MINUTES 
                                           
                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION 
                             Friday, February 13, 2004 
                                     10:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on  
         Administration was held on Friday, February 13, 2004, in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Chris Harris                    Senator Juan Hinojosa 
         Senator Mike Jackson                    Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Jeff Wentworth 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 10:16 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 10:21 a.m. Senator Wentworth assumed the chair.  Senator  
         Harris moved to take up and pass the budget for the Senate  
         Committee on Administration. Hearing no objection, the motion  
         passed and a budget of $135,165 was approved. 
          
         At 10:22 a.m. Senator Harris resumed the chair. Senator Harris  
         laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on Business and  
         Commerce and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion  
         passed and a budget of $271,800 was approved.  
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Criminal Justice and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed and a budget of $293,492 was approved. Senator  
         Harris moved to take up and approve two salary exemptions for  
         the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. Hearing no objection,  
         the motion passed. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Education and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion  
         passed and a budget of $242,350 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Finance and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion  
         passed and a budget of $311,925 was approved. Senator Harris  
         moved to take up and approve 3 salary exemptions for the Senate  
         Committee on Finance. Hearing no objection, the motion passed. 
  
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Government Organization and moved adoption. Hearing no  
         objection, the motion passed and a budget of $252, 602 was  
         approved.   
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Health and Human Services and moved adoption. Hearing no  
         objection, the motion passed and a budget of $266,687 was  
         approved. Senator Harris moved to take up an approve 1 salary  
         exemption for the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.  
         Hearing no objection, the motion passed.  
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Infrastructure, Development, and Security and moved adoption.  
         Hearing no objection, the motion passed and a budget of $194,400  
         was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Intergovernmental Relations and moved adoption. Hearing no  
         objection, the motion passed and a budget of $228,191 was  
         approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         International Relations and Trade. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed and a budget of $206,237 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Jurisprudence and moved approval. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed and a budget of $216,361 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Natural Resources and moved approval. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed and a budget of $255,764 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Nominations and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion  
         passed and a budget of $91,850 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         State Affairs and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed and a budget of $248,347 was approved. Senator  
         Harris moved to take up and approve 1 salary exemption for the  
         Senate Committee on State Affairs. Hearing no objection, the  
         motion passed. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Committee on  
         Veteran Affairs and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion passed and a budget of $131,077 was approved. 
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture and moved adoption. Hearing  
         no objection, the motion passed and a budget of $65,306 was approved.  
          
         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure and moved  
         adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion passed and a budget of $68,769 was approved.  
          
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         Senator Harris laid out the budget for the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education and moved adoption.  
         Hearing no objection, the motion passed and a budget of $70,930 was approved.  
          
         At 11:46 a.m. Senator Wentworth assumed the chair.  Senator Harris laid out Exhibit A on recommendations  
         for travel policy and moved adoption. Hearing no objection, the motion passed.  
          
         Senator Harris laid out Exhibit B on recommendations for newsletter policy and moved adoption. Hearing no  
         objection, the motion passed.  
          
         There being no further business, at 11:52 a.m. Senator Harris moved that the Committee be adjourned.  
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Chris Harris, Chair 
          
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         Tara Cowen-Rejino, Clerk