MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                            Wednesday, February 2, 2005 
                                     8:00 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 Wednesday, February 2, 2005, in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Gonzalo  
         Barrientos 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         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 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:01 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1, the General Appropriations Bill, which  
         had been left pending at a previous hearing. 
          
         The chair recognized Tina Beck of the LBB to provide testimony  
         on Article IV Special Provisions. 
          
         Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Supreme Court of Texas 
         Court of Criminal Appeals 
         Courts of Appeals 
          
         At 9:50 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 10:00 a.m.; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 10:04 a.m. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         State Office of Court Administration 
         State Prosecuting Attorney 
         State Law Library 
         State Commission on Judicial Conduct 
          
         At 10:53 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 12:41 p.m. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Comptroller of Public Accounts, Comptroller's Department,  
         Judicial Section 
         Department of Public Safety 
          
         At 2:54 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair recognized Michele Connolly of the LBB to provide  
         testimony on Correctional Population Projections. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Department of Criminal Justice, and Correctional Managed Health  
         Care 
         Juvenile Probation Commission 
         Youth Commission 
          
         At 5:39 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         Adjutant General's Department 
         Military Facilities Commission 
          
         The chair recognized Val Shepperd of the LBB to provide  
         testimony on Article V Special Provisions. 
          
         Testimony resumed on the following agencies, with witnesses on  
         the attached list: 
          
         Alcoholic Beverage Commission 
         Commission on Fire Protection 
         Commission on Jail Standards   
         Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 6:47  p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 8 a.m. the  
         following morning, February 3, 2005.  Without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk