MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
2:00 p.m. or upon adjournment
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 Wednesday, July 6, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Todd Staples
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 Royce West
Senator John Whitmire
Senator Tommy Williams
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The chair called the meeting to order at 2:39 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
The posting rule, Senate Rule 11.18, was suspended to hear the
following bill(s): SB 6.
The chair laid out SB 6 and recognized the author, Senator
Ogden, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and
registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The
chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Ogden moved that the bill
be temporarily left pending; without objection, it was so
ordered.
The chair laid out SB 5 and recognized the author, Senator
Ogden, to explain the bill. Senator Ogden sent up a committee
substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ogden to explain the
difference between the committee substitute and the bill as
filed. Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are
shown on the attached list. Senator Ogden moved that the bill
be temporarily left pending; without objection, it was so
ordered.
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
At 4:44 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand
recessed until 6:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered.
The Committee reconvened at 6:05 p.m.
Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 5 and the committee substitute, both which
had been left pending earlier in the hearing. Testimony
resumed. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Nelson sent up
Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the
amendment was adopted. Senator Nelson sent up Committee
Amendment 2 and then withdrew the amendment; without objection,
it was so ordered. Senator Barrientos sent up Committee
Amendment 3 and then withdrew the amendment; without objection,
it was so ordered. Senator Shapleigh sent up Committee
Amendment 4 and then withdrew the amendment; without objection,
it was so ordered. Senator West sent up Committee Amendment 5
and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was
adopted. Senator Ogden requested unanimous consent to
incorporate the amendments into the committee substitute;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Ogden then moved
that the new committee substitute be adopted; without objection,
it was so ordered. Senator Ogden moved that SB 5 do not pass
but that CSSB 5 be reported back to the Senate with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion
carried with a record vote of 11 ayes, 0 nay, 1 present not
voting, and 3 absent.
The chair laid out SB 6, which had been left pending earlier in
the hearing.
Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.
Senator Zaffirini sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator
Zaffirini sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Zaffirini
sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved adoption. The motion
failed by a record vote of 4 ayes, 8 nays, 0 present not voting,
and 3 absent. Senator Zaffirini sent up Committee Amendment 4
and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was
adopted. Senator Duncan sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved
adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.
Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
Senator Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 6 and then
withdrew the amendment; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden sent up Committee Amendment 7 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator
Barrientos sent up Committee Amendment 8 and moved adoption;
without objection, the amendment was adopted. Senator Shapiro
sent up Committee Amendment 9 and then withdrew the amendment;
without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Duncan sent up
Committee Amendment 10 and moved adoption; without objection,
the amendment was adopted. Senator Ogden moved that SB 6 be
left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
There was no action taken for the following bill(s):
SB 1, SB 3, and SB 4.
There being no further business, at 7:13 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:30 a.m. the
following morning, July 7, 2005. Without objection, it was so
ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk