chair explained HB 4.

 

HB 4 was left pending without objection.

 

At 12:17 p.m., on the motion of Representative Longoria and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

 

 

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Rep. Zerwas, Chair

 

 

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Cameron Cocke, Clerk