MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, February 27, 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 27, 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 8:03 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:
State Board for Educator Certification
Health and Human Services Commission
At 9:51 a.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand
recessed until 30 minutes after adjournment of the Senate;
without objection, it was so ordered.
At 12:09 p.m. the committee reconvened.
Health and Human Services Commission, continued
At 12:32 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 12:47 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.
At 1:54 p.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand
recessed for eight minutes; without objection, it was so
ordered.
At 2:10 p.m. the committee reconvened.
At 4:30 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 4:33 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.
There being no further business, at 6:11 p.m. Senator Bivins
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8:00 a.m. Monday
morning. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Teel Bivins, Chair
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Stephanie Hoover, Clerk