The House Committee on Appropriations 
         78th Legislature 
         March 21, 2003 
         3:00 p.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a suspension of the 5-day posting rule on March 20,  
         2003, and a revision on March 21, 2003, the House Committee on  
         Appropriations met in a public hearing and was called to order  
         by the chair, Representative Heflin, at 3:15 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Heflin; Berman; Branch; Brown, Betty;  
                   Brown, Fred; Crownover; Davis, John; Deshotel; Ellis;  
                   Gutierrez; Hamric; Hupp; Menendez; Pickett; Pitts;  
                   Raymond; Solis; Truitt; Turner; Wohlgemuth (20). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Luna; Dukes; Eiland; Hope; Isett;  
                   Jones, Elizabeth; Kolkhorst; McClendon; Stick (9). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Kolkhorst now present.)(Representative Dukes now  
         present.)(Representative Hope now present.)(Representative  
         McClendon now present.) 
          
         Representative Raymond moved to adopt the Contingency  
         Appropriation: State Regulatory Response rider as laid out and  
         amended for the budget of the Department of Banking.  Without  
         objection, the motion was adopted.   
          
         Representative Raymond moved to adopt the Thrift Regulatory  
         Response rider as laid out and amended and the Mortgage Broker  
         Regulatory Response rider as laid out and amended for the budget  
         of the Savings and Loan Department.  Representative Raymond  
         further moved to adopt the Regulatory Response rider as laid out  
         and amended for the budget of the Credit Union Department.   
         Without objection, the motion was adopted.     
          
         Representative Raymond moves to amend the budget of the Savings  
         and Loan Department by amending the FTE levels as laid out.   
         Without objection, the motion was adopted.  
          
         Representative Raymond moved to amend the budget of the Office  
         of Consumer Credit Commissioner by amending the FTE levels as  
         laid out.  Without objection, the motion was adopted.  
          
         Representative Raymond moved to adopt the technical correction  
         as laid out for the Credit Union Department budget.  Without  
         objection, the motion was adopted. 
          
         Representative Turner moved to increase the FTE levels for  
         fiscal years 2004-2005 as laid out for the budget of the  
         Adjutant General's Department.  Without objection, the motion  
  
         was adopted. 
          
         Representative Turner moved to increase the FTE levels for  
         fiscal years 2004-2005 as laid out for the budget of the  
         Department of Criminal Justice.  Without objection, the motion  
         was adopted. 
          
         Representative Turner moved to adopt the TexasOnline  
         Appropriation rider as laid out for the  budget of the Court  
         Reporters Certification Board.  Representative Turner further  
         moved to direct LBB staff to adjust FTE levels as laid out, and  
         to add a conforming statement applied to all Article VIII  
         agencies participating in the TexasOnline program.  Without  
         objection, the motion was adopted. 
          
         Representative Pitts moved to reduce the building blocks as laid  
         out for the budget of the Higher Education Group Insurance  
         Contributions for fiscal years 2004-2005.  Without objection,  
         the motion was adopted.   
          
         (Representative Eiland now present.)(Representative Luna now  
         present.)(Representative Jones, Elizabeth now  
         present.)(Representative Stick now present.) 
          
         Representative Pitts moved to adopt the OCR Priority Plan  
         Reporting Requirements rider as laid out for the budget of Texas  
         Southern University.  Without objection, the motion was adopted. 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin in chair.) 
          
         Representative Pitts and Representative Gutierrez moved to adopt  
         the Contingent Revenue rider as laid out for the budget of the  
         State Board for Educator Certification.  Without objection, the  
         motion was adopted. 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin in chair.) 
          
         Representative Pickett moved to adopt the Appropriation of  
         Unexpended Balances for Cost Containment rider as laid out for  
         the budget of the State Office of Risk Management.  Without  
         objection, the motion was adopted.  
          
         At 6:37 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 8:00 a.m., March 24, 2003. 
          
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         Rep. Heflin, Chair 
          
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         Angela Pena, Clerk