MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Thursday, February 10, 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 Thursday, February 10, 2005, in the Capitol Extension,
Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Steve Ogden Senator John Whitmire
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 Tommy Williams
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Senator Zaffirini called the meeting to order at 8:00 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:
Baylor College of Medicine
At 8:54 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.
LBB Presentation on General Academic Institutions
Texas Woman's University
At 9:54 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 11:47 a.m.
Testimony resumed on the following agencies with witnesses on
the attached list:
LBB Presentation on Performance Reports
University of Houston System
Texas State University System
Midwestern State University
Stephen F. Austin State University
Texas Tech University System
Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 1:30 p.m. Senator Ogden
moved that the Committee stand recessed until 9 a.m. Monday,
February 14, 2005. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Steve Ogden, Chair
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Amy Jeter, Clerk