MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
9:00 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule
11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was
held on Tuesday, September 28, 2004, in the Capitol Extension,
Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Bob Deuell
Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Kim Brimer Senator Todd Staples
Senator Robert Duncan Senator John Whitmire
Senator Kyle Janek Senator Tommy Williams
Senator Royce West
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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article I and
Article III agencies' FY 06 and 07 Legislative Appropriations
Requests and other budget matters. Witnesses testifying and
registering on the subject are shown on the attached list.
At 10:49 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 10:53 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Invited testimony continued.
At 11:00 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 11:11 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
At 12:10 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand
recessed until 1:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Committee reconvened at 1:04 p.m.
Invited testimony resumed.
There being no further business, at 2:39 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m. on
Monday, October 4, 2004. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk