MINUTES 
          
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                  Subcommittee on Articles II and VIII Agencies 
                           Wednesday, January 21, 1998 
                                    9:00 a.m. 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Interim Finance  
         Subcommittee on Articles II and VIII Agencies was held on  
         Wednesday, January 21, 1998 in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Jane Nelson, Chair              Senator Truan 
         Senator Royce West 
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         After standing in recess on January 20, 1998, Chairwoman  
         Nelson called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. to transact  
         the following business:   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         Chairwoman Nelson announced that bad weather had prohibited  
         Senator Truan's airplane from landing in Austin; therefore he  
         would be unable to attend the hearing. 
          
         The Chair called on representatives from Article VIII agencies  
         to provide testimony on committee charges and answer questions  
         of the committee.  Invited witnesses appeared as follows: 
          
              Jack Abla, representing the Workers' Compensation  
              Commission, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Robert Marquette, representing the Workers' Compensation  
              Commission, provided oral testimony. 
          
              June Karp, representing the Research and Oversight  
              Council on Workers' Compensation, provided oral  
              testimony. 
          
              Charles Barnett, representing the Research and Oversight  
              Council on Workers' Compensation, registered as a  
              resource witness but did not testify. 
          
              Sherry Lee, representing the Board of Examiners of  
              Psychologists, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Jennifer Noack, representing the Board of Examiners of  
              Psychologists, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Catherine Ghiglieri, representing the Finance Commission  
              and Department of  Banking, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Leslie Pettijohn, representing the Office of Consumer  
              Credit Commissioner, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Jim Pledger, representing the Savings and Loan  
              Department, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Elliott McConnell, representing the Department of  
              Licensing and Regulation, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Henry Molina, representing the Department of Licensing  
              and Regulation, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Patrice Nance, representing the Department of Licensing  
              and Regulation, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Tommy Smith, representing the Department of Licensing and  
              Regulation, registered as a resource witness but did not  
              testify. 
          
              Rachelle Martin, representing the Department of Licensing  
              and Regulation, registered as a  resource witness but did  
              not testify. 
          
         Chairwoman Nelson announced that the next hearing will focus  
         on Article II agencies and is scheduled for February 18-19,  
         1998. 
          
         There being no further business, at 11:00 a.m., Senator West  
         made a motion to stand in recess until February 18, 1998.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator Jane Nelson, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Hicks, Clerk