MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Monday, July 19, 2004
2:00 p.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, July 19, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator Bob Deuell
Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Todd Staples
Senator Kim Brimer Senator John Whitmire
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Royce West
Senator Tommy Williams
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A joint hearing of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education was held. Chairmen Ogden and
West shared presiding duties.
Senator Ogden called the Finance Committee to order at 2:00 p.m.
Senator West called the Subcommittee on Higher Education to
order at 2:01 p.m. The roll call was taken for the Subcommittee
on Higher Education; a quorum was present.
The following business was transacted:
The Committee heard invited testimony on the interim charge
relating to Funding for Higher Education. Witnesses testifying
and registering on the interim charge are shown on the attached
list.
Senator Averitt moved adoption of the Subcommittee on Higher Education minutes from the previous hearing held on June 24, 2004;
without objection, it was so ordered.
Invited testimony resumed.
There being no further business, at 4:19 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Senate Finance Committee stand
recessed until 8:00 a.m., July 20, 2004; without objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business,
at 4:20 p.m. Senator West moved that the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education stand recessed until
8:00 a.m., July 20, 2004; without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk