MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                              Thursday, March 10, 2005 
                                     9:00 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, March 10, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Florence Shapiro 
         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 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 9:07 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.  Witnesses  
         registering and testifying on the bill are shown on the attached  
         list. 
          
         At 9:10 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 5 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 9:17 a.m. 
          
         Senator Ogden laid out the recommendations and related riders  
         for Article IX, General Provisions.  Senator Ogden moved to  
         adopt the recommendations and riders for Article IX.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved to adopt a rider regarding a new schedule of  
  
         exempt positions for certain elected officials.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Staples moved to adopt a rider regarding reporting  
         requirements for federal homeland security funds.  Without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         At 9:53 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed for 5 minutes; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 9:55 a.m. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved to adopt a rider regarding technical  
         adjustments for Adult Protective Services, South Padre Island  
         Nature Center, and Substance Abuse Pilot Project.  There was an  
         objection.  There was a roll call vote.  The motion carried with  
         a record vote of 9 ayes, 2 nays, 1 present not voting, and 3  
         absent.   
          
         Senator Duncan moved to adopt a rider regarding the State Data  
         Center System.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved to adopt directives to LBB staff; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Ogden moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         There being no further business, at 10:10 a.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk