MINUTES 
          
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                 Subcommittee on Articles I, VI and VII Agencies 
                             Tuesday, April 28, 1998 
                                   10:00 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 Interim Senate Finance  
         Subcommittee on Articles I, VI and VII Agencies was held on  
         Tuesday, April 28, 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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         Chairman Barrientos called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.   
         The following business was transacted.   
         The following members arrived after the roll was called:   
         none. 
          
         Following opening remarks, the Chair called on representatives  
         from  Article VII agencies to provide testimony and answer  
         questions of the committee regarding the interim committee  
         charges.  (All agencies submitted written comments prior to  
         the hearing.)  Invited witnesses appeared as follows: 
          
              Linda Cloud, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              provided oral and written testimony. 
          
              Billy Atkins, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              John Hill, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Kimberly Kiplin, representing the Texas Lottery  
              Commission, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Harriet Miers, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Anthony Sadberry, representing the Texas Lottery  
              Commission, provided oral testimony. 
  
              Debra McLeod, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              registered as a resource witness but did not testify. 
          
              Toni Smith, representing the Texas Lottery Commission,  
              registered as a resource witness but did not testify. 
          
              Rick Thrasher, representing the Texas Department of  
              Economic Development, provided oral and written  
              testimony. 
          
              Lane Lanford, representing the Texas Department of  
              Economic Development, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Robin Abbott, representing the Texas Department of  
              Economic Development, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Larry Paul Manley, representing the Texas Department of  
              Housing and Community Affairs, provided oral and written  
              testimony. 
          
              Ruth Cedillo, representing the Texas Department of  
              Housing and Community Affairs, provided oral testimony. 
          
              Bill Dully, representing the Texas Department of Housing  
              and Community Affairs, registered as a resource witness  
              but did not testify. 
          
              Mike Sheridan, representing the Texas Workforce  
              Commission, provided oral and written testimony. 
          
              Joe Adams, representing the Texas Workforce Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Diane Rath, representing the Texas Workforce Commission,  
              provided oral testimony. 
          
              Jerry R. Hill, representing the Texas Workforce  
              Commission, registered as a resource witness but did not  
              testify. 
          
              Randy Townsend, representing the Texas Workforce  
              Commission, registered as a resource witness but did not  
              testify. 
          
              Fran Carr, representing the Texas Workforce Commission,  
              registered as a resource witness but did not testify. 
          
              Thomas L. Moser, representing the Texas Aerospace  
              Commission, provided oral and written testimony. 
          
              Walter Cunningham, representing the Texas Aerospace  
              Commission, registered as a resource witness but did not  
              testify.. 
          
              Mary Beck, representing the Texas Aerospace Commission,  
              registered as a resource witness but did not testify. 
          
         The Chair asked whether there was anyone present to provide  
         public testimony on any Article I, VI or VII agency.  There  
         was no one present who wished to provide public testimony. 
          
         There being no further business, at 4:00 p.m., Chairman  
         Barrientos announced that the Committee would stand recessed  
         until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 29, 1998.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Hicks, Clerk