MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:00 a.m. Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Thursday, February 13, 2003, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Teel Bivins None Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Kip Averitt Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Kim Brimer Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kyle Janek Senator Jane Nelson Senator Steve Ogden Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Todd Staples Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 8:07 a.m. The committee was in recess from the previous day. The following business was transacted: Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on the attached list: Supreme Court of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Chair of the Council of Chief Justices At 9:48 a.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand recessed until one hour after the Senate adjourns; without objection, it was so ordered. At 11:36 a.m. the committee reconvened. Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco At 12:46 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. Eleventh Court of Appeals District, Eastland At 12:52 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair. Sixth Court of Appeals District, Texarkana Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo Ninth Court of Appeals District, Beaumont Twelfth Court of Appeals District, Tyler Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus Christi At 1:34 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston At 1:43 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair. First Court of Appeals District, Houston Third Court of Appeals District, Austin Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio Fifth Court of Appeals District, Dallas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council Judiciary Section, Comptroller's Department At 4:16 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. At 4:20 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair. Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney State Law Library Court Reporters Certification Board State Commission on Judicial Conduct There being no further business, at 5:11 p.m. Senator Bivins moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Teel Bivins, Chair ______________________ Stephanie Hoover, Clerk SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Minutes Thursday, February 13, 2003 page 3