MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                INTERIM SUBCOMMITTEE ON TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS 
                            Thursday, February 17, 2000 
                                     1:00 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate  Finance Interim  
         Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Proceeds was held on  
         Thursday, February 17, 2000, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West, Chairman            Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Mike Moncrief 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
          
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Invited Testimony 
          
              John O'Brien and Mirna Gonzalez, representing the  
              Legislative Budget Board, provided an overview of the  
              expenditure of tobacco settlement proceeds by institutions  
              of higher education. 
          
              The following witnesses provided testimony on the  
              expenditure of tobacco settlement proceeds and priorities  
              for the use of future tobacco settlement proceeds: 
          
                   Don Brown, representing the Texas Higher Education  
                   Coordinating Board; 
                   John Anderson, Kristi Curry and Amy Castillo,  
                   representing Baylor University Medical Center at  
                   Dallas; 
                   Diana Natalicio, representing The University of Texas  
                   at El Paso; 
          
                   Dr. Kern Wildenthal, representing The University of  
                   Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; 
                   Cary W. Cooper and Raymond Lewis, Jr., representing  
           
                   The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; 
                   Dr. Thomas Burks, representing The University of Texas  
                   Health Science Center at Houston; 
                   Dr. John P. Howe and Robert B. Price, representing The  
                   University of Texas Health Science Center at San  
                   Antonio; 
                   Dr. John Mendelsohn, representing The University of  
                   Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; 
                   Lauri Deviney, representing the Legislative Budget  
                   Board; 
                   Ronald Garvey, representing the University of Texas  
                   Health Science Center at Tyler; 
                   Dr. Elvin Smith, representing Texas A&M University  
                   System Health Science Center; 
                   Dr. Deborah Blackwell, representing University of  
                   North Texas health Science Center at Fort Worth; and 
                   Dr. David Smith, representing Texas Tech University  
                   Health Sciences Center. 
                   Tom Kleinworth, representing Baylor College of  
                   Medicine registered, but agreed to testify at a future  
                   hearing. 
          
         At 3:40 p.m. Senator Moncrief assumed the chair.   
                    
         Public Testimony 
          
         There was no one present who wished to provide public testimony  
         on the expenditure of tobacco settlement proceeds by  
         institutions of higher education. 
          
         There being no further business, at 3:45 p.m. Senator Fraser  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Patricia Hicks, Clerk