MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                             Monday, February 28, 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 28, 2005, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Gonzalo  
         Barrientos 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         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 9:02 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. 
          
         The chair recognized Senator Averitt to lay out the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article VI. 
          
         The chair recognized Senator Staples to lay out the workgroup  
         recommendations for Article VII. 
          
         At 11:19 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed 11:30 a.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 11:31 a.m. 
          
         Senator Averitt moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for  
  
         Article VI, with the exception of pending items.  Senator  
         Shapiro seconded the motion.  There was a roll call vote.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 13 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent. 
          
         Senator Staples moved to adopt the workgroup recommendations for  
         Article VII, with the exception of pending items.  Senator  
         Williams seconded the motion.  There was a roll call vote.  The  
         motion carried with a record vote of 13 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present  
         not voting, and 2 absent. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 11:35 a.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:00 a.m. the  
         following morning, March 1, 2005.  Without objection, it was so  
         ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk