MINUTES 
          
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
             Interim Subcommittee on Articles I, VI and VII Agencies 
                          Wednesday, February 25, 1998 
                                    9:30 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 Interim Senate Finance  
         Subcommittee on Articles I, VI and VII Agencies was held on  
         Wednesday, February 25, 1998 in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, Chairman 
         Senator Kenneth Armbrister 
         Senator Teel Bivins 
          
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         After standing in recess on February 24, 1998, Chairman  
         Barrientos called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. to  
         transact the following business:   
          
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         The Chair called on representatives from Articles I and VI  
         agencies to provide testimony and answer questions of the  
         committee regarding interim charges.  (All agencies submitted  
         written comments prior to the hearing date.)  Witnesses  
         appeared as follows: 
          
              Mike Regan, representing the Railroad Commission,  
              provided oral and written testimony. 
          
              David Schieck, representing the Railroad Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Jerry Martin, representing the Railroad Commission,  
              provided oral testimony, 
          
              Jose Mayorga, representing the Railroad Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Dan Kelley, representing the Railroad Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Marva Scallion, representing the Legislative Budget  
      
              Board, answered questions regarding the Railroad  
              Commission. 
          
              Paul Robertson, representing the Soil and Water  
              Conservation Board, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Robert Buckley, representing the Soil and Water  
              Conservation Board, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Craig Pederson, representing the Water Development Board,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Morris Sanderfer, representing the Firefighters' Pension  
              Commissioner, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Stephanie Coats, representing the Legislative Budget  
              Board, answered questions regarding the Firefighters'  
              Pension Commissioner. 
          
              Douglas Brown, representing the Veterans Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Charles Buerschinger, representing the Veterans  
              Commission, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Barney Gilmore, representing the State Auditor's Office,  
              answered questions regarding the Veterans Commission. 
          
         There being no further business, at 12:00 p.m. Chairman  
         Barrientos announced that the Committee would stand recessed  
         subject to the call of the Chair.  Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Hicks, Clerk