MINUTES

 

SENATE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON

GENERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES

Thursday, September 11, 2008

10:00 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 Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues was held on Thursday, September 11, 2008, in the Capitol Extension, Room E1.036, at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT: Senator Kip Averitt, Chair		MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Troy Fraser Senator Chris Harris Senator Jane Nelson
		Senator John Whitmire

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.  The following business was transacted:

 

The Subcommittee heard invited and public testimony regarding the Subcommittee's Interim Charge #4 to study the funding of county public hospitals and the role neighboring counties without a county hospital should play.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the subject are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

The Subcommittee heard invited and public testimony regarding the Subcommittee's Interim Charge #2 to explore the policy implications of allowing school districts, or other public agencies, to participate in a permissive pooled collateral program which provides for the centralization of collateral in a pool which will be tracked and verified to meet state requirements.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the subject are shown on the attached list. The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 There being no further business, at 12:32 p.m. Senator Averitt moved that the Subcommittee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

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Senator Kip Averitt, Chair

 

 

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Amy Jeter, Clerk