MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                             Friday, September 19, 2003 
                           10:45 a.m. or upon adjournment 
                           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, September 19, 2003, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Teel Bivins                     Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Kip Averitt                      
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos               
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         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 10:54 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         At 10:54 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 23 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  There was no public  
         testimony on the bill.  Senator Bivins moved that HB 23 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 24 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  There was no public  
         testimony on the bill.  Senator Bivins moved that HB 24 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 25 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  There was no public  
         testimony on the bill.  Senator Bivins moved that HB 25 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 28 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Bivins, to explain the bill.  There was no public  
         testimony on the bill.  Senator Bivins sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Bivins to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator Bivins moved adoption of the committee  
         substitute; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator  
         Bivins moved that HB 28 do not pass but that CSHB 28 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.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 29 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 29  
         be reported favorably 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.   
          
         At 11:19 a.m. Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 37 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, 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 Ogden moved that HB 37 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 35 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, to explain the bill.  There was no public  
         testimony on the bill.  Senator Ogden moved that HB 35 be  
         reported favorably 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.   
          
         At 11:20 a.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 11:45 a.m; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 12:05 p.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 7 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Ogden, to explain the bill.  Senator Ogden sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ogden to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  Senator Ogden sent up Committee Amendment 1.   
  
         Senator Ogden requested unanimous consent to adopt the  
         amendment, roll the amendment into the committee substitute and  
         adopt the committee substitute.  The motion carried with a  
         record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nay, 1 present not voting, and 5  
         absent. 
          
         At 12:15 p.m. Senator Bivins moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 12:45 p.m; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 12:47 p.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         Public testimony was taken for HB 7.  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 Ogden 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 9 ayes, 4 nays, 0 present not  
         voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:14 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