MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:00 a.m. Capitol Extension, Room E1.036 ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance was held on Tuesday, March 16, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Steve Ogden Senator Kip Averitt Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Kyle Janek Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Royce West Senator Kim Brimer Senator Robert Duncan Senator Jane Nelson Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Todd Staples Senator John Whitmire ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The Committee heard invited testimony on State and Local Debt, including the Committee's interim charges relating to the Issuance of State Bonds, and Tuition Revenue Bond Authorization. Witnesses testifying and registering on the interim charges are shown on the attached list. There being no further business, Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the Chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair ______________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk