MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
10:00 a.m. or upon adjournment
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, July 13, 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 Kyle Janek
Senator Kip Averitt Senator Florence Shapiro
Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Royce West
Senator Kim Brimer
Senator Bob Deuell
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Todd Staples
Senator John Whitmire
Senator Tommy Williams
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The chair called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 80 and recognized the author, Senator
Ogden, to explain the bill. Witnesses testifying and
registering on the bill are shown on the attached list. The
chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered. Senator Zaffirini moved that SB
80 be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 8:44 p.m. Senator Zaffirini
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