MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Monday, April 12, 2004 1:00 p.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 Monday, April 12, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Steve Ogden Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Kip Averitt Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Kim Brimer Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kyle Janek Senator Jane Nelson Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Todd Staples Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The Committee heard invited testimony on the Committee's interim charge relating to the Review of Fees at State Regulatory Agencies. Witnesses testifying and registering on the interim charge are shown on the attached list. Senator Zaffirini moved approval of the minutes from the previous hearing held on April 12, 2004; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator Brimer moved approval of the minutes from the previous hearing held on April 13, 2004; without objection, it was so ordered. At 2:02 p.m. Senator Ogden recognized Senator Seliger as being present at the hearing. Invited testimony resumed. There being no further business, at 4:10 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m. the following morning, Tuesday, April 13, 2004. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair ______________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk