MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                                Friday, May 14, 2004 
                                     10:00 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 Friday, May 14, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos 
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         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 11:15 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 6 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Janek, to explain the bill.  
          
         At 11:30 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 12:05 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         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.    
          
         At 1:29 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 30 minutes after adjournment of the Senate;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 2:58 p.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 8 and recognized the author, Senator  
  
         Duncan, to explain the bill. Senator Duncan sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Duncan to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Senator West moved adoption of the committee substitute;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.  The chair moved that the  
         bill be left pending, awaiting public testimony; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The chair laid out SJR 7 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Armbrister, to explain the bill.  Senator West sent up a  
         committee substitute; the chair recognized Senator Armbrister to  
         explain the difference between the committee substitute and the  
         bill as filed.  The chair moved that the bill be left pending,  
         awaiting public testimony; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 3:50 p.m. Senator Barrientos assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 9 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ogden, to explain the bill.  The chair moved that the bill be  
         left pending, awaiting public testimony; without objection, it  
         was so ordered. 
          
         At 4:00 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 8, which had been left pending earlier in  
         the hearing.  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.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 9, which had been left pending earlier in  
         the hearing.  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. 
          
         The chair laid out SJR 7, which had been left pending earlier in  
         the hearing.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill  
         are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony remain open; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 5:48 p.m. 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 
          
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