MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, EXPENDITURES & FINANCE, SELECT
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
10:00 AM
Capitol Extension, Room E1.016
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation Funding, Expenditures & Finance, Select was held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.016, at Austin, Texas.
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   Senator Robert Nichols, Chair  | 
  
   
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   Senator Kel Seliger  | 
 
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   Senator Joan Huffman, Vice Chair  | 
  
   
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   Senator Donna Campbell  | 
  
   
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   Senator Kevin Eltife  | 
  
   
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   Senator Kelly Hancock  | 
  
   
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   Senator Juan Hinojosa  | 
  
   
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   Senator Carlos Uresti  | 
  
   
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   Senator Judith Zaffirini  | 
  
   
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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM. The following business was transacted:
The Committee heard invited testimony from the following:
Texas Department of Transportation
The roll was called, and a quorum was established.
Invited testimony continued from the following:
Texas Department of Transportation
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
University of Texas Center for Transportation Research
Texas Association of Business
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Legislative Budget Board
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Witnesses are shown on the attached list.
There being no further business, at 12:53 PM Senator Nichols moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Robert Nichols, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk