MINUTES 
                                           
                    SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION 
                            Tuesday, September 14, 2004 
                                     2:00 p.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Government  
         Organization was held on Tuesday, September 14, 2004, in the  
         Capitol Extension, Room E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Rodney Ellis                    Senator John Carona 
         Senator Jane Nelson                     Senator Chris Harris 
         Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr.             Senator Mike Jackson 
                                                 Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:06 p.m.  The  
         following business was transacted: 
          
         The committee heard invited and public testimony on interim  
         charge three, reviewing the use of inventory management in  
         transportation and other programs and exploring the cost  
         efficiencies and economic benefits of co-locating agencies in  
         small, mid-size and large cities around the State.  Witnesses  
         registering and testifying on the topics are shown on the  
         attached list. 
          
         The committee heard invited testimony on interim charge four,  
         studying the effectiveness and making recommendations on  
         improving debt collection strategies across all state programs  
         and identifying uncollectible state receivables.  Witnesses  
         registering and testifying on the topics are shown on the  
         attached list. 
          
         There being no further business, at 2:57 Senator Ellis moved  
         that the committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. 
          
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         Senator Rodney Ellis 
         Chairman, Senate Committee on Government Organization 
          
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         Andrea Hinckson 
         Clerk, Senate Committee on Government Organization