MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Tuesday, March 23, 1999
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 Committee on Finance was
held on Tuesday, March 23, 1999 in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Bill Ratliff Senator John Carona
Senator Carlos Truan Senator Troy Fraser
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Mike Moncrief
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Royce West
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The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. There
being a quorum present, the following business was transacted.
The following members arrived after the roll was called:
none.
The Committee resumed its markup session on Senate Bill 2
(General Appropriations Bill) and worked on the following:
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education
Local Continuing Education for Officers
Youth Commission
Juvenile Probation Commission
Adjutant General's Department
Military Facilities Commission
Commission on Fire Protection
Polygraph Examiners Board
Board of Private Investigators and Private Security
Agencies
The Committee adopted specific items included in the
Legislative Budget Board (LBB) markup document for each
agency. A formal vote will be taken on adopted items at the
end of the markup process.
Action taken on items not included in the LBB markup documents
included the following:
During the markup session on the Texas Youth Commission (TYC):
Senator Ogden moved adoption of a rider that directs TYC
to concentrate its teaching efforts on assisting
committed youth to read at grade level or to obtain their
GEDs. The motion carried without objection.
Senator Ogden moved adoption of an amendment to establish
as a strategy, the construction and renovation of TYC
facilities. The Committee agreed to adopt the intent of
the rider.
During the markup session on the Juvenile Probation
Commission:
Senator Ratliff moved adoption of an amendment to Rider
11 (Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs) to
include "counties with populations between 72,000 and
125,000 who choose to participate as a mandatory county."
The motion carried without objection.
Senator Ratliff moved adoption of an additional amendment
allowing the Juvenile Probation Commission to expend
remaining funds for summer school programs in counties
with a population over 72,000 who are funded as a
mandated JJAEP county. The motion carried without
objection.
Witnesses called on to answer questions of the Committee are
shown on the attached list.
There being no further business, at 2:15 p.m., Senator Ratliff
announced that the Committee would stand recessed until
Wednesday, March 24, 1999. Without objection, it was so
ordered.
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Senator Bill Ratliff, Chair
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Patricia Hicks, Clerk