MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                             Monday, September 20, 2004 
                                     9:00 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 Monday, September 20, 2004, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos              Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Robert Duncan                   Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Jane Nelson                     Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator John Whitmire 
                                                 Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article I and  
         Article IV agencies' FY  06 and  07 Legislative Appropriations  
         Requests and other budget matters.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the subject are shown on the attached list. 
          
         At 10:10 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 10:53 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         Invited testimony continued. 
          
         At 11:35 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 12:05 p.m. Senator Zaffirini moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 1:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 1:10 p.m. the Committee reconvened. 
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         At 2:20 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         At 2:25 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
  
         There being no further business, at 2:58 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m. the  
         following morning, September 21, 2004.  Without objection, it  
         was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk