MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Monday, February 7, 2005
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 Monday, February 7, 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 9:00 a.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
The chair laid out SB 1, the General Appropriations Bill, which
had been left pending at a previous hearing.
Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on
the attached list:
Department on Aging and Disability Services
Health and Human Services Commission
At 12:40 p.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 2:51 p.m.
Testimony resumed.
At 4:26 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 4:52 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 6:49 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 45 minutes after
adjournment of the Senate the following day, February 8, 2005.
Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk