MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Thursday, May 8, 2003 Upon adjournment of the Senate Senate Chamber ***** 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, May 8, 2003, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Teel Bivins Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Steve Ogden Senator Kip Averitt Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Kim Brimer Senator Royce West Senator Robert Duncan Senator Tommy Williams Senator Kyle Janek Senator Jane Nelson Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Todd Staples Senator John Whitmire ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 2:19 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The chair laid out CSSB 823 and recognized the author, Senator Fraser, to explain the bill. The committee substitute was adopted at a previous hearing. Senator Brimer moved that SB 823 do not pass but that CSSB 823 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 10 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 5 absent. Senator Janek moved that the bill be recommended for placement on the Local & Uncontested Calendar; without objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business, at 2:27 p.m. Senator Janek 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