SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Finance

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Thursday, November 17, 2005

PLACE: Lamar Univ. - Beaumont

CHAIR: Senator Steve Ogden

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The Senate Finance Committee will meet on Thursday, November 17, 2005, at
9:00 a.m. at Lamar University's John Gray Center in Beaumont, Texas.  The
Committee will examine the state costs of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, and
the resulting impact on the state budget.

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