MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Tuesday, September 21, 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, September 21, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Steve Ogden Senator Kim Brimer Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Kyle Janek Senator Kip Averitt Senator Jane Nelson Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Bob Deuell Senator Todd Staples Senator Robert Duncan Senator John Whitmire Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Tommy Williams Senator Royce West ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. The following business was transacted: The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article IV and Article VIII agencies' FY 06 and 07 Legislative Appropriations Request and other budget matters. Witnesses registering and testifying on the subject are shown on the attached list. At 10:55 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed for 10 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. The Committee reconvened at 11:10 a.m. Invited testimony resumed. At 11:43 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 1:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. The Committee reconvened at 1:01 p.m. Invited testimony resumed. There being no further business, at 3:15 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27, 2004. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair ______________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk