MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Monday, February 7, 2005 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 Monday, February 7, 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 9:00 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. Testimony was given on the following agencies with witnesses on the attached list: Department on Aging and Disability Services Health and Human Services Commission At 12:40 p.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 2:51 p.m. Testimony resumed. At 4:26 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair. At 4:52 p.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair. Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered. There being no further business, at 6:49 p.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand recessed until 45 minutes after adjournment of the Senate the following day, February 8, 2005. Without objection, it was so ordered. _____________________________ Senator Steve Ogden, Chair _____________________________ Amy Jeter, Clerk