MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                                Monday, May 12, 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 Monday, May 12, 2003, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Teel Bivins                     Senator Gonzalo  
                                                 Barrientos 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         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 8:14 a.m.  The  
         committee was in recess from the previous hearing.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         At 8:15 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.  
          
         The chair laid out HB 7 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Bivins moved that HB 7 be  
         left pending to await an amendment; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  
         The chair laid out SB 1865 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Bivins, to explain the bill.  There was no testimony on this  
         bill.  Senator Bivins moved that SB 1865 be reported favorably  
         to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 12 ayes, 0  
  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3175 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Bivins moved that HB 3175  
         be reported favorably to the Senate with the recommendation that  
         it do pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record  
         vote of 12 ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.   
          
         At 8:53 a.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2292 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Nelson, to explain the bill.   
          
         At 8:54 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.  
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on HB 2292  are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         At 9:01 a.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed on HB 2292;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Bivins moved that  
         HB 2292 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 10:20 a.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand at  
         ease until10:45 a.m. 
          
         At 10:56 a.m. the committee reconvened.        
          
         At 10:57 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.  
          
         Senator Bivins sent up a committee substitute for HB 7; the  
         chair recognized Senator Bivins to explain the difference  
         between the committee substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator  
         Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without  
         objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Duncan sent up  
         Committee Amendment 2 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Staples sent up Committee  
         Amendment 3 and moved adoption; without objection, the amendment  
         was adopted.  Senator Williams sent up Committee Amendment 4 and  
         moved adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted.   
         Senator Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 5 and moved adoption;  
         without objection, the amendment was adopted.  Senator Bivins  
         requested unanimous consent to incorporate the five amendments  
         into the committee substitute; without objection, it was so  
         ordered.  Senator Bivins then moved that the new committee  
         substitute be adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Bivins moved that HB 7 do not pass but that CSHB 7 be  
         reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do  
         pass and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of  
         11 ayes, 1 nay, 0 present not voting, and 3 absent.  Pursuant to  
         a motion in writing submitted to the chair, Senator Barrientos  
  
         was granted unanimous consent to be shown voting nay on the  
         committee substitute for HB 7.  
          
         There being no further business, at 11:10 a.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