MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Tuesday, September 28, 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 28, 2004, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Steve Ogden Senator Bob Deuell Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Jane Nelson Senator Kip Averitt Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Kim Brimer Senator Todd Staples Senator Robert Duncan Senator John Whitmire Senator Kyle Janek Senator Tommy Williams Senator Royce West ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The Committee heard invited testimony regarding Article I and Article III 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 10:49 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. At 10:53 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair. Invited testimony continued. At 11:00 a.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. At 11:11 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair. At 12:10 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 1:00 p.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. The Committee reconvened at 1:04 p.m. Invited testimony resumed. There being no further business, at 2:39 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 4, 2004. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair ______________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk