Subcommittee on Articles IV and V Minutes Monday, May 18, 1998 Page MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Interim Subcommittee on Articles IV and V Monday, May 18, 1998 10:00 a.m. Senate Finance Committee Room Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Interim Finance Subcommittee on Articles IV and V was held on Monday, May 18, 1998, in the Senate Finance Committee Room, Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chairman Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator David Sibley ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: Chairman Wentworth called representatives from the Article V agencies to answer questions of the committee regarding the committee charges. Invited witnesses appeared as follows: Brigadier General Wayne D. Marty, Assistant Adjutant General for Army, Adjutant General's Department, provided oral and written testimony. Colonel Michael B. Smith, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Adjutant General's Department, provided oral testimony. Eugene D. Cargile, Deputy Executive Director for State Affairs, Adjutant General's Department, provided oral testimony. The Honorable Jack L. Slayton, State Judge Advocate General, Adjutant General's Department, provided oral testimony. Jerry Malcolm, Executive Director, Texas Military Facilities Commission, provided oral and written testimony. William W. Goodwin, Chief of Staff, Texas Military Facilities Commission, provided oral testimony. James E. Malcolm, Facilities Manager, Texas Military Facilities Commission, provided oral testimony. Lydia Cruz, Accountant, Texas Military Facilities Commission, provided oral testimony. Doyne Bailey, Administrator, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, provided written and oral testimony. Denise Hudson, Director of Fiscal Services, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, provided oral testimony. The Honorable Kelley Stalder, Commissioner, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, provided written and oral testimony. Gary L. Warren, Sr., Executive Director, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, provided oral testimony. Thomas R. Thompson, Attorney, Texas Commission on Fire Protection, provided oral testimony. The Honorable Larry Craig, Chair, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, provided written and oral testimony. Debbie Fillmore, Deputy Director, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, provided oral testimony. Jack E. Crump, State Government Liaison, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, provided oral testimony. Manjula Nettikumara, Chief Financial Officer, Texas Commission on Jail Standards, provided oral testimony. Lisa A. Capers, Deputy Director and General Counsel, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, provided written and oral testimony. Don Pace, Fiscal Officer, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, provided oral testimony. Jim Dozier, Executive Director, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education, provided written and oral testimony. Joe A. Stivers, Assistant Presiding Officer, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education, provided oral testimony. Edward T. Laine, Administrative Officer, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education, provided oral testimony. The committee recessed for lunch at 12:30 p.m. and reconvened at 1:55 p.m. William K. Teigen, member, Texas Polygraph Examiners Board, provided oral testimony. Frank DiTucci, Executive Officer, Texas Polygraph Examiners Board, provided oral testimony. Jay Kimbrough, Executive Director, Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies, provided written and oral testimony. Steve Robinson, Executive Director, Texas Youth Commission, provided written and oral testimony. Terry Graham, Assistant Deputy Executive Director, Financial Support, Texas Youth Commission, provided oral testimony. There being no further business, at 2:40 p.m., Chairman Wentworth announced that the Senate Interim Committee on Articles IV and V would stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. _______________________________________ Senator Jeff Wentworth, Chair _______________________________________ Donna Kay McKinney, Chief Clerk