MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                               Friday, March 7, 2003 
                                     8:03 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 Friday, March 7, 2003, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Teel Bivins                     Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         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.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on  
         the attached list:   
          
         Baylor College of Medicine 
         University of Texas System Administration 
          
         At 9:43 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 9:58 a.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 
         University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 
          
         At 10:49 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 10:57 a.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
  
         University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 
         University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 
         University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
          
         At 12:04 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         University of Texas Health Center at Tyler 
         Texas A&M University System Health Science Center 
          
         At 12:26 p.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         Texas Tech University Health Science Center 
         University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth 
         Department of Housing and Community Affairs 
         Preservation Board 
         Commission on State Emergency Communications 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:35 p.m. Senator Bivins  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Teel Bivins, Chair 
          
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         Stephanie Hoover, Clerk