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MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOMELAND SECURITY

Thursday, March 1, 2007

8:30 a.m.

Capitol Extension Auditorium

 

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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security was held on Thursday, March 1, 2007, in the Capitol Extension Auditorium at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator John Carona

Senator Kirk Watson

Senator Kim Brimer

Senator Robert Nichols

Senator Florence Shapiro

Senator Eliot Shapleigh

Senator Tommy Williams

 

Senator Rodney Ellis

Senator Jeff Wentworth

 

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The chair called the meeting to order at 8:34 a.m.  There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: 

 

The committee heard testimony on Toll Policy, Public Private Partnerships and the Trans-Texas Corridor.  Witnesses testifying and registering are shown on the attached list. 

 

At 4:41 p.m. Senator Watson moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator John Carona, Chair

 

 

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John W. Webb, Clerk