The House Committee on General Investigating 
         76th Legislature 
         March 20, 2000 
         1:00 p.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E2.036 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on March 3, 2000, the House  
         Committee on General Investigating met in a public hearing and  
         was called to order by the chair, Representative Gallego, at  
         2:04 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Gallego; Uher; Eiland; Keel (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representative Crabb (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         The following individuals were recognized by Chairman Gallego to  
         testify on the issue of security resources available to protect  
         state buildings and employees: 
          
         Richard "Rick" L. Crawford, Executive Director, State  
         Preservation Board 
         Ron Josselete, Executive Director, State Office of Risk  
         Management 
         Val McCandless, State Office of Risk Management 
         Randy W. Unruh, State Office of Risk Management 
         Linda Adams, State Office of Risk Management 
         Jim Muse, Executive Director, General Services Commission 
         Sam Lucchese, Risk Manager, General Services Commission 
         Carlos J. Hodge, General Services Commission 
         Randy Elliston, Texas Department of Public Safety 
          
         The following individuals were filed witness affirmation forms,  
         but were not called to testify: 
          
         Chester Beattie, Jr., General Services Commission 
         Morris A. Arnold, Texas Department of Public Safety 
          
         The following individuals were recognized by Chairman Gallego to  
         testify on the issue of the State Board of Education's  
         management of the Permanent School Fund: 
          
         Lawrence Alwin, State Auditor, Office of the State Auditor 
         Roger Ferris, Office of the State Auditor 
         Carol Smith, Office of the State Auditor 
         Jim Nelson, Commissioner of Education 
          
         (Representative Crabb now present.) 
         Paul Ballard, Executive Administrator, Permanent School Fund,  
         Texas Education Agency 
         Chase Untermeyer, Chairman, State Board of Education 
  
         David Bradley, State Board of Education 
          
         The following individual was called by Chairman Gallego to  
         testify before the Committee and did not appear: 
          
         Brian Borowski. 
          
         In accordance with House Rule 4, Section 21, Representative Keel  
         moved to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to compel the  
         attendance of Brian Borowski if Brian Borowski fails to appear  
         before the Committee voluntarily.  Representative Crabb seconded  
         the motion made by Representative Keel. 
          
         The motion prevailed by the following record vote:  
          
         Ayes:               Representatives Gallego; Uher; Crabb;  
                             Eiland; Keel (5).  
           
         Nays:               None (0).  
           
         Present, Not Voting:     None  (0).  
           
         Absent:        None  (0).  
           
         The following individuals were recognized by Chairman Gallego to  
         testify on the issue of fraud in the dental care medicaid  
         program: 
          
         Patricia Gray, Chair, House Committee on Public Health 
         Suzi Seale, DDS, MSD, Baylor College of Dentistry 
         Paul Reggiardo, DDS, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 
         William D. Steinhauer, DDS 
         Jerry Felkner, Texas Department of Health 
         Aurora F. LeBrun, Health and Human Service Commission 
         Dana G. Evans, M.D., National Heritage Insurance Company 
          
         At 9:40 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 
          
         ________________________ 
         Rep. Gallego, Chair 
          
         ________________________ 
         Carlos Martinez, Clerk