MINUTES

SENATE COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX

Monday, February 11, 2019

3:30 PM or upon adjournment

Betty King Committee Room

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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 Property Tax was held on Monday, February 11, 2019, in the Betty King Committee Room at Austin, Texas.

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MEMBERS PRESENT:	MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Paul Bettencourt, Chair	None
Senator Angela Paxton, Vice Chair
Senator Brandon Creighton
Senator Kelly Hancock
Senator Juan Hinojosa

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The chair called the meeting to order at 3:46 PM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

Senator Paxton assumed the chair.

The Chair laid out as a matter of pending business the committee substitute to SB 2.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 4 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 6 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 7 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 8 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Creighton sent up Committee Amendment 9 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 10 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 11 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 12 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 13 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt sent up Committee Amendment 14 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Hancock sent up Committee Amendment 15 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.

Senator Bettencourt requested unanimous consent to incorporate the amendments into a new committee substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.

Senator Bettencourt then moved that the new committee substitute be adopted. The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting, and 0 absent.

Senator Bettencourt moved that SB 2 do not pass, but that CSSB 2 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 present not voting, and 0 absent.

Senator Bettencourt resumed the chair.

There being no further business, at 5:07 PM Senator Bettencourt moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

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Senator Paul Bettencourt, Chair

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Benjamin Barkley, Clerk