MINUTES 
                                           
                            SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 
                                Tuesday, May 3, 2005 
          9:00 a.m. or upon adjournment of the Conference Committee on SB  
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                           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 Tuesday, May 3, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.036, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Steve Ogden                     Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini                Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Kip Averitt                      
         Senator Gonzalo Barrientos               
         Senator Kim Brimer 
         Senator Bob Deuell 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Florence Shapiro 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator John Whitmire 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
                                           
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         Senator Zaffirini, the acting chair, called the meeting to order  
         at 9:32 a.m.  The following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out HB 3 and the proposed committee substitute,  
         both which had been left pending at a previous hearing.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         The chair laid out SJR 38 and the proposed committee substitute,  
         both which had been left pending at a previous hearing.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         At 10:18 a.m. the roll was called, a quorum being present. 
          
         At 10:56 a.m. Senator Ogden resumed the chair.   
          
         At 10:58 a.m. Senator Ogden moved that the Committee stand  
         recessed until 30 minutes after adjournment of the Senate;  
  
         without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator Zaffirini reconvened the Committee at 3:55 p.m. 
          
         Testimony on HB 3 and SJR 38 resumed. 
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony on HB 3 and SJR 38 be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved that HB 3 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved that SJR 38 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 6:08 p.m. Senator Zaffirini  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed until 30 minutes after  
         adjournment of the Senate the following day, May 4, 2005.   
         Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Steve Ogden, Chair 
          
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         Amy Jeter, Clerk