MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                             Tuesday, February 1, 2005 
                                     8:00 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, February 1, 2005, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                      None 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out pending bill, SB 1, the General  
         Appropriations Bill.   
          
         Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Office of the Attorney General 
         Pension Review Board 
         Cancer Council 
         Preservation Board 
         State Office of Risk Management 
         Comptroller of Public Accounts 
          
         At 10:40 a. m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 45 minutes after adjournment of the Senate;  
  
         without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 12:49 p.m. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Office of the Governor and Trusteed Programs 
         Office of State-Federal Relations 
         Library and Archives Commission 
         Emergency Communications 
         Public Finance Authority 
         Bond Review Board 
         Department of Information Resources 
         Commission on the Arts 
         Ethics Commission 
         Historical Commission 
          
         At 3:12 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 15 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 3:22 p.m. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Building and Procurement Commission 
         Fire Fighters' Pension Commission 
         Secretary of State 
         Veterans Commission 
         Incentive and Productivity Commission 
         Employees Retirement System 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 5:55 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8 a.m. the  
         following morning, February 2, 2005.  Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk