The House Committee on Appropriations 
         78th Legislature 
         April 2, 2003 
         8:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on March 28, 2003, the House  
         Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Heflin, at 8:12  
         a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
                                        
         Present:  Representatives Heflin; Luna; Berman; Brown, Fred;  
                   Davis, John; Eiland; Ellis; Hamric; Hupp; McClendon;  
                   Menendez; Pickett; Pitts; Raymond; Solis; Stick;  
                   Turner; Wohlgemuth (18). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Branch; Brown, Betty; Crownover;  
                   Deshotel; Dukes; Gutierrez; Hope; Isett; Jones,  
                   Elizabeth; Kolkhorst; Truitt (11). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         HB 2292 
          
         The chair laid out HB 2292.                                       
          
         The chair recognized Representative Wohlgemuth to explain the  
         measure.  
          
         Representative Wohlgemuth offered a complete committee  
         substitute.  
          
         The committee substitute was adopted without objection. 
          
         (Representative Branch now present.)(Representative Gutierrez  
         now present.)(Representative Jones, Elizabeth now  
         present.)(Representative Kolkhorst now present.)(Representative  
         Crownover now present.)(Representative Truitt now present.) 
          
         At 9:59 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until 30 minutes after the adjournment  
         of the House, April 2, 2003. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 3:22 p.m. and was called to order by  
         the chair, Representative Heflin. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
         Present:  Representatives Heflin; Luna; Branch; Brown, Fred;  
                   Crownover; Davis, John; Deshotel; Dukes; Eiland;  
                   Ellis; Kolkhorst; McClendon; Pickett; Pitts; Stick;  
                   Wohlgemuth (16). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Berman; Brown, Betty; Gutierrez;  
                   Hamric; Hope; Hupp; Isett; Jones, Elizabeth; Menendez;  
           
                   Raymond; Solis; Truitt; Turner (13). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Menendez now present.)(Representative Turner now  
         present.)(Representative Jones, Elizabeth now present.) 
          
         Representative Wohlgemuth offered an amendment to the measure.  
          
         (Representative Hamric now present.)(Representative Solis now  
         present.) 
          
         The amendment was left pending without objection. 
          
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Brown, Betty now present.)(Representative Truitt  
         now present.)(Representative Gutierrez now present.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin in chair.)(Representative Luna in  
         chair.)(Representative Turner in chair.) 
         (Representative Heflin in chair.)(Representative Luna in  
         chair.)(Representative Heflin in chair.) 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 11:47 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned. 
          
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         Rep. Heflin, Chair 
          
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         Angela Pena, Clerk