MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                            Thursday, February 13, 2003 
                                     8:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 
                                           
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         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. 
          
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         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 
                                           
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         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 
          
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         Stephanie Hoover, Clerk 
          
                                                SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                                                                    Minutes 
                                                Thursday, February 13, 2003 
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