The House Committee on Public School Finance, Select 
         78th Legislature 
         April 21, 2004 
         11:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E1.030 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on April 20, 2004, the House  
         Committee on Public School Finance, Select met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Grusendorf, at 11:14 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
                         
         Present:  Representatives Grusendorf; Luna; Bonnen; Branch;  
                   Delisi; Eissler; Giddings; Griggs; Heflin; Hilderbran;  
                   Hill; Hope; Jones, Elizabeth; Krusee; Lewis; Marchant;  
                   Ritter; Swinford; Villarreal (19). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Dutton; Garza; Hamric; Isett; Keffer,  
                   Jim; Madden; McCall; Oliveira; Pitts; Wilson (10). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Keffer, Jim now present.) 
          
         (Representative McCall now present.) 
          
         HB 1 
          
         The chair laid out HB 1 and explained the measure. 
          
         Representative Krusee offered a complete committee substitute.  
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Dutton now present.) 
          
         (Representative Isett now present.) 
          
         (Representative Hamric now present.) 
          
         (Representative Madden now present.) 
          
         (Representative Pitts now present.) 
          
         (Representative Dutton in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Wilson now present.) 
         (Representative Marchant in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Oliveira now present.) 
  
         (Representative Luna in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Dutton in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
                                        
         (Representative Lewis in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Grusendorf in chair.) 
          
         The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection. 
          
         The bill was left pending without objection.  
          
         At 6:40 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 10:00 a.m., April 22, 2004. 
          
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         Rep. Grusendorf, Chair 
          
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         Greg Herzog, Clerk