MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

9:00 AM

Capitol Extension, Room E1.036

 

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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 Finance was held on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

None

Senator Juan Hinojosa, Vice Chair

 

 

Senator Paul Bettencourt

 

 

Senator Brian Birdwell

 

 

Senator Kelly Hancock

 

 

Senator Joan Huffman

 

 

Senator Lois Kolkhorst

 

 

Senator Robert Nichols

 

 

Senator Charles Schwertner

 

 

Senator Kel Seliger

 

 

Senator Larry Taylor

 

 

Senator Carlos Uresti

 

 

Senator Kirk Watson

 

 

Senator Royce West

 

 

Senator John Whitmire

 

 

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 9:04 AM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 1.

 

Senator Nelson announced the following workgroup:

Workgroup on Special Items:

Senator Seliger, Chair

Senator Hinojosa

Senator Kolkhorst

Senator Watson

Senator Taylor

 

Testimony was heard on SB 1 – Article III.  Witnesses testifying and registering are shown on the attached list.

 

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

 

Senator Nelson announced the following workgroup:

 

Workgroup on Transferability:

Senator West, Chair

Senator Nichols

Senator Taylor

 

Available University Fund

 

Higher Education Fund

 

National Research University Fund

 

Permanent Fund Supporting Military and Veterans Exemptions

 

At 10:51 PM Senator Nelson moved that the Committee stand recessed until one hour after adjournment of the Senate. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

At 1:03 PM the Committee reconvened. 

 

General Academic Institutions, Lamar State Colleges, Texas State Technical Colleges

 

Texas Woman’s University

 

Health Related Institutions

 

Texas A&M University System Administration

·         Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

·         Texas A&M University – Texarkana

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

·         Texas A&M University – San Antonio

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

·         Texas A&M University – Central Texas

·         Texas A&M International University

·         Texas A&M University – Kingsville

·         Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

·         Prairie View A&M University

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

·         Texas A&M University – Galveston

·         West Texas A&M University

·         Texas A&M University – Commerce

·         Tarleton State University

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

·         Texas A&M University

 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

 

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

 

Texas A&M Forest Service

 

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

 

Texas Transportation Institute

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

Texas Engineering Extension Services

 

Senator Nelson resumed the chair.

 

Texas State University System

·         Lamar University

·         Sam Houston State University

·         Sul Ross State University and Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College

·         Texas State University

 

Senator Hinojosa assumed the chair.

 

·         Lamar Institute of Technology

·         Lamar University Port Arthur

·         Lamar University Orange

 

University of Houston System Administration & University of Houston

 

Senator Nelson resumed.

 

·         University of Houston – Downtown

·         University of Houston – Clear Lake

·         University of Houston – Victoria

 

Public testimony was heard.

 

Senator Nelson closed public testimony. 

 

Senator Nelson moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

There being no further business, at 8:23 PM Senator Nelson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jane Nelson, Chair

 

 

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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk