MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Tuesday, February 1, 2005 8:00 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, February 1, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Steve Ogden None Senator Judith Zaffirini Senator Kip Averitt Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Kim Brimer Senator Bob Deuell Senator Robert Duncan Senator Kyle Janek Senator Jane Nelson Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Todd Staples Senator Royce West Senator John Whitmire Senator Tommy Williams ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: The chair laid out pending bill, SB 1, the General Appropriations Bill. Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on the attached list: Office of the Attorney General Pension Review Board Cancer Council Preservation Board State Office of Risk Management Comptroller of Public Accounts At 10:40 a. m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 45 minutes after adjournment of the Senate; without objection, it was so ordered. The Committee reconvened at 12:49 p.m. Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on the attached list: Office of the Governor and Trusteed Programs Office of State-Federal Relations Library and Archives Commission Emergency Communications Public Finance Authority Bond Review Board Department of Information Resources Commission on the Arts Ethics Commission Historical Commission At 3:12 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed for 15 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. The Committee reconvened at 3:22 p.m. Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on the attached list: Building and Procurement Commission Fire Fighters' Pension Commission Secretary of State Veterans Commission Incentive and Productivity Commission Employees Retirement System Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business, at 5:55 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8 a.m. the following morning, February 2, 2005. Without objection, it was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair _____________________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk